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The Department of Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies provides students with the critical skills to navigate a diverse and globally interdependent world through the study of Latinx arts, culture, history, literature, economy, and society.
With the department’s foundational roots in student-activism, and a long-standing partnership with Brooklyn College’s Department of Childhood, Bilingual, and Special Education and the college’s many interdisciplinary departments and programs, you will gain the knowledge to position yourself for graduate study to careers in the public to private sector.
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An important and vital part of the Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies Department is our highly qualified faculty.
PRLS History West Side Story (WSS): The Brooklyn Connection NY State Assembly Celebrates 50th Anniversary (PDF) Watch Making the Impossible Possible: The Story of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College (Login required) Making the Impossible Possible: Study Guide (PDF)
Lisette Nieves ’92 has been transforming lives through public service since she was a teenager.
Dean María Scharrón-del Río reveals how the School of Education prepares students to teach in a challenging world.
Ortiz is a professor of history at the University of Florida and will serve as Brooklyn College’s Robert L. Hess Scholar in Residence for 2024.
Department Chair: Alan A. Aja Deputy Chair: Jasmine Mitchell
1205 Boylan Hall E: prls@brooklyn.cuny.edu P: 718.951.5561 F: 718.951.4183
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Proclamation, Office of the President, Borough of Brooklyn
May 26, 2021
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Department of Puerto Rican and Latinx Studies
Proclamation, The Assembly—State of New York
Making the Impossible Possible: The Story of Puerto Rican Studies in Brooklyn College
