ASA 2022: Cultures of the U.S.–Mexico Borderlands
Twenty-five years after Gloria Anzaldúa published Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, the U.S.–Mexico border is still “una herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds.” As Anzaldúa would have predicted, this “bleed[ing]” is both violent and vital, destructive and constructive; anytime “a scab forms it hemorrhages again, the lifeblood of two worlds merging to form a third country—a border culture.” However, in ways Anzaldúa failed to see, this “blood” does not flow from a single Chicanx “country,” but rather ...
ASLE Welcomes Newly Elected Officers
ASLE is grateful to have so many engaged members who volunteer their time to help run our organization. Our most recent elections took place in November, and we are delighted to announce these new officers joining our leadership team:
Gisela Heffes, Rice University, and George Handley, Brigham Young University, Co-Presidents Scott Hess, Earlham College, Executive Council Conference Chair Seat Jesse Oak Taylor, University of Washington, Executive Council Regional Collaboratories Seat Cassie Galentine, University of Oregon, Graduate Student Liaison (GSL)Our new Co-Presidents have composed a message in both ...