Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

CLAS is committed to using all of our resources of research, teaching, and engagement to interrogate and transform the societies in which we find ourselves. As a community that studies, and cares deeply for, the region of Latin America and the Caribbean, we are acutely aware of how harmful and destructive the forces of racism, sexism, oppression, and exclusion have been throughout the hemisphere and around the globe. We seek to make equity and inclusion foundational to all our work.

As a lived expression of this commitment, CLAS cultivates diversity in its student body, as well as in its faculty and staff and in the events and projects the Center sponsors. On average, roughly 60 percent of our U.S. students are from an underrepresented population and roughly 25 percent are non-U.S. citizens. The exchange of viewpoints based on differing backgrounds, experiences, ideological perspectives, and methodologies is vital to our work as scholars, practitioners, and engaged citizens.