University of Pennsylvania: Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies

CLALS is an interdisciplinary research and teaching Center for the study of Latin America and Latinx populations. Our vision is to provide the human and intellectual capital capable of addressing the most pressing challenges and opportunities that Latin America and Latinx populations will face during the 21^st century. 

1.     To educate tomorrow’s global leaders for Latin America and the world. 

2.     To conduct cutting-edge and eminent interdisciplinary research on the pressing challenges and opportunities of Latin America and the Latinx populations of the U.S. in the 21^st century, with a deep understanding of how history and culture shape our collective present and future.

3.     To transfer our knowledge and discoveries to governments, societies, and communities at all levels - global, national, state, and local - while at the same time learning from and incorporating the transformational knowledge of those communities into the academe in a collaborative and non-extractive manner. 

4.     To serve and provide linkages for our various constituencies and communities (at the university, in the greater Philadelphia area, in the U.S., and in Latin America) making sure that our research and training are conducted in collaboration with the relevant communities we aim to serve.