Welcome to CLACLS

The Center for Latin American, Caribbean, & Latino Studies was established at the CUNY Graduate Center in 2001. CLACLS has worked to promote the study and understanding of Latin American and Caribbean cultures and the communities established in the United States by peoples from this vast and extraordinarily diverse region with a special focus on the New York City metropolitan area. CLACLS has organized numerous public forums, lectures, symposia, academic conferences, public presentations of art, music, dance, and photography with colleagues from Mexico, Argentina, Cuba, Puerto Rico, Brazil, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, and the Dominican Republic. With a grant from the Rockefeller Foundation, CLACLS organized and helps administer an interdisciplinary M.A. concentration in Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino Studies in the M.A. Program in Liberal Studies.

Through our flagship Latino Data Project reports, researched and written exclusively by Latino Ph.D. candidates at the Graduate Center, CLACLS has made public a wide variety of current data on various aspects of the New York City Latino experience. From educational attainment patterns, changing income-distribution profiles, voter participation rates, to studies of specific communities and national groups, these studies have become important sources of information to educators, journalists, policy makers, and students.

We move toward the future with an energetic dedication to continue the publication and circulation of new and innovative studies focusing upon the City’s Latino communities, as well as a commitment to create expanded opportunities for Latino Ph.D. candidates at the Graduate Center.

Center Announces Campaign to Raise Funds for the Creation of
5-Year Fellowships for Latino Ph.D. Candidates at the Graduate Center (Click Here)

New Latino Data Project Reports Released December 2008
(Click on title for full report)

The Latino Population of New York City in 2007

Latinos and the 2008 Presidential Elections: A Visual Data Base

Demographic, Economic, and Social Transformations in Bronx Community District 9: Parkchester, Unionport, Soundview, Castle Hill, and Clason Point, 1990 - 2006

Demographic, Economic, and Social Transformations in Queens Community District 3: Elmhurst, Jackson Heights, and North Corona, 1990 - 2006

Washington Heights/Inwood Demographic, Economic, and Social Transformations 1990 – 2005 with a Special Focus on the Dominican Population

Where do Latinos Work? Occupational Structure and Mobility within New York City's Latino Population, 1990 - 2006

Latino Language Patterns in New York City, 2005 Socioeconomic Mobility Among Foreign-Born Latin American & Caribbean Nationalities in New York City, 2000-2006
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Latino Middle Class Income-Earners in New York City, 2006
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