Ethnic Studies

A three-panel collage of an event at the CU Denver Business School. The left panel shows a person viewing a research poster next to a large cassette tape graphic. The middle panel shows a young man speaking at a podium with the CU Denver Business School logo. The right panel shows two attendees networking with drinks and food in front of a research poster.

CLAS Mixtape Showcases the Breadth of CU Denver Research

Feb. 17, 2026

From left to right: Troy Butler views a research poster, Elias LaFord presents a poem, Laura Argys explains her work On February 12 th , the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences gathered faculty researchers for CLAS Mixtape, an event showcasing the diverse and impactful scholarship happening across the college...

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Sarah Hagelin Accepts the 2025 CFDA Faculty Mentoring Award for Excellence in Mentorship

Sarah Hagelin Honored with 2025 CFDA Faculty Mentoring Award for Excellence in Mentorship

May 13, 2025

Flanked by several faculty mentees and by her first mentor—her father—Professor of English and Interim Ethnic Studies Chair Sarah Hagelin was honored March 31 with the CFDA Faculty Mentoring Award for 2025. This award from the Center for Faculty Development & Advancement (CFDA) commemorates Hagelin’s influence as a faculty leader...

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Cast members of the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City Season 1

Professors Mohrman and Fischer publish article on the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City in American Quarterly

April 8, 2025

Dr. K. Mohrman (Associate Teaching Professor, Department of Ethnic Studies) and Mia Fischer (Associate Professor, Department of Communication) publish “‘As-Salaam-Alaikum, Bitches!’: The Biopolitics of Secularism, Neoliberal Multiculturalism, and The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City ” in American Quarterly (Volume 77, Number 1: 105-131), the journal of record for American...

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