Department of Ethnic Studies Professor Jessica Ordaz, Associate Chair of Undergraduate Studies, is hosting a monthly coffee hour for department majors, minors, and prospective students. Stop by Ketchum (KTCH) 277 between 10-11am on October 3 and November 7 to grab some coffee, pastries (vegan + GF options) and connect with other students and faculty. We look forward to seeing you there! 

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as they discuss the lingering impacts of slavery, Black Lives Matter, and the effects of systemic racism upon our daily lives and shared reality, reminding us along the way that we’re all in this together. Co-presented with the Longmont Multicultural Action Committee, at the Longmont Museum on September 30 at 7:30pm. With psychologist Dr. Robert Atwell; Annett James, NAACP Boulder County; filmmaker Katrina Miller; and Dr. Reiland Rabaka, ÌÒÉ«ÊÓƵ’s Center for African & African American Studies and Ethnic Studies Professor. Moderated by writer and healer Norma Johnson. FREE / Reservations Recommended. 400 Quail Rd. Longmont, CO  80501

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Dr. Joseph Dupris, Jr., is joining the CU faculty this fall, 2021, where he will serve as Visiting Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies and Linguistics. Dr. Dupris received his PhD in Linguistics and Anthropology from the University of Arizona in 2020. Dr. Dupris's work addresses issues around tribal language research, with a focus on analyzing language, race, and nation and sustaining the integrity of tribal polities. In the words of his PhD advisor, Dr. Ofelia Zepeda, "[Dr. Dupris's] research calls for language researchers to respect existing obligations to tribal peoples; compare national and racial contexts to better understand the role of language research in establishing and reproducing overarching (Indian, Indigenous) categories; consider the implications of racial and political recognition in tribal contexts; and offer an approach for tribalizing language research in an era of revitalization, and reclamation". It is anticipated that Dr. Dupris's CU appointment willl lead to a permanent position within the initial appointment period. Dr. Dupris is enrolled in the Klamath Tribes (the Klamath, Modoc, and Yahooskin tribes of southern Oregon and northern California), and is of Modoc, Klamath, Paiute and Lakota descent. Dr. Dupris was introduced to maqlaqsyals as a child attending tribal culture camps. His interest in language was reignited in 2013 when he returned to Chiloquin and participated in adult maqlaqsyals language classes after graduating from the University of Washington with a degree in American Indian Studies. Since then, Dr. Dupris has developed teaching methods and workshop series to help youth learn — and adults re-embrace — a language that has long been suppressed. For over a century, beginning in the 1860s, Klamath tribal youth were separated from their families and sent to boarding schools from Pennsylvania to Nevada, where they were punished for speaking their language. These efforts helped to extinguish fluency in the language. Joe is using new methods to expand daily use of maqlaqsyals, from  to remote teaching to an independennt study course at Chiloquin High School, which allows students from the approximately 50 percent Tribal student body to access their ancestral language. Dr. Dupris will teach ETHN 1023: Introduction to Native American and Indigenous Studies, in Fall 2021. 

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