Submitted by Meera Roy
on
SPRING 2026
Department of American Ethnic Studies
CHSTU 405 Advanced Chicano Studies in Social Science
Course Subtitle: “Age Matters. Children, Youth, Migration and the State”
Definitions of childhood have changed over time and across different countries, across cultures, even governments. What has changed for Latinx children and youth across the life stages in their experience of migration? What impact do laws and policies have on the meaning of age in the lives of Latinx migrant youth? Drawing on socio-legal studies, anthropology, migration studies, childhood studies, and critical race studies, students will explore how meanings about age shift over time, in different contexts (families, schools, courts, borders, to name a few). Consideration will be given to how ordinary documents like birth certificates, driver’s licenses, passports, and digital records become powerful immigration documents. We’ll give special attention to the experiences of youth who are undocumented, asylum-seeking, and members of mixed-status families with case studies from the United States and comparative international settings. This is an upper-division, discussion-based, in-person class.
MW 9:30-11:20am in 231 Thomson Hall
Prof. Carolyn Pinedo-Turnovsky
Have questions? Email cpt4@uw.edu
SLN: 12222
Social Sciences & Diversity
Credits: 5.0