Latinx Literacies
Examines how Latinx communities use writing for personal and social change, analyzing political, family, and school contexts in the US.
Summary
Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.81 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.79 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).
What you’ll be able to do
Develop a theoretical understanding of literacy studies, homing in on concepts, such as “reading the word and reading the world,” “funds of knowledge,” “mestiz@ scripts,” relevant to many Latinx literacy traditions.
Identify and analyze key social, political, and historical pressures on many Latinx literacies, including the relationship between racism and literacy, legal status and literacy, and linguistic discrimination.
Identify and analyze central ways that Latinx communities have used and use writing for social change through close readings of ethnographic and literary accounts.
Create a portfolio of creative, scholarly, and reflective writing connected to course themes, deepening understandings of Latinx literacies, and developing writing and revision techniques that will transfer to other contexts.
Source: UW Guide 1· UW Guide 2
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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2021: 3.81 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=8 letter grades); Fall 2023: 3.79 GPA, 83.3% A/AB (n=12 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.79 GPA, 92.9% A/AB (n=14 letter grades).
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Topics
- Writing for personal and social change in Latinx communities
- Political, family, and school contexts of Latinx reading and writing
- Social, political, and historical pressures on Latinx literacies including racism and linguistic discrimination
Skills
- Theoretical understanding of literacy studies including concepts like 'reading the word and reading the world' and 'funds of knowledge'
- Analysis of social, political, and historical pressures on Latinx literacies, including racism, legal status, and linguistic discrimination
- Close reading of ethnographic and literary accounts to identify how Latinx communities use writing for social change
- Creation of a portfolio of creative, scholarly, and reflective writing with developed revision techniques
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