David Hernández Around Campus
Volunteers help students at Homework House
Mount Holyoke College undergraduates volunteer at Homework House, tutoring elementary school students in the city of Holyoke.
Trump is “dissolving Congress in plain sight”
David Hernández writes that amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, Trump has increased his governmental power grab, especially with respect to immigration.
When all Latinx immigrants become “Mexicans”
Professor David Hernández analyzes the meaning behind the increasingly blurred line between Mexicans and other Latinx immigrants.
Detained children, deplorable conditions
Mount Holyoke’s David Hernández spoke on The Takeaway about the horrifying conditions faced by immigrant children at the Texas border.
Exploring deportation
A Latino Studies article by David Hernández and others from Mount Holyoke examines a visit to migrant detainees for his History of Deportation class.
Curating Latinx scholarship
The New England Consortium for Latina/o Studies gives Mount Holyoke professors a chance to collaborate, share best practices and offer mentorship.
Finding his way with no map
David Hernández writes about a barrier he faced as a first-generation student — the “information vacuum” — and how he aims to fight it as a professor.
Hernández: scrap migrant detention policies
Immigration policy expert David Hernández calls for immigration detention practices to be scrapped.
Hernández: immigrant life set to worsen
Rescinding immigration policy would make life harder for immigrant families and communities, says Hernández.
Professor: “The Melting Pot” that’s not.
Immigrants have always been viewed as second-class citizens, argues David Hernández, who cites the innate racism of US immigration policy.
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