Alyshia Gálvez, Assistant Professor of Latin American and Puerto Rican Studies at Lehman College, City University of New York, visited Madison in late April for a lecture.
Gálvez spoke at UW-Madison Latin American, Caribbean & Iberian Studies Lunchtime Lecture Series as part of the NAVE Visiting Scholars and Artists Program. Her lecture was "Guadalupe in New York: Devotion and the Struggle for Citizenship Rights Among Mexican Immigrants".
Gálvez has a connection to UW-Madison: she was the graduate thesis advisor of Catherine Reiland while at NYU . Reiland, who is the Assistant Director of the African Studies Program, organized Gálvez's recent visit to Madison.
During her visit to Madison, Gálvez was also a featured guest on WPR’s Here on Earth as part of 'The Virgin of Guadalupe in New York'.
You can listen to the segment here: