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• 1 media/image22.jpg 2021-08-26T13:01:53-07:00 1999 - María DeGuzmán joins the faculty 6 In July 1999, María DeGuzmán (1964-) joins the faculty. Together with Tyler Curtain and Erin Carlston, the three bring the study and teaching of queer theory to the department. Additionally in that same year, DeGuzmán taught the first Department of English courses in Latina/o literature, photography, and film. Fall 1999 she establishes The UNC Latina/o Cultures Speakers Series and later, in 2004, The UNC Latina/o Studies Program, the first of its kind in the Southeast. plain 2022-05-03T08:25:39-07:00 02/01/1999 In July 1999, María DeGuzmán (1964-) joins the faculty. Together with Tyler Curtain and Erin Carlston, the three bring the study and teaching of queer theory to the department. Fall 1999 she establishes The UNC Latina/o Cultures Speakers Series and later, in 2004, The UNC Latina/o Studies Program, the first of its kind in the Southeast. The Latina/o Cultures Speakers Series has brought over 100 scholars, creative writers, visual artists, performers, cultural activists, and change-makers to campus including such well-known figures as Afro Puerto Rican Miguel Algarín (founder of the Nuyorican Poets’ Café), Chicana writer Helena María Viramontes, Guatemalan US-based writer Arturo Arías, Cuban American writer Cristina García, Chicana writer Sandra Cisneros as well as Cherríe Moraga, and Afro Dominican American writer Loida Maritza Pérez. This speakers’ series connected and continues to connect UNC and North Carolina to the rest of the United States and beyond with respect to LatinX cultural productions, experiences, and histories.