Help? Researching programs with support for Chicanx/a/o and Latinx/a/o Science Fiction AND Multicultural Young Adult Literature.

[Izzie2104]

Greetings GC community! 

I have recently developed an interest in Science Fiction, but specifically Chicanx (Mexican American) and Latinx Sci-Fi.

I am specifically working on the intersections between the "alien consciousness" with race/ethnicity, gender, sexuality, and social/cultural and economic classifications of humanity. 

I have been doing some research on programs or other support offered by Universities, and it looks like UC Riverside has a graduate emphasis in Sci-Fi; also, the University of Florida has a working group on Sci-Fi (conferences, colloquia, etc.). 

Are there any other places I could apply and receive some support from faculty? I apply for PhD programs next year, and I want to be prepared to apply to multiple schools next year- that is, to apply to schools where I can get support from faculty working in different areas of research- such as gender and sexuality and ethnic studies. What I am trying to say is, I would not mind applying to a University, as long as the school(s) have faculty working in a broad range of areas- particularly gender/sexuality and ethnic studies (Chicanx studies, esp.)

My other research area of interest is Multicultural Young Adult Literature. This is an area of expertise I have been familiar with for a while now, but I want to mesh in this area of research with my other area (Chicanx/Latinx Sci-Fi) and apply as an Ethnic American Lit specialist. Broadly speaking, I would be an Americanist 20th/21st Century, with a specialization in YA Lit and Sci-Fi (and, in some schools, I could apply for a graduate emphasis [such as UCI; Gender/Sexuality Emphasis; Chicano/Latino Studies Emphasis, etc.] 

The schools I have in mind are:

UC Riverside, UC Irvine, UC Santa Barbara, UCLA, USC, Stanford (In-State)

University of Washington, University of Florida, UT Austin, Notre Dame, Princeton, NYU, and University of Wisconsin-Madison (Out of State).

 

Besides these schools, are there any I should be specifically applying to/applying more time and attention to? Or Is this list of schools a pretty good range in terms of applying? (I was thinking of a minimum of ten schools, but I have more)

Please let me know if I am on the right track here....

Any help appreciated!

Best, 

-Izzie Gonzalez