Concurrently Aponte served as the founding Executive Director of the Center for Latino Studies.

Sponsored by the Center for Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Studies.

Founding Editor of the journal, Latino Studies.

Center for Latin American and Latino Studies at American University, founded in 2010.

Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Notre Dame, created in 1999.

According to the 2006-2007 Center for Latin American, Caribbean & Latino Studies:

Latino Studies 7.3 (Fall 2009): 357-377.

Latino Studies 3.1 (April 2005): 3-18.

Latino Studies (minor field)

All these accomplishments were implemented in the 1980s when Latino Studies was introduced in education.