IRES Faculty

Bernadette Calafell

Professor
Past-Editor, Journal of International and Intercultural Communication
IRES
Research Interests: Chicana, Hip-Hop, and Black feminisms, Performance Studies, monstrosity and horror, Latina/o/x/e studies, Kink, BDSM, sex work, queer of color theory and method, critical qualitative, performative, and automethodologies, rhetorical criticism, MENA Studies, critical cultural studies, media studies and popular culture

Christopher Chávez

Carolyn Silva Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising
Director, Center for Latina/o and Latin American Studies
CLLAS, IRES, Latinx, SOJC, SOJC-Advertising, SOJC-Advertising and Brand Responsibility, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad
Phone: 541-346-9141
Office: 207 Allen Hall, 1275 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1275
Research Interests: Advertising, TV Commercials, Communication Theory, Persuasive Communication, Cultural Studies, Gender and Race In Media, Media and Diversity, Popular Culture, Media Studies and Globalization

Charise Cheney

Professor; Program Director
IRES, Black Studies
Phone: 541-346-0870
Office: 201 Alder Building
Research Interests: African American Popular and Political Cultures; Black Nationalist Ideologies and Practices; Gender and Sexuality

Courtney M. Cox

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Black Studies, IRES
Phone: 541-346-8392
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Sport Studies, Performance Studies, Feminist Theory, Black Studies, Critical Data Studies