IRES Faculty

Ernesto Javier Martínez

IRES Department Head & Associate Professor
CAS Collegiate Faculty
Black Studies, IRES, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-5523
Office: Alder Building
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 3-5pm
Research Interests: Comparative Ethnic Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Latinx Studies, Feminist Theory, Literary Studies

José W. Meléndez

PhD Program Director
Associate Professor
CLLAS, IRES, PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2142
Office: 111 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Civic engagement, Design-based research, Designing for equity, Designing learning environments, Designing participatory processes, Discourse analysis, Activity systems, Latino/a/x immigrants, Collective & system level learning, Learning Sciences

Lanie Millar

Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
African Studies, Black Studies, Comparative Literature, IRES, Portuguese, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-4031
Office Hours: Spring, 2025: in person, Thurs. 10-12, and by appointment. Zoom by appointment only: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/7482429908
Research Interests: 20th-21st Century Caribbean Literature, Latin American Literature, African Literature, Lusophone Literatures, Global South Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Race and Blackness, Critical Theory