IRES
José W. Meléndez
PhD Program Director
Associate Professor
CLLAS, IRES, PPPM
Email: jmelende@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2142
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
Kelly Mendelson
Accounting Technician
Anthropology, Black Studies, Cinema Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, Geography, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: kellymen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4548
Office Hours: 8:00am-12:00pm; 1:00-5:00pm
Tom Mertes
Academic Programs Manager
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies, Anthropology, Geography
Email: tmertes@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1060
Office: 273A McKenzie Hall
Isabel Millán
Associate Professor
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, IRES
Email: imillan@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: On sabbatical during the 2025-2026 academic year.
Research Interests: Queer, Transnational Feminist, and Critical Race Theories; Latinx/Chicanx Studies; Children's Literature, Television, and Film; Comics; Science Fiction and Fantasy; Ephemera Studies
Lanie Millar
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
African Studies, Black Studies, Comparative Literature, IRES, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Spanish, College of Arts and Sciences, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: lmillar@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4031
Office Hours: Winter, 2026:<br />
Thursdays, 9:30-11:30 in Agate 202e, and by appointment.
Research Interests: 20th-21st Century Caribbean Literature, Latin American Literature, African Literature, Lusophone Literatures, Global South Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Race and Blackness, Critical Theory
Angie Morrill
Professor
IRES
Email: morrilla@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall '22: Tuesday 1:30 - 3:30 pm, by appointment and via Zoom.
Kari Marie Norgaard
Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Climate Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Native American Studies, Sociology
Email: norgaard@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8615
Office: 634 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 2-4
Research Interests: Gender, Place and Environment, Social Psychology and Interaction, Sociology of Culture, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches
Rosa O'Connor Acevedo
Ph.D.
GE
IRES
Email: roconno2@uoregon.edu
Office: 11 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Spring 2022: Monday 2:50 pm-3:50 pm and Friday 9:50 am-10:50 am
Research Interests: Caribbean Thought, Decolonial thought, Latin America Decolonial Feminism, Black Feminism, Frantz Fanon, Sylvia Wynter, and Michel Foucault.
Jennifer O'Neal
Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies for IRES
IRES, Native American Studies
Email: joneal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8830
Office Hours: Wed. 12:00pm-3:00pm
Research Interests: Native American and Indigenous history; American West history; International Relations; Indigenous Data Sovereignty; Cultural Heritage Archives; Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Digital Humanities
Edward M. Olivos
Professor
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, Curriculum & Teaching, Curriculum and Teacher Education, Educational Foundations, IRES, Latinx
Email: emolivos@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2983
Office: Lokey Education 111
Research Interests: The Relationship Between Bicultural Parents and Schools, the Development of Bilingual Educators
Jeffrey Ostler
Professor of History Emeritus
History, IRES, Native American Studies
Email: jostler@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1265
Research Interests: The History of the American West, with A Particular Focus On American Indian History
Priscilla Peña Ovalle
Associate Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, IRES, Cinema Studies
Email: povalle@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0060
Office: 315 McKenzie Hall, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Media Studies, Race/Ethnicity, Dance, Mainstream Popular Culture, Media Hairstyles
Lauren C. Pinchin
Associate Director, ASU 5
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies, Anthropology, Geography
Email: lpinchin@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4806
Office: 275B McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Analise Pugh
IRES
Email: apugh@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Women's Soccer, Critical Sports Studies, Philipinx studies, US Empire
Laura Pulido
Professor
Collins Chair
Geography, IRES, Latinx
Email: lpulido@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0918
Office Hours: Mondays 2-3 pm; Tuesdays 1-2 pm
Research Interests: Cultural Memory, Chicana/o Studies, Critical Human Geography, Environmental Justice
Arifa Raza
Assistant Professor
IRES
Email: arifa@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Immigration/crimmigration, Critical Race Theory, carceral studies, comparative ethnic studies, human trafficking
Jerry Rosiek
Professor
CSSE Program Director
College of Education, Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, Curriculum & Teaching, Curriculum and Teacher Education, Educational Foundations, Food Studies, IRES, Philosophy
Email: jrosiek@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2330
Office: 146B Lokey Education Bldg, 5277 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295
Yvette Saavedra
Associate Professor
IRES, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: yjs@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: On sabbatical during the 2025-2026 academic year.<br />
Research Interests: Chicanx History and Studies; Chicana Lesbian Feminist Theory; U.S.-Mexico Borderlands History and Studies; History of U.S. West; 19th and 20th century U.S History; California History; 19th and 20th century gender and sexuality in the U.S.
Leilani Sabzalian
Associate Professor
College of Education, Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, Curriculum & Teaching, Curriculum and Teacher Education, Educational Foundations, IRES, Sapsikwala Program
Email: leilanis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1535
Research Interests: Indigenous Education, Native Feminisms, Curriculum Studies, Teacher Education, Elementary Social Studies Education