Latin American Studies Affiliated Faculty
Michael Aguilera
Associate Professor
Sociology
Email: mba@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5059
Office: 732 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2025: No Office Hours
Research Interests: Inequalities and Stratification, Population and Ecology, Race and Ethnicity, Work Economy and Organizations
Carlos Aguirre
Professor
CLLAS, History, SAIL
Email: caguirre@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5905
Office: 333 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday 10:00-11:00 a.m., Wednesday 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Erin Beck
Associate Professor
CLLAS, Latin American Studies, Political Science
Email: beck@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4483
Office: 914 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 9:30-12:30 via zoom (https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97590591398), email to reserve a time.
Research Interests: Latin American Politics, Development, Gender, NGOs, Microfinance, Collective Action
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
Email: cchavez4@uoregon.edu
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
Diego Cortes
Assistant Professor of Media Studies
SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad
Email: dcortes@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0915
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 139, 1275 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Latin American Media, Alternative/community media, American Christianity, Indigenous People from the Andes
Cecilia Enjuto Rangel
Associate Professor of Spanish
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: enjuto@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4045
Office: 323 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: TTh 8:45am-9:45am and by appt at UO Annex 110
Maria Fernanda Escallón
Associate Professor
Anthropology
Email: mfe@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5042
Office: 357 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Fall quarter Thursdays 2:30- 4:30 PM
Research Interests: Race and ethnicity; intangible cultural heritage; social justice and inequality; Latin America; UNESCO and cultural diplomacy; carework
Pedro García-Caro
Associate Professor of Spanish
Senator
OCIAS, Romance Languages, SAIL, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Translation Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: pgcaro@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5813
Office: 110 UO Annex
Office Hours: T 1:00-3:00 or by appointment. Zoom or Teams
Research Interests: I am currently accepting graduate students seeking to work on Nationalism, Postmodernity, Postcolonial Studies, Environmental Studies, US Hispanic Literatures, Mexican Literature, Border Literature, Comparative American Studies, Transatlantic Studies, Satire, Drama, Translation
Spike Gildea
Professor
Linguistics
Email: spike@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3906
Office: 381 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Fall Term 2025: Tuesdays and Fridays 1:00-2:00
Amalia Gladhart
Professor Emerita
School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, College of Arts and Sciences, Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: gladhart@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0983
Office: 105B Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Research Interests: Translation Studies (theory and practice), Latin American theater, literary translation
Devin Grammon
Associate Professor of Spanish Sociolinguistics
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: grammon@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4070
Office: 417 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: On sabbatical leave
Research Interests: Sociocultural Linguistics, Second Language Studies, Linguistic Ethnography, Language Contact, Quechua and Andean Spanish, Linguistic Landscapes
Miguel Gualdrón Ramírez
Assistant Professor
Philosophy
Email: gualdron@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Thursdays 12:00am-2:00pm, by appointment
Research Interests: Latin American and Caribbean Philosophy (Social and Political), Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, 18th and 19th century German Philosophy (esp. Hegel and Nietzsche), 20th century Continental Philosophy
Nathalia Hernández-Vidal
Assistant Professor
Sociology
Email: nher@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5004
Office: 717 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Monday/Wed 10:30 -11:30 a.m.
Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Feminist and Indigenous STS, Social Movements, Coloniality and Decolonization
Derrick Hindery
Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies
UO Study Abroad Programs Committee Member; Provost’s Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: dhindery@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6106
Office: 345 PLC, 5206 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5206
Office Hours: by appointment (please email dhindery@uoregon.edu) on Zoom at: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/7684792837 <br />
Research Interests: Neoliberal and "post-neoliberal" models of economic "development" on communities and environment in Latin America and the U.S. Sustainable community projects in Indigenous territories in Bolivia (e.g. collectives producing medicinal oils and handicrafts)
Jon Jaramillo
Career Instructor of Spanish, Ph.D.
College of Arts and Sciences, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: jonj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4497
Office: 201 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Mondays 2 to 4 pm. Or, by appointment https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/8747897222
Research Interests: Politics, Post colonial Studies, Philosophy, SLAT, Queer Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, Poetry, Cinema, Translation Studies, Memory Studies, Transfeminism
Kathryn Lynch
Co-Director, Environmental Leadership Program
Environmental Studies
Email: klynch@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5070
Office: 140 Columbia Hall, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295
Research Interests: environmental anthropology, environmental education, ethnobotany
Gabriela Martínez
Jon Anderson Chair in Journalism and Communication
Professor
CLLAS, SOJC, SOJC-Journalism, SOJC-Journalism Master's, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Email: gmartine@uoregon.edu
Office: 315 Hendricks Hall / 237 Allen Hall
Office Hours: Please email faculty using your UO email account or use Canvas if enrolled in a course with the professor.
Research Interests: Areas of Media Studies and Journalism
Cintia Martínez Velasco
Assistant Professor
Committee on Diversity & Inclusiveness
Philosophy
Email: cintiam@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Monday 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm by appointment
Research Interests: Decolonial Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Gender and Violence Studies, Feminist Marxism, XIX Century Philosophy (emphasis: Hegel and Marx)
Michelle McKinley
Bernard B. Kliks Professor of Law
Law, Law-JD
Email: michelle@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5191
Office: 356 Knight Law Center
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, College of Arts and Sciences, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: lmillar@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4031
Office Hours: Fall, 2025: By appointment. Please email.
Research Interests: 20th-21st Century Caribbean Literature, Latin American Literature, African Literature, Lusophone Literatures, Global South Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Race and Blackness, Critical Theory