Latinx Studies Faculty

Bernadette Calafell

Professor

Past-Editor, Journal of International and Intercultural Communication

IRES, Latinx

Office Hours: By appointment via Calendly.<br /> https://calendly.com/bernadettecalafell/30min

Research Interests: Chicana, Hip-Hop, and Black feminisms, Performance Studies, monstrosity and horror, Latina/o/x/e studies, Kink, BDSM, Leather history, 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

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

Grecia Chirinos Delgado

Assistant Teaching Professor

Global Studies, Latin American Studies, Latinx, Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: chirinos@uoregon.edu

Office Hours: Tues/Thurs 1:00-2:00pm and by appointment

Research Interests: U.S. Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Education, Critical Language Awareness, Sociolinguistics, Critical Pedagodies

José Cortez

Assistant Professor

Director of Latinx Studies

CLLAS, Digital Humanities, Disability Studies, English, Latinx

Email: jcortez3@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-0069

Office: 319 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286

Office Hours: Fall Term: MF 3:00pm-3:50pm

Research Interests: Critical Theory, Rhetoric, Latinx Studies

Amy Costales

Teaching Professor of Spanish

College of Arts and Sciences, Latinx, Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: acostale@uoregon.edu

Phone: Contact via e-mail or Teams

Office: 226 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233

Office Hours: Tuesdays 3:30-4:30 and Thursdays 8:30-9:30 or by appt. Teams or in-person.

Research Interests: U.S Spanish, Linguistics, Border expression, Latino experience in U.S., K-12 education, children's literature, LatCrit, CRT

Lauren Cycyk

Associate Professor

College of Education, Communication Disorders and Sciences, Latinx

Email: lcycyk@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-2149

Office: 269 Hedco Education Bldg, 5284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295

Liliana Darwin López

Teaching Professor of Spanish and Spanish Heritage Language

Profesora de español como segunda lengua y lengua de herencia

Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Latinx, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: ldarwin@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4104

Office: 20 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233

Research Interests: Latines in the U.S., Latine Literature, Estudios culturales

Cecilia Enjuto Rangel

Associate Professor of Spanish

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Latinx

Email: enjuto@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4045

Office: 323 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233

Office Hours: TTh 10:30am-11:30am at Agate Hall 123 and by appt at UO Annex 110

Research Interests: Spanish and Latin American Modern Poetry and Poetics; Transatlantic Studies; Film Studies; Comparative Literature (English, French, Portuguese, and Spanish); Gender Politics; Memory Studies; Children Studies; Spanish Civil War and historical testimony

Pedro García-Caro

Associate Professor of Spanish

Senator

OCIAS, Romance Languages, SAIL, Spanish, Translation Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Latinx

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

Kelley Howarth

Teaching Professor in Spanish

Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Latinx, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: khowarth@uoregon.edu

Office: 103 PLC

Office Hours: Mon & Thur 2-3pm and by appt.

Research Interests: Spanish language contact and variation, heritage language pedagogy, critical pedagogies

Ana-Maurine Lara

Associate Professor

William and Susan Piché Faculty Fellow

Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Black Studies, Latinx

Email: amlara@uoregon.edu

Office Hours: FALL 2025 - THURSDAYS, 12PM - 2PM

Sergio Loza

Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics

Director of the Spanish Heritage Language Program

Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Latinx

Email: sloza@uoregon.edu

Office: 430 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233

Office Hours: Email me for details

Research Interests: Spanish heritage language education, Spanish heritage language pedagogy, linguistics, sociolinguistics, U.S. Spanish, critical language awareness

Audrey Lucero

Professor

CLLAS, College of Education, Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, IRES, Latinx, Educational Foundations, Curriculum and Teacher Education

Email: alucero@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-8069

Office: 126C Lokey Education Bldg, 5277 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5277

Research Interests: Schooling For Latinx Students and Others From Marginalized Communities, and How Those Experiences Influence Their Identities as Literate Beings, Critical Literacy, Elementary & Middle School Education, Teacher Education, Children's Picture Books

Ernesto Javier Martínez

IRES Department Head & Associate Professor

CAS Collegiate Faculty

IRES, Latinx

Email: ejm@uoregon.edu

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

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, Latinx

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

José W. Meléndez

PhD Program Director

Associate Professor

CLLAS, IRES, PPPM, Latinx

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

Isabel Millán

Associate Professor

Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, IRES, Latinx

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