Latinx Studies Faculty

Yvette Saavedra

Associate Professor
IRES, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Latinx
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.

Gabe Sanchez

Assistant Professor
Curator of Zooarchaeology, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Anthropology, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-9640
Office: 274 Condon Hall, 1212 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1212
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 9 to 11 am or by appointment

Lynn Stephen

Philip H. Knight Chair, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Anthropology
Graduate Faculty in Ethnic Studies, Participating Faculty in Latin American Studies, Women's and Gender Studies
Anthropology, CLLAS, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5168
Office: 316 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: On sabbatical AY 2025-2026, return Fall of 2026.
Research Interests: Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Migration, Indigenous Peoples, Americas, Legal Pluralism, Social Memory, Testimony, Gender Violence

Naomi Sussman

Assistant Professor
History, Latinx
Research Interests: Indigenous history, borderlands history, sovereignty, citizenship, race, history of migration