Latinx Studies Faculty
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
Michael Hames-García
Professor
Vice President for Equity and Diversity, UAUO, AAUP/AFT Local 3209, AFL-CIO
Latinx
Phone: 541-346-0900
Research Interests: Black Studies, Chicanx and Latinx Studies, Justice Studies and Incarceration, Critical Theory
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
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
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
Gabriela Pérez Báez
Associate Professor
Linguistics, Language Teaching Studies, Latinx
Email: gperezb4@uoregon.edu
Office: 263 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Thursdays 10am - 12pm (or by appointment)<br />
Please sign up for a time slot here: https://tinyurl.com/5n77s5dw
Research Interests: Linguistic diversity, multi/plurilingualism, linguistic rights, Indigenous languages, language revitalization
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
Heather Quarles
Teaching Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Latinx, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: hquarles@uoregon.edu
Phone: No UO phone
Office: PLC 103
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 3:30-4:30pm or by appointment
Research Interests: Translanguaging, Critical Language Awareness, Sociolinguistics, US Spanish, Critical Pedagogies
Yvette Saavedra
Associate Professor
IRES, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Latinx
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.
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
Email: stephenl@uoregon.edu
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