Latinx Studies Faculty
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
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
Camille Ortiz
Assistant Professor of Voice
Music, Latinx
Email: ortizc@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2869
Office: 264 Frohnmayer Music Bldg
Research Interests: Vocal Performance and Choral Studies
Priscilla Peña Ovalle
Associate Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, IRES, Cinema Studies, Latinx
Email: povalle@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0060
Office: 233 Villard Hall, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Media Studies, Race/Ethnicity, Dance, Mainstream Popular Culture, Media Hairstyles
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
Lauren Ponisio
Associate Professor
Biology, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, Latinx
Email: lponisio@uoregon.edu
Office: 386 Onyx Bridge, 1210 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Laura Pulido
Professor
Collins Chair
Geography, IRES, Latinx
Email: lpulido@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0918
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-3 pm; Thursdays 1-2
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; call me via Teams
Office: PLC 103
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 4-5pm or by appointment
Research Interests: Translanguaging, Critical Language Awareness, Sociolinguistics, US Spanish, Critical Pedagogies
Arifa Raza
Assistant Professor
IRES, Latinx
Email: arifa@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Immigration/crimmigration, Critical Race Theory, carceral studies, comparative ethnic studies, human trafficking
Ramón Resendiz
Assistant Professor
Anthropology, Latinx
Email: ramonres@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: By appointment.
Research Interests: Visual Anthropology, Visual Culture, Documentary Media, Resistance, Latinx Indigeneities, Border Studies
Alaí Reyes-Santos
Professor of Practice
Law, Law-CRES, Latinx
Email: alai@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0928
Office Hours: Fall 2020: MW 12-1 PM & By Appt. Email To Schedule Appts. https://calendly.com/alaireyessantos
Research Interests: ComparativeEthnic Studies, Black Diaspora Studies, Afro-Latin@/x Studies, Afro-Indigenous Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Environmental Studies, Traditional Ecological Knowledge
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.
Gabe Sanchez
Assistant Professor
Curator of Zooarchaeology, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Anthropology, Latinx, Native American Studies
Email: gsanche2@uoregon.edu
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
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
Naomi Sussman
Assistant Professor
History, Latinx
Email: nsussman@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Indigenous history, borderlands history, sovereignty, citizenship, race, history of migration