Latinx Studies
Tom Mertes
Academic Programs Manager
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies, Anthropology, Geography
Email: tmertes@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1060
Office: 273A McKenzie Hall
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
Lauren C. Pinchin
Associate Director, ASU 5
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies, Anthropology, Geography
Email: lpinchin@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4806
Office: 275B McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
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
Lynn Stephen
Philip H. Knight Chair, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Anthropology
Co-Director of Graduate Studies (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
Leticia Stival
Events and Communications Coordinator
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies, Anthropology, Geography
Email: stival@uoregon.edu
Sarah D. Wald
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & English
English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx
Email: sdwald@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office Hours: M/W, 1:20-3pm (PLC 443 or Zoom)<br />
*1:20-1:45pm reserved for in person meetings for ENG 230 students (w/o appointment)<br />
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Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Environmental Humanities, Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies, Latinx Literary and Cultural Studies, Food Studies, Farmworker Justice, Immigration/Migration, 20/21st Century US Literature, American Studies
Julie Weise
Associate Professor, Department of History
Digital Humanities, History, IRES, Latinx
Email: jweise@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4833
Office Hours: Fall 2025: by appointment
Research Interests: Immigration, Migration, Mexico, United States, World History
Alohi Wright
Undergraduate Programs Coordinator
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies, Anthropology, Geography
Email: awright8@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9736
Office: 201B McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: Coonhounds, butter mochi, decorating for the holidays, remembering what life was like when I had hobbies, thinking about reading all the books on my nightstand, and Schitt's Creek.
Michelle Wright
Operations Coordinator: Media & Design
Anthropology, Black Studies, Cinema Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, Geography, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: mlwright@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8261
Office: 275 McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: Graphic design; communications; website, newsletter, and social media content and updates
Alex Zunterstein
Teaching Professor of Spanish & Assistant Head, Romance Languages
Spanish Heritage Language Program Coordinator
Latinx, Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: azunters@uoregon.edu
Phone: Contact on Microsoft Teams
Office: 204E Agate Hall
Office Hours: MW 10-11 in 110 Gerlinger (drop-in) & by appointment: https://outlook.office.com/book/AlexZuntersteinsOfficeHours@uoregon.edu/