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Yvette Saavedra

Associate Professor
WGSS Director of Graduate Studies
IRES, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
yjs@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: On Sabbatical: I am away from campus on sabbatical research leave for the 2025-2026 Academic Year. I am reviewing email less frequently and my response time will be slower than usual. Thank you for your patience. <br /> Office hours: Not available. If I serve as your undergraduate thesis advisor or am on your graduate committee and you need to meet with or contact me, please email me at YJS@uoregon.edu<br /> Director of Graduate Studies: In my absence, the position of Director of Graduate Studies for WGSS will be Dr. Yu-Fang Cho ( yufangc@uoregon.edu ), please direct all Grad Certificate, advising, and GE inquiries to her.
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.