Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Yvette Saavedra
Associate Professor
WGSS Director of Graduate Studies
IRES, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: 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.
Keya Saxena
Doctoral Candidate
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: ksaxena5@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Global Communications and Social Change, Media Activism and Social Justice, Gender
Annalyse Steele
Academic Programs Assistant
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Email: annalyse@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1075
Office: 201 McKenzie Hall
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
Email: stival@uoregon.edu
Joe Sussi
Graduate Employee
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: jsussi@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3675
Office: La 254, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403