Faculty | Profile Categories | Latin American Studies

Michael Aguilera

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor
E-mail: mba@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5059
Office: 732 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Monday and Wednesday 1:30-2:30pm
Affiliated Departments: Global Health Program
Interests: Inequalities and Stratification, Population and Ecology, Race and Ethnicity, Work Economy and Organizations
Website: Website

Carlos Aguirre

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor
E-mail: caguirre@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5905
Office: 333 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday 10:00-11:00 a.m., Wednesday 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Website: Website

Monique Balbuena

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
E-mail: balbuena@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2311
Office: 345 PLC
Affiliated Departments: Judaic Studies Program
Interests: Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies, Sephardic Languages, Ladino, Poetry, French and Francophone Literatures, Latin American Studies

Erin Beck

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor
E-mail: beck@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4483
Office: 914 PLC
Office Hours: S24: Wednesday 12:00-3:00 via zoom (email for appointment)
Affiliated Departments: CLLAS, Latin American Studies, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Interests: Latin American Politics, Development, Gender, NGOs, Microfinance, Collective Action

Mark Carey

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor of Environmental Studies and Geography
E-mail: carey@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8077
Office: 110 Condon Hall
Office Hours: by appointment
Affiliated Departments: History
Interests: environmental history, glaciers and society, climate change, environmental justice, Latin America, the Arctic
Website: Website

Christopher Chávez

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Carolyn Silva Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising
Additional Title: Interim Director, Advertising and Brand Responsibility Program; Director, Center for Latina/o and Latin American Studies
E-mail: cchavez4@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9141
Office: 207 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Affiliated Departments: IRES, Latinx
Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
Interests: Advertising, TV Commercials, Communication Theory, Persuasive Communication, Cultural Studies, Gender and Race In Media, Media and Diversity, Popular Culture, Media Studies and Globalization

Michael Dreiling

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor
Additional Title: Department Head
E-mail: dreiling@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5025
Office: 611 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Tuesday 12:30am-2:00 and Wednesday 11:00-12:30
Affiliated Departments: Environmental Studies, Latin American Studies
Interests: social movements and corporate collective action; environmental sociology; comparative peace and conflict studies; network analysis
Website: Website

Cecilia Enjuto Rangel

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor of Spanish
Additional Title: Director of Undergraduate Studies
E-mail: enjuto@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4045
Office: 323 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9am-10am
Affiliated Departments: Comparative Literature

Linda Fuller

Affiliation: emeritus
Title: Professor Emerita
E-mail: lofuller@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5522
Office: 323 Hendricks Hall

Dennis Galvan

Affiliation: administrative faculty, faculty, student
Title: Professor
Additional Title: Dean and Vice Provost, Division of Global Engagement
E-mail: dgalvan@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5851
Office: 310 Oregon Hall
City: Eugene
Affiliated Departments: African Studies
Interests: Culture and Development, Culturally Sustainable Development, Identity and Community, Political Legitimation, Multiple Forms of Modernity, Primary Field Work: West Africa, Secondary Field Work: Indonesia
Research Website: Research
Website: Website

Pedro García-Caro

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor of Spanish
Additional Title: Senator
E-mail: pgcaro@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5813
Office: 407 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: W. 10am-12pm or by appointment.
Affiliated Departments: Comparative Literature, Latin American Studies, Latinx
Interests: Nationalism, Postmodernity, Postcolonial Studies, Environmental Studies, US Hispanic Literatures, Mexican Literature, Border Literature, Comparative American Studies, Transatlantic Studies, Satire, Drama, Translation
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedro-garcia-caro-b0b70a40/
Research Website: Research
Website: Website

Leonardo Garcia-Pabon

Affiliation: emeritus
Title: Professor Emeriti
Additional Title: Professor of Spanish
E-mail: lgarcia@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4024
Office: 223 Friendly Hall
Affiliated Departments: Latin American Studies
Website: Website

Spike Gildea

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor
E-mail: spike@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3906
Office: 381 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Currently on sabbatical
Affiliated Departments: Latin American Studies
Teaching Level: Doctoral

Amalia Gladhart

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor of Spanish
E-mail: gladhart@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0983
Office: 105B Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023, MW 12:00-1:00
Affiliated Departments: Translation Studies, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Interests: Translation Studies (theory and practice), Latin American theater

James Harper

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor
E-mail: harperj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5027
Office: 240 Lawrence Hall
City: Eugene
Interests: Renaissance and Baroque Art

Derrick Hindery

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies
Additional Title: UO Study Abroad Programs Committee Member; Provost’s Teaching Academy Member
E-mail: dhindery@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6106
Office: 345 PLC
Office Hours: on leave in Fall 2023
Affiliated Departments: Clark Honors College, Environmental Studies, Latin American Studies
Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
Interests: Neoliberal and "post-neoliberal" models of economic "development" on communities and environment in Latin America and the U.S. Sustainable community projects in Indigenous territories in Bolivia (e.g. collectives producing medicinal oils and handicrafts)
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/derrick-hindery-58888821a
Research Website: Research
Website: Website

Craig Kauffman

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor of Political Science
Additional Title: Director of Graduate Studies; Participating Faculty in Environmental Studies and Latin American Studies
E-mail: ckauffma@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4974
Office: 916 PLC
Office Hours: Sp24: Tuesday 11:00 - 2:00
Affiliated Departments: Environmental Studies
Interests: Environmental Politics, Ecological Law, Rights of Nature, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Transnational Networks, Collaborative Governance, Democratization
Website: Website

Linda Kintz

Affiliation: emeritus, faculty, retired
Title: Professor Emerita
E-mail: lkintz@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3926
Office: 473 PLC

Ana-Maurine Lara

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor
Additional Title: William and Susan Piché Faculty Fellow
E-mail: amlara@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5032
Office: 322 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2022 – by appointment; Winter & Spring 2023 – 10am -12pm
Affiliated Departments: Anthropology, Black Studies, Latinx
Interests: Afro Latino/a Identities, Black Queer Aesthetics, Vudú in the Dominican Republic, and Afro-Dominicanidad and the Struggle Against Xenophobia in the Dominican Republic

Kathryn Lynch

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Co-Director, Environmental Leadership Program
E-mail: klynch@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5070
Office: 140 Columbia Hall
City: Eugene
Affiliated Departments: Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
Interests: environmental anthropology, environmental education, ethnobotany
Website: Website

Galen Martin

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Senior Instructor II of Global and Environmental Studies
E-mail: gmartin@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9178
Office: 346 PLC
City: Eugene
Office Hours: Tu 11:30-12:30, Th 4:00-5:00 or F by appointment
Affiliated Departments: Food Studies
Interests: global food security, sustainable development, political ecology, conflict resolution, Latin America, Europe

Gabriela Martínez

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Department Head of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Additional Title: Professor
E-mail: gmartine@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1997
Office: 315 Hendricks Hall
City: Eugene
Office Hours: Please email faculty using your UO email account or use Canvas if enrolled in a course with the professor.
Affiliated Departments: Climate Studies, CLLAS, Latin American Studies
Teaching Level: Masters, Undergraduate
Interests: Areas of Media Studies and Journalism

Michelle McKinley

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Bernard B. Kliks Professor of Law
E-mail: michelle@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5191
Office: 320B Knight Law Center
Affiliated Departments: Anthropology
Programs, Research and Outreach: Legal Studies

Lanie Millar

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
E-mail: lmillar@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4031
Office: Friendly 211
Office Hours: Spring, 2024: in person, Wednesdays, 2-4, and by appointment. Zoom by appointment only.
Affiliated Departments: Black Studies, IRES, Latin American Studies, Portuguese, Spanish
Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
Interests: 20th-21st Century Caribbean Literature, Latin American Literature, African Literature, Lusophone Literatures, Global South Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Race and Blackness, Critical Theory

Edward M. Olivos

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor
E-mail: emolivos@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2983
Office: 1600 Millrace Dr
Affiliated Departments: Clark Honors College, Latinx
Interests: The Relationship Between Bicultural Parents and Schools, the Development of Bilingual Educators
Website: Website

Priscilla Peña Ovalle

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor
Additional Title: Associate Director, Cinema Studies
E-mail: povalle@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0060
Office: 315 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: By Appointment
Affiliated Departments: Comics and Cartoon Studies, English, IRES
Interests: Media Studies, Race/Ethnicity, Dance, Mainstream Popular Culture, Media Hairstyles

Doris Payne

Affiliation: emeritus
Title: Professor Emerita
E-mail: dlpayne@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3894
Office: 271 Straub Hall
Office Hours: By appointment only, please email to set up appt.
Affiliated Departments: African Studies, Latin American Studies, OCIAS
Website: Website

Amanda Powell

Affiliation: retired
Title: Senior Lecturer II Emerita of Spanish
Additional Title: Poet & translator
E-mail: apowell@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0953
Affiliated Departments: Comparative Literature
Teaching Level: Doctoral
Interests: Early modern Hispanic women writers: secular & religious, literary translation studies (theory & practice), queer theory, creative writing, our next conversation in class!

Annette Rubado-Mejia

Affiliation: administrative faculty
Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
E-mail: annetter@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4045
Office: 411 Friendly Hall

Gerard Sandoval

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor, Planning, Public Policy and Management
Additional Title: Senate Vice President and President-Elect, University of Oregon Senate
Phone: 541-346-8432
City: Eugene
Affiliated Departments: PPPM
Interests: Community Development, Urban Planning and Migration, Neighborhood Revitalization
Website: Website

Philip W. Scher

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Department Head, Cinema Studies
Additional Title: Professor of Anthropology and Folklore
E-mail: pscher@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5104
Office: 322 Fenton Hall
Office Hours: Email for appointment
Affiliated Departments: Folklore Program

Lynn Stephen

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Philip H. Knight Chair, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Anthropology
Additional Title: Graduate Faculty in Ethnic Studies, Participating Faculty in Latin American Studies, Women's and Gender Studies
E-mail: stephenl@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5168
Office: 316 Condon Hall
City: Eugene
Office Hours: T/R 1:30 -2:30 in person in 316 Condon, or by appointment
Affiliated Departments: IRES, Latinx, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Programs, Research and Outreach: Appropriate Dispute Resolution Center
Interests: Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Migration, Indigenous Peoples, Americas, Legal Pluralism, Social Memory, Testimony, Gender Violence

Analisa Taylor

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor of Spanish
E-mail: analisa@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-521-9762
Office: 326 Friendly Hall
City: Eugene
Office Hours: On leave winter '23
Affiliated Departments: Latinx, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
Interests: Culture and Social Movements in Latinx USA and Latin America; Mesoamerican Foodways, Migrations, and Human Rights; Ecology, Culture, Capital, and the State in the Americas

Hector Tobar

Title: Visiting Assistant Professor
E-mail: htobar@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2406
Office: 238 Allen Hall
Website: Website

Alejandro Vallega

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor of Philosophy
Additional Title: Committee on Diversity & Inclusiveness
E-mail: avallega@uoregon.edu
Office: 248 Susan Campbell Hall
City: Eugene
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:30-4:30
Affiliated Departments: Comparative Literature, German & Scandinavian, Latin American Studies, Romance Languages
Teaching Level: Doctoral
Interests: Decolonial epistemology. Continental Philosophy (Deconstruction, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics); Latin American Thought; Ancient Greek Philosophy. Aesthetic Philosophy. World philosophies.

Jessica Vasquez-Tokos

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor
Additional Title: Director of Undergraduate Studies
E-mail: vasquezj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5165
Office: 715 PLC
Office Hours: SP 2024: By Appt
Affiliated Departments: Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Interests: Family Life Course and Society, Race and Ethnicity, Qualitative Approaches

Julie Weise

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor, Department of History
E-mail: jweise@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4833
Office: 353 McKenzie Hall
Affiliated Departments: Latinx
Interests: Identity, Citizenship, Migration, Race, and Nations in the Americas and the world through the lens of history.

Peter Wetherwax

Affiliation: faculty, retired
Title: Faculty, Retired
E-mail: pwax@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4514
Office: 73A Klamath Hall

Juan Eduardo Wolf

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology
Additional Title: Director of Latin American Studies; Coordinator, UO World Music Series & Ethnomusicology
E-mail: ewolf2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2852
Office: 126 Frohnmayer Music Bldg
Programs, Research and Outreach: Musicology and Ethnomusicology
Interests: Latin America, decolonial thought, ethnography, folkloristics
Website: Website

Kristin Yarris

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor, Global Studies and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
E-mail: keyarris@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1363
Office: 313 PLC
Office Hours: Sp 2024: Tu 3-4 (Cafe Verso, Knight Library); Th 2-3 (remote, in Teams)
Affiliated Departments: Anthropology
Interests: transnational migration, immigrant rights, social movements, mental health, health equity, wellbeing & social care
Research Website: Research
Website: Website

Reuben Zahler

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor
E-mail: rczahler@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5907
Office: 363 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Spring 23: Fridays 12:30-2:30pm
Affiliated Departments: Latin American Studies
Interests: Latin America

Rocío Zambrana

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor of Philosophy
E-mail: zambrana@uoregon.edu
Office: 242 Susan Campbell Hall
Affiliated Departments: Latin American Studies
Interests: Continental Philosophy, esp. Hegel, Marx, Frankfurt School Critical Theory; Decolonial Thought and Decolonial Feminisms