Charles Martinez is an American professor and higher education administrator. He has held positions at the University of Oregon and University of Texas Austin.

Early life and education

Charles Martinez, Jr., was born and raised in southern California and identifies as a third-generation Mexican American. His parents divorced when he was young and he lived, at various times, with his father, mother, or extended family members. He graduated with honors from

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as a first-generation college student. While attending Pitzer he worked a full-time job to pay his tuition. He received his master's degree and PhD from the

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Administrator

Charles Martinez worked at the University of Oregon for nearly 20 years. He served as vice president for institutional equity and diversity from 2005 - 2011. He then founded The Center for Equity Promotion in 2012 and served as the director. While at UofO, Martinez also served as the chair of the Oregon State Board of Education for two years. Charles Martinez was appointed as the Dean of the College of Education at

University of Texas Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

on January 1, 2019. In 2020 UT Austin surpassed 25% Hispanic undergraduate enrollment for the first time, qualifying the school as a Hispanic Serving Institution, Martinez served as a member of the Hispanic Serving Institution Transition Committee. On May 20, 2022, Oregon State University Board of Trustees announced Charles Martinez as one of two candidates for the position of President of the university.

Honors

Named Philip H. Knight Professor at the University of Oregon in 2017.

References

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