Black Studies
Julius McGee
Associate Professor
Black Studies, Sociology
Email: juliusm@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5514
Office: 631 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesday/Thursday 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM<br />
Fela McWhorter
Operations Manager, Academic Support Unit 5
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: felaw@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5902
Office: 275B McKenzie Hall
Kelly Mendelson
Accounting Technician
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: kellymen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4548
Office Hours: 8:00am-12:00pm; 1:00-5:00pm
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
Lanie Millar
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
African Studies, Black Studies, Comparative Literature, IRES, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Spanish, College of Arts and Sciences, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: lmillar@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4031
Office Hours: Fall, 2025: By appointment. Please email.
Research Interests: 20th-21st Century Caribbean Literature, Latin American Literature, African Literature, Lusophone Literatures, Global South Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Race and Blackness, Critical Theory
