CAS Faculty
Rafael Arias
Teaching Professor of Spanish
School of Global Studies and Languages, Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Email: rarias@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4106
Office: 16 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: TR 11:00-12:00
Zena Ariola
Associate Department Head
Professor
Computer Science
Email: ariola@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4448
Office: 305 Deschutes Hall, 1202 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1202
Research Interests: Programming Languages, Term Rewriting Systems, Lambda-calculus, Logic
Michael Aronson
Associate Professor
Department Head, Cinema Studies and Theatre Arts
Cinema Studies
Email: aronson@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3927
Office: 101 PLC, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-6223
Research Interests: Early and transitional cinema (particularly the 1910s), exhibition and moviegoing culture, and lots of digital stuff
Ina Asim
Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, History, Medieval Studies
Email: inaasim@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6161
Office: 317 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Sunny Bai
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Email: sunnybai@uoregon.edu
Phone: 971-352-4016
Research Interests: Clinical, Developmental, stress and coping, emotion regulation, family relationships, peer relationships, depression, suicide prevention, intensive longitudinal methods
Heather Bair
Costume Shop Manager
Theatre Arts
Email: hbair@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Costume History, Period and Modern Construction and Tailoring Techniques, Illustration, Art History, Owls
Laura Bakkensen
Mikesell Professor in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Economics
Email: lbak@uoregon.edu
Office: 529 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Mondays and Wednesdays, 9:30-10:30am
Monique Balbuena
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature
Email: balbuena@uoregon.edu
Office: 345 PLC, 1249 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies, Sephardic Languages, Ladino, Poetry, French and Francophone Literatures, Latin American Studies
Dare Baldwin
Full Professor
Psychology, Clark Honors College
Email: baldwin@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4964
Office: 467 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2025: <br />
Mondays and Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 Chapman Hall Faculty Commons<br />
Tuesdays 10am-12pm Straub 467
Research Interests: Development, Language Acquisition, Event Processing, Cognitive and Social-Cognitive Development, Developmental Consequences of Malnutrition, Behavioral Response to Natural Hazards
Oluwakemi "Kemi" Balogun
Associate Professor
Director of African Studies
African Studies, Black Studies, IRES, School of Global Studies and Languages, Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: kbalogun@uoregon.edu
Office: 311 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesdays 1 - 3pm www.calendly.com/kbalogun
Research Interests: Globalization, Nationalism, Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, Embodiment, Africana Studies
Jayanth Banavar
Professor
Institute for Fundamental Science, Physics
Email: banavar@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3214
Office: 177 Willamette Hall, 1274 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1274
Research Interests: Statistical Physics, Ecology, Proteins, Neuroscience, River networks
Matthew Barber
Associate Professor
Biology
Email: mfbarber@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4903
Office: 321 Pacific, 1210 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Nicola Barber
Career Senior Instructor I
Biology
Email: nbarber@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7024
Office: 73A Klamath Hall, 1210 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1210
Faith Barter
Assistant Professor
Black Studies, English
Email: fbarter@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1510
Office: 320 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tues./Thurs. 1:00-2:30pm. You must sign up at dr-barter.youcanbook.me
Research Interests: African American Literary and Cultural Studies, 19th-Century American Literary Studies, Cultural Studies
Diane Baxter
Senior Lecturer 1
Pro Tem Instructor
Law, Middle East and North African Studies
Email: dbaxter@uoregon.edu
Phone: none
Office: none
Office Hours:
Martha Bayless
Professor, English
English, Folklore Program, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Email: mjbayles@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3930
Office: 344 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: On sabbatical; please email.
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies
Erin Beck
Associate Professor
CLLAS, Latin American Studies, Political Science
Email: beck@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4483
Office: 914 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 9:30-12:30 via zoom (https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97590591398), email to reserve a time.
Research Interests: Latin American Politics, Development, Gender, NGOs, Microfinance, Collective Action
Steven Beda
Assistant Professor
History
Email: sbeda@uoregon.edu
Office: 307 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Winter 23, Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-12:30 and by appointment
Research Interests: 20th Century US History, Labor History, Environmental History,
Mathilde Bégu
Assistant Teaching Professor of French and 1st-year French Language Program Supervisor
French, Romance Languages, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: mbegu@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: On Tuesday from 12pm to 1pm on Teams (video call). On Friday from 4pm to 5pm on Teams or in person in my office (PLC 101). Schedule a 15-minute appointment with me by clicking the link in my email signature.
Research Interests: Language Pedagogy, Teaching French as a second language, Social justice in lower proficiency classrooms
Guillem Belmar Viernes
Assistant Professor
Linguistics, Language Teaching Studies
Email: gbelmar@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fridays 11:00 to 1:00 @ Straub 279
Research Interests: Language revitalization; language maintenance; language rights; language documentation; minority multilingualism; Minoritized Languages and (Social Media); Minoritized Language Translation; Indigenous diaspora; Mesomerica; Otomanguean Languages (Mixtec); P'urhépecha; Basque; Catalan