CAS Humanities Faculty

Portrait of Aycan Akçamete

Aycan Akçamete

Assistant Professor
Comparative Literature, Theatre Arts
akcamete@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1323
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Intercultural Theater, Contemporary Theater in the UK and Turkiye, Theatre Criticism, Political Theatre, Actor-Network Theory
Portrait of Stacy Alaimo

Stacy Alaimo

Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor in English
English
salaimo@uoregon.edu
Phone: Please contact via email.
Office: 205 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: FALL 2026 OFFICE HOURS: In person, 205 PLC, Mondays and Wednesdays, 12:30-1:30; Mondays 3:30-4:00 and by appointment (email for appointment and zoom link). You are welcome to stop by in-person office hours or email to reserve a half hour meeting. If you are sick, please do not come to office hours in person; email me and we can zoom. Note: some office hours may be cancelled due to meetings, grad exams, etc.. Just email to check.
Research Interests: Environmental Humanities/Multispecies Studies, Blue Humanities/Critical Ocean Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Theory, Posthumanities/New Materialism, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Visual Culture, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity, Gender, Sexuality, Queer Studies, Transcorporeality
Portrait of Peter Alilunas

Peter Alilunas

Associate Professor
Cinema Studies
pka@uoregon.edu
Office: 230 Villard Hall, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Technology, regulation, censorship, exhibition, spectatorship, cinema history, adult film
Portrait of Michael Allan

Michael Allan

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature; Director of Undergraduate Studies
Program Faculty in Cinema Studies; Program Faculty in Arabic; Program Faculty in Middle East Studies; Program Faculty in Comic Studies
Comparative Literature, Cinema Studies, Arabic Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Middle East and North African Studies
mallan@uoregon.edu
Office: 358 PLC, 5242 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Please book an appointment at the following link: (https://tinyurl.com/kcp3m73r)
Research Interests: World Literature (Francophone, Arabic, Global Anglophone), Postcolonial Studies, Film and Visual Culture, Media Theory
Portrait of Ramón Alvarado

Ramón Alvarado

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Data Science Initiative
Philosophy
ralvarad@uoregon.edu
Office: 245 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Fall 2022: Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00-11:00 AM
Portrait of Jasmine An

Jasmine An

Assistant Professor of English
English
jnan@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday/Thursday 2-3:30pm, PLC 329 or Zoom
Research Interests: - Asian American Literature - Southeast Asian Diasporic Literature - Contemporary Poetry & Poetics - Thai Studies - Queer of Color Critique - Gender & Sexuality Studies
Portrait of Daniel D. Anderson

Daniel D. Anderson

Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Creative Writing Program
dda@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0536
Office: 209 Alder Bldg, 5243 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5243
Office Hours: By appointment via video
Portrait of Aneesh Aneesh

Aneesh Aneesh

Executive Director, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Interim Director, Middle East and North African Studies
German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
edsgsl@uoregon.edu
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Globalization, technology, labor, migration, citizenship, theory
Portrait of Rafael Arias

Rafael Arias

Teaching Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, College of Arts and Sciences
rarias@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4106
Office: Mac Court, Rm. 114
Office Hours: MW 10:00-10:50
Portrait of Michael Aronson

Michael Aronson

Professor
Department Head, Cinema Studies
Cinema Studies
aronson@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3927
Office: 231 Villard Hall, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Early and transitional cinema (particularly the 1910s), exhibition and moviegoing culture, and lots of digital stuff
Portrait of Heather Bair

Heather Bair

Costume Shop Manager
Theatre Arts
hbair@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Costume History, Period and Modern Construction and Tailoring Techniques, Illustration, Art History, Owls
Portrait of Monique Balbuena

Monique Balbuena

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature
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
Portrait of Faith Barter

Faith Barter

Assistant Professor
Black Studies, English
fbarter@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1510
Office: 320 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Monday 2:00-3:30pm; Wednesday 10:00-11:30am. Sign up at dr-barter.youcanbook.me
Research Interests: African American Literary and Cultural Studies, 19th-Century American Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Legal Studies
Portrait of Martha Bayless

Martha Bayless

Professor, English
English, Folklore Program, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
mjbayles@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3930
Office: 344 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter term 2026: Tuesdays 1-2 and 3:30-4:30; Thursdays 3:30-4:30
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies
Portrait of Mathilde Bégu

Mathilde Bégu

Assistant Teaching Professor of French and 1st-year French Language Program Supervisor
French, Romance Languages, College of Arts and Sciences, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
mbegu@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday from 3:30 to 4:30pm in my office (PLC101) or on Zoom, or at a different time by appointment.
Research Interests: Language Pedagogy, Curriculum Design, Teaching French as a second language, Social justice in lower proficiency classrooms
Portrait of Guillem Belmar Viernes

Guillem Belmar Viernes

Assistant Professor
Linguistics, Language Teaching Studies, Latinx
gbelmar@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays 11 to 12 & Fridays 10 to 11 @ Straub 261 (Language Revitalization Lab)
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
Portrait of Elizabeth Bohls

Elizabeth Bohls

Professor
English, SAIL
ebohls@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5484
Office: 263 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2026: Tuesday 12:30 - 2:00, Thursday 10:30 - 12:00 & by appointment
Research Interests: Colonial, Settler Colonial, and Postcolonial Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity, Cultural Studies, Feminism Studies, Restoration and 18th Century Literary Studies, Travel Writing
Portrait of Lara Bovilsky

Lara Bovilsky

Associate Professor
College Scholars, English, SAIL
bovilsky@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1309
Office: 246 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 9:30-11am, R 10-11am & by appt.
Research Interests: Renaissance/Early Modern Literary Studies, Race Ethnicity and Indigeneity, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Poetry and Poetics, Drama and Performance Studies
Portrait of Lowell Bowditch

Lowell Bowditch

Professor
Classics
bowditch@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4306
Office: 337 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: By Appointment
Portrait of Bradley Branam

Bradley Branam

Associate Professor
Theatre Arts
bbranam@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4185
Office: 215 Villard Hall
Office Hours: M-F 12-2pm Or by appointment
Research Interests: Technical Direction, Projection Design, Sound Design