CAS Humanities Faculty

Aycan Akcamete

Assistant Professor
Comparative Literature, Theatre Arts
Phone: 541-346-1323
Office: PLC 372
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Performance Studies, Intercultural Theater, Contemporary Theater in the UK and Turkiye

Stacy Alaimo

Professor of English
Core Faculty in Environmental Studies; Director of Graduate Studies for English Department
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-1476
Office: 205 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 9am-1pm (in person); T 3-5pm (Zoom only, email for appt and link)
Research Interests: Environmental Humanities, Posthumanities/New Materialism, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary and Critical Th,Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Visual Culture, Race, Ethnicity, and Indignity, Gender, Sexuality, Queer and Trans Studies

Peter Alilunas

Assoc. Prof and Assoc. Dept. Head, Dept. of Cinema Studies
Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-2004
Office: 105 PLC
Research Interests: Sexuality, gender, pornography, adult film history, technology, regulation, censorship, exhibition, spectatorship

Michael Allan

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Program Faculty in Cinema Studies; Program Faculty in Arabic; Program Faculty in Middle East Studies; Program Faculty in Comic Studies
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, Middle East and North African Studies, Cinema Studies
Office: 358 PLC
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: World literature (Francophone, Arabic), Film and visual culture, Postcolonial studies, Literary theory

Ramón Alvarado

Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Data Science Initiative
Data Ethics Coordinator/Graduate Placement Committee/Colloquium & Events Committee
Philosophy
Office: 245 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2022: Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00-11:00 AM

Daniel D. Anderson

Professor, Director of Creative Writing (On Sabbatical 2023-2024)
Professor
Creative Writing Program
Phone: 541-346-0536
Office: 209 Alder Bldg
Office Hours: By appointment via video

Aneesh Aneesh

Executive Director, School of Global Studies and Languages
German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Globalization, technology, labor, migration, citizenship, theory

Rafael Arias

Senior Instructor II of Spanish
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Phone: 541-346-4106
Office: 16 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: T&R 11:00-12:00

Michael Aronson

Associate Professor
Cinema Studies
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
Phone: 541-346-6161
Office: 317 McKenzie Hall

Heather Bair

Costume Shop Manager
Theatre Arts
Office: 123A MTC (Miller Theatre Complex)
Research Interests: Costume History, Period and Modern Construction and Tailoring Techniques, Illustration, Art History, Owls

Monique Balbuena

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-2311
Office: 345 PLC
Research Interests: Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies, Sephardic Languages, Ladino, Poetry, French and Francophone Literatures, Latin American Studies

Faith Barter

Assistant Professor
Black Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-1510
Office: 320 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: TR 4-5pm (in person or Zoom); W 1:30-2:30 (Zoom only). You must sign up at dr-barter.youcanbook.me
Research Interests: African American Literary and Cultural Studies, 19th-Century American Literary Studies, Cultural Studies

Martha Bayless

Professor, English
Director, Folklore and Public Culture
English, Folklore Program, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-3930
Office: 344 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024, available by email every weekday
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies

Mathilde Bégu

Career Instructor of French and 2nd-year French Language Program Supervisor
French, Romance Languages
Phone: Teams
Office: 201 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Thursday 2:30-4:30pm
Research Interests: Teaching French as a second language, Teaching francophone literature, Ecofeminism, Decolonial literature

Guillem Belmar Viernes

Assistant Professor
Linguistics
Office: Straub 279
Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 10:30-11:30
Research Interests: Language revitalization, language maintenance, language rights, minoritized languages, endangered languages, language documentation, minority multilingualism, Minoritized Languages and (Social Media), Minoritized Language Translation, cont.

Elizabeth Bohls

Professor
English, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5484
Office: 263 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: MW 12:15-1:45pm & by appt.
Research Interests: Colonial, Settler Colonial, and Postcolonial Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity, Cultural Studies, Feminism Studies, Restoration and 18th Century Literary Studies, Travel Writing

Lara Bovilsky

Associate Professor
College Scholars, English, SAIL
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

Lowell Bowditch

Professor, Classics Department Head
Classics
Phone: 541-346-4306
Office: 337 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: By Appointment

Bradley Branam

Associate Professor
Theatre Arts
Phone: 541-346-4185
Office: B11E MacArthur Court
Research Interests: Technical Direction, Projection Design, Sound Design

Steven Brence

Distinguished Teaching Professor & Pre-Law Advisor
Director of Ethics Minor
Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-5553
Office: 250D Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesdays from 3-5 pm or by Appointment.
Research Interests: Social/Political, Ethics, Philosophy of Film, Pragmatism, 19th and 20th Century German

Jason B. Brown

Professor
Director of Creative Writing
Creative Writing Program
Phone: 541-346-0510
Office: 208 Alder Bldg

Kirby Brown

Associate Professor, English
Director, Native American and Studies (NAIS)
English, Native American Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5819
Office: 330 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2024: M: 3-5 pm, W: 9-10 am, and by email appt. (or schedule here: https://calendly.com/kirbybrown/officehours)
Research Interests: Native American and Indigenous Literary and Cultural Studies; Race, Ethnicity, & Indigeneity; Cultural Studies; Modernism Studies; Genre Studies

Steven Brown

Professor of Comparative Literature
Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-4016
Office: 354 PLC
Research Interests: posthumanism, horror cinema, Surrealist film and animation, sound design in film, Japanese popular culture, and critical theory.

Carrie Brown Reiily

Spanish Instructor
Romance Languages
Phone: 541-346-4207
Office: 20 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday 3 pm - 4:30 pm 193 ANS

Katherine Brundan

Senior Instructor I
Comparative Literature, Disability Studies, English, Humanities Program, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-0934
Office: 363 PLC
Research Interests: 19th century European novel, translation studies, philology, history of the novel, the Gothic, gender, technology

Mattie Burkert

Associate Professor
Director, Minor in Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-0272
Office: 235 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays, 1-4pm (schedule an appointment at https://tinyurl.com/burkert-office-hours)
Research Interests: Digital Humanities, New Media, Theater and Performance Studies, Restoration and 18th Century Literature and Culture, Histories of Science and Technology, Economic History and Criticism, Gender and Sexuality, Disability

Cristina Calhoon

Senior Career Instructor, Undergraduate Advisor
Classics
Phone: 541-346-1037
Office: 355 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00pm-12:50pm or by appointment

Kenneth Calhoon

Professor of Comparative Literature and German
Comparative Literature, German & Scandinavian, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4060
Office: 356 PLC
Research Interests: German literature, aesthetics, psychoanalysis, visual arts, early cinema

Ulrick Casimir

Career Instructor
Clark Honors College, English
Phone: 541-346-3977
Office: 208 Chapman Hall
Office Hours: On sabbatical through Fall 2024—please contact the Clark Honors College front desk for more information.

Marjorie G. Celona

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies, Assistant Director of Creative Writing, Undergraduate Advisor
Creative Writing Program
Phone: 541-346-0540
Office: 211 Alder Bldg
Office Hours: Thursdays 12-2pm

David Chamberlain

Career Instructor
Classics, Digital Humanities
Phone: 541-346-5071
Office: 367 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: TBA

Roy Chan

Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
Director of Graduate Studies, East Asian Languages & Literatures
Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 426 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesdays 1:00pm-3:00 pm (email in advance appreciated)
Research Interests: Modern Chinese and Russian Literatures, Critical Theory, Formalism, Affect Studies, Sociolinguistic Literary Criticism

Weijun Chen

Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-8501
Office: 172 Gerlinger Annex

Mai-Lin Cheng

Associate Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-0123
Office: 371 PLC
Office Hours: Fall Term: Mondays 12:00-1:30 pm for drop-in hours; Mondays 1:30-3:00 by appt. (email 24 hours in advance for appt.)
Research Interests: 19th-Century Literary Studies

Grecia Chirinos Delgado

Career Instructor of Spanish
Global Studies, Latin American Studies, Latinx, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Phone: Teams call
Office: 201 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MW 3:00-4:00pm and by appoinment
Research Interests: U.S. Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Education, Critical Language Awareness, Sociolinguistics, Critical Pedagodies

Miriam Chorley-Schulz

Assistant Professor and Mokin Fellow of Holocaust Studies
German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies Program, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 419 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Mo, 1–2pm or by appointment
Research Interests: Jewish Studies, Yiddish Studies, Holocaust Studies, Fascism Studies, Soviet Union, German Studies

Stephanie Clark

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies; Director/Advisor, Medieval Studies Program
English, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-3960
Office: 374 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2024: M 3-5, F 3-4, and by appt.
Research Interests: Medieval Literary and Cultural Studies, Old English, Religion and Mythology, Gift Theory

Suzanne Clark

Professor Emerita
English

José Cortez

Assistant Professor
Director of Latinx Studies
CLLAS, Digital Humanities, Disability Studies, English, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-0069
Office: 319 PLC
Office Hours: Fall Term: MF 3:00pm-3:50pm
Research Interests: Critical Theory, Rhetoric, Latinx Studies

Amy Costales

Senior Instructor II of Spanish
College of Arts and Sciences, Latinx, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Phone: Contact via e-mail or Teams
Office: 226 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 2:00-3:00 or via Teams(send message for Teams)
Research Interests: U.S Spanish, Linguistics, Border expression, Latino experience in U.S., K-12 education, children's literature, LatCrit, CRT

James Crosswhite

Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-3956
Office: 258 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024, available by email
Research Interests: Environmental Humanities, Literary and Critical Theory, Poetry and Poetics, Rhetoric, Composition, and Composition Pedagogy

Don Daniels

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Linguistics
Office: 275 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Tue 9:30-10:30, 1:30p-3:30p
Research Interests: language change, comparative reconstruction, morphosyntax, Papuan languages, fieldwork

Liliana Darwin Lopez

Senior Instructor II of Spanish and Spanish Heritage Language
Profesora de español como segunda lengua y lengua de herencia
Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Phone: 541-346-4104
Office: 20 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: OTOÑO 2024 lunes y miércoles (MW) 12-1 p.m.
Research Interests: Latines in the U.S., Latine Literature, Estudios culturales

Brent Dawson

Associate Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-3962
Office: 473 PLC
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024, available by email
Research Interests: Drama and Performance Studies, Renaissance/Early Modern Literary Studies

Lauretta De Renzo-Huter

Senior Instructor II
First Year Italian Supervisor
Italian, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: n/a
Office: 175 MCK
Office Hours: Wednesday 12:00-2:00

Connie Dickey

Senior Instructor II of French
1st-Year French Supervisor
French, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4025
Office: 105D Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Mon. 2:00-2:50 pm (in 175 MCK), Th. 10:30-11:20 (in 105D Friendly), & by apptmt
Research Interests: 2nd-language learning and teaching; French phonetics, grammar, historical Romance linguistics, & medieval French and Occitan literature

Matthew Dickman

Visiting Assistant Professor
Creative Writing Program

Kevin Dicus

Associate Professor; Program Head, Humanities
Classics, Humanities Program
Phone: 541-346-4087
Office: 354 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Monday 11:00am-12:00pm, Tuesday 1:00pm-2:00pm, and by appointment over Zoom
Research Interests: Archaeology

Rachel DiNitto

Professor, Japanese Literature
Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS), East Asian Languages & Literatures
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4012
Office: 301 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Monday 3:00-5:00 or by appointment. Zoom: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/3687608212
Research Interests: Japanese literature, nuclear issues, environmental humanities

Andre Djiffack

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies
French, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-0958
Office: 210 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Thursdays 3:30 - 5:20 pm

Geri Doran

Professor of Poetry
Creative Writing Program
Phone: 541-346-0546
Office: 213 Alder Bldg
Office Hours: Fridays 11-1 and by appointment

Christopher Eckerman

Professor of Classics, Classics Director of Graduate Studies
Classics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4071
Office: 368 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Friday 12:30pm-2:30pm

Sophie Ell

Career Instructor
English
Office: 301-B TYKE
Office Hours: Fall Term: TTH 12:30-2:00pm (and by appointment)

Robert Elliott

Director, Northwest Indian Language Institute and Yamada Language Center
American English Institute, Language Teaching Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-0732
Office: 211 Pacific Hall

Paula Ellister

Supervisor, First-year Spanish
Senior Instructor of Spanish II, Interim Director of Language Instruction
Romance Languages
Phone: 541-346-0954
Office: 227 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: 11-11:50 Wednesdays and Thursdays and by appointment

Cecilia Enjuto Rangel

Associate Professor of Spanish
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4045
Office: 323 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 9am-10am

Maram Epstein

Professor, Chinese Literature
Director, Center for Asian Pacific Studies
Chinese, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 303 Friendly Hall

Marilyn Farwell

Professor Emerita
English
Office Hours:

Karen J. Ford

Professor Emerita
English

Nicholas Forster

Assistant Professor
Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-0217

Alisa Freedman

Professor, Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender
Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Translation Studies
Phone: 541-979-7794
Office: 404 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fridays, 10:30-12:00 on Zoom (Please email for an appointment.)
Research Interests: Cross-cultural,transnational Asian Studies; cultural studies; intersectional gender studies; popular culture; media studies; biographies & memoirs; youth culture; modern Japanese literature; digital culture; urban studies; translation; academic publishing

Yukari Furikado-Koranda

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4002
Office: 313 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M/W 2:15pm-3:45pm or by appointment

John Gage

Professor Emeritus
English
Office Hours: By appointment

Cassandra Galentine

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-1496
Office: 335 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: M/W 1-2:30pm and by appointment
Research Interests: Women's Working-Class Literature, Multiethnic U.S. Literature, Environmental Justice, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

Pedro García-Caro

Associate Professor of Spanish
Senator
OCIAS, Romance Languages, SAIL, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Translation Studies
Phone: 541-346-5813
Office: 325 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: W. 10am-12pm or by appointment.
Research Interests: Nationalism, Postmodernity, Postcolonial Studies, Environmental Studies, US Hispanic Literatures, Mexican Literature, Border Literature, Comparative American Studies, Transatlantic Studies, Satire, Drama, Translation

Diana Garvin

Assistant Professor of Italian, Mediterranean Studies
Food Studies, Italian, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-6984
Office: 421 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Monday, 11:30am-1:30pm
Research Interests: Transnational Italian Studies (East Africa, Brazil), Fascism and Neo-Fascism, Food Studies, Environmental Humanities, Medical Humanities

Denise Gigliotti

Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-3552
Office: 213 Villard Hall
Office Hours: M/W/F 12:00-12:50
Research Interests: Chinese langauge pedagogy, Chinese language, literature, media

Spike Gildea

Professor
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3906
Office: 381 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Currently on sabbatical

Andrew Goble

Professor
History, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-4800
Office: 361 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday and Wednesday 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Research Interests: Japan

Sangita Gopal

Associate Professor of English
Comparative Literature, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-5524
Office: 103 PLC, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Postcolonial Theory and Literature, South Asian Visual and Cultural Studies

Devin Grammon

Assistant Professor of Spanish Sociolinguistics
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-4070
Office: 417 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Wednesdays 3-5pm
Research Interests: Sociocultural Linguistics, Second Language Studies, Linguistic Ethnography, Language Contact, Quechua and Andean Spanish, Linguistic Landscapes

Deborah Green

Greenberg Associate Professor, Hebrew Language & Literature
Humanities Program, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies
Phone: 541-346-5974
Office: 352 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: TBA

Alison Groppe

Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
Chinese Sector Representative
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-7015
Office: 317 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays 3-4pm on Zoom (email for link); Tuesdays 4-5pm, FR317

Miguel Gualdrón Ramírez

Assistant Professor
Philosophy
Office: 232 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Mondays and Wednesdays from 11am-12pm
Research Interests: Critical Philosophy of Race, Latin American and Caribbean Philosophy (Social and Political), Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art, 18th and 19th century German Philosophy (esp. Hegel and Nietzsche), 20th century Continental Philosophy

Gantt Gurley

Associate Professor
Clark Honors College, Folklore Program, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies Program, Medieval Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4055
Office: 319 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MW 2–4 or by appointment
Research Interests: Ancient and medieval song culture, the birth of the novel, the Wandering Jew, Long Romanticism, Old Norse literature, the lyrical mode, Hans Christian Andersen, and notions of religiosity in the Danish Golden Age.

Luke Habberstad

Associate Professor, Early Chinese Literature and Religion
Program Head & Director of Asian Studies Program
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Religious Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4006
Office: 401 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2-4 pm

Erin Hanna

Associate Professor of Cinema Studies
Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-2084
Office: 106 PLC
Research Interests: Overlaps and interactions between the media industries & fans, the San Diego Comic-Con, media industry promotion, histories of fandom & popular culture, Canadian film & TV, media industry studies, fan studies, television studies, & feminist media studies

Reiko Hashimoto

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4089
Office: 413 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MW 1:00 - 2:30 pm

Paulo Henriquez

Senior Instructor of Spanish
Second Year Supervisor
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-3153
Office: 22 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Fall 24, Tuesdays/Thursdays 10:00-10:50 or by appointment

Salvador Herrera

Assistant Professor of English
English
Phone: 541-346-1342
Office: 327 PLC
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: American Studies, Drama and Performance Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Latino/a Studies, Literature of the Americas, Contemporary Literary Studies, Queer and Trans Studies, Race and Ethnicity

Gina Herrmann

Norman H. Brown Faculty Fellow, Professor of Spanish, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow 2017-18
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-654-2705
Office: 220 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: WED 10-12 virtual, please text in advance
Research Interests: Communist and Leftist Studies, Holocaust Studies, Spanish Memory Studies

Julie Hessler

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies in History
History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4857
Office: 351 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024 Tues 10-11, Thurs 3:30-4:30

Nathalie Hester

Giustina Family Associate Professor
French, Italian, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4058
Office: 222 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays 1-3pm

Katya Hokanson

Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Director of Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Head, Department of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-3947
Office: 357 PLC
Research Interests: 19th-century Russian literature, women's writing, and Russian colonialism.

David Hollenberg

Associate Professor
Arabic and Islamic Studies
Arabic Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies
Phone: 541-346-8096
Office: 349 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Thursday 12:00pm-1:00pm and by appointment

Garrett Hongo

Professor
Creative Writing Program
Phone: 541-346-0545
Office: 210 Alder Bldg
Research Interests: Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Asian American Literature, Diasporic Literatures, Critical Theory

Bassem Hosny

Program Director, Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies, Advisor, Modern Hebrew Instructor
Judaic Studies Program, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-3355
Office: Friendly Hall 311
Office Hours: MW 10:55 - 11:55 and by appointment
Research Interests: Modern Hebrew language and literature, Judeo-Arabic, Comparative literature, and Semitic studies

Kelley Howarth

Career Faculty in Spanish
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Office: 223 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-3:50pm & by appt.
Research Interests: Critical pedagogies, Spanish language contact and variation, heritage language pedagogy

Helen Huang

Career Instructor
Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-1542
Office: 301C Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: Fall term: Tues and Thurs 2p-330p

Maile Hutterer

Associate Professor
History Art & Arch, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-8229
Office: 253 Lawrence Hall
Research Interests: Medieval art, architecture, and urban development

Habib Iddrisu

Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Dance
Director, Dema Dance Ensemble
African Studies, Black Studies, Dance, Folklore Program, IRES, Music
Phone: 541-346-4062
Office: 152 Gerlinger Annex
Research Interests: Dance, West Africa, cultural studies, post-colonial independence history, political economy, oral history, African diaspora, new internationalism

Kaori Idemaru

Professor, Japanese Linguistics
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Language Teaching Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-3551
Office: 302 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: 14:00-16:00 Tuesday

Rika Ikei

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4035
Office: 408 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M 14:00-16:00, W 9:30-10:30, or by appointment

Colin Ives

Associate Professor
Art, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-0072
Office: 122 Millrace 2
Research Interests: Art & Technology

Mary Jaeger

Professor, Graduate Advisor
Classics, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-4068
Office: 335 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: By appointment only

Jon Jaramillo

Career Instructor of Spanish, Ph.D.
College of Arts and Sciences, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-4497
Office: 202 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: By appointment https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/8747897222
Research Interests: Politics, Post colonial Studies, Philosophy, SLAT, Queer Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, Poetry, Cinema, Translation Studies, Memory Studies, Transfeminism

Zhuo Jing-Schmidt

Professor
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4023
Office: 318 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday 10AM-12PM
Research Interests: Cognitive Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics

Mark Johnson

Philip H. Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Professor Emeritus
College Scholars, Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-5548
Office: 240 Susan Campbell Hall
Research Interests: Metaphor Theory, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy and Cognitive Science, American Philosophy, Kant, Moral Theory, Ethical Naturalism, Aesthetics.

Mat Johnson

Professor
The Philip H. Knight Chair of the Humanities
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Creative Writing Program, English
Phone: 541-346-0547
Office: 207 Alder Bldg.
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024

Ryan Jones

Professor
Ann Swindells Chair, Department Head, Department of History
Asian Studies, History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4859
Office: 383 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:30
Research Interests: Russia, The Pacific, Global Environment

Stephanie Jones

Assistant Professor
Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-1344

Jeanette deJong

Associate Professor
Theatre Arts
Phone: 5412856258
Office: 028 MacArthur Court
Office Hours: Winter 2024, Tuesday and Thursday noon-1:00 p.m.
Research Interests: Costume History, Professional Practice in Costume Design, Color, Fabric Modification, Fitting, Patterning and Draping, Fashion

Junha Jung

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-1325
Office: 328 PLC
Office Hours: Fall Term: MW 10:00-11:30 am & by appt.
Research Interests: Multiethnic American Literature, Anthropology and Literature, Multimodal Composition

Vsevolod Kapatsinski

Professor
Department Head
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3923
Office: 367 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Mon & Wed 2:00p-3:30p, in person or Zoom
Research Interests: computational learning theory, constituency, unitization, frequency effects, probabilistic morphophonology, inferential statistics, usage-based linguistic theory, mechanisms of language change

Kathleen Karlyn

Professor Emerita
English
Office Hours:

Heidi Kaufman

Associate Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-3932
Office: 327 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: F 10am-1pm & by appt.

Masami Kawai

Assistant Professor
Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-8141
Office: 254 PLC
Research Interests: Directing, Screenwriting, Producing, and Independent Filmmaking

Kate Kelp-Stebbins

Associate Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-1520
Office: 333 PLC
Office Hours: Summer term: Thursday 12-3pm via Zoom
Research Interests: Colonial, Settler Colonial, and Postcolonial Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Digital Humanities, Feminism Studies, Film, Television, and Media Studies, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity

Tyler Kendall

Professor
Linguistics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-3199
Office: 373 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290

Harinder Khalsa

Senior Instructor II of Italian/YLC Self Study Language Program Coordinator
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: MCK 161
Office Hours: MW 12:00-12:45 PM or by appointment
Research Interests: Italian language and culture, Turkish language and culture, Less Commonly Taught Languages, second language acquisition, teaching and teacher training.

Dong Hoon Kim

Associate Professor of Cinema Studies
Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-4108
Office: 104 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 24: Fridays 1-2:30p.m. or by appointment

Jina Kim

Associate Professor, Korean Literature & Culture
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 403 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023:Friday 12:00 (Noon)-2:00 pm Global Scholars Hall 105
Research Interests: Modern Korean literature, Comparative literature, Sound studies, Radio studies, Transmedia, Korean diaspora

Martin Klebes

Associate Professor
Head, Department of German & Scandinavian
German & Scandinavian, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-2818
Office: 205 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MW 12:30 p.m. -13:30 p.m.
Research Interests: 18th- through 21st-century German and French literature, philosophy and critical thought.

Caroline Koopford

Pro Tem Instructor
Creative Writing Program

Colin Koopman

Professor of Philosophy
Director of New Media and Culture Certificate Program & Pre-Law Advisor (on leave 2024)
Digital Humanities, Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-5980
Office: 250A Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Political Philosophy, Information Politics and Data Ethics, AI, History of Philosophy, Genealogy, Pragmatism

Anna Kovalchuk

Senior Instructor I
English
Phone: 541-346-1532
Office: 301A Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: Fall Term: Weds 12-3 & by appt.
Research Interests: national narratives, comparative and world literature, Cossack history, Ukrainian and Russian literature

Lori Kruckenberg

Professor of Musicology
Medieval Studies, Music
Phone: 541-346-3763
Office: 101 Frohnmayer Music Bldg
Research Interests: Middle Ages, gender studies

Nayoung Kwon

Associate Professor, Korean Linguistics
Korean Sector Representative
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4179
Office: Friendly Hall 425

Kris Kyle

Associate Professor
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3808
Office: 273 Straub Hall
Office Hours: By appointment

C. Anne Laskaya

Associate Professor, Emerita
Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-1517
Office: 357 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall Term: Via Zoom M 11-12:30pm, R 2:30-4pm & by appt.
Research Interests: Gender and Sexuality Studies, Medieval Literary and Cultural Studies, Rhetoric

Changhoon Lee

Pro tem Korean Language Instructor
East Asian Languages
Office: Friendly 203

Stephanie LeMenager

Professor of English, Faculty Affiliate in Environmental Studies
Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor 2014-2024
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-3966
Office: 457 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 3-4:30pm & by appt.
Research Interests: 19th Century American Literary Studies, Environmental Humanities, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies

Julia Lesage

Professor Emerita
English
Office Hours:

Jeffrey S. Librett

Professor of German & Scandinavian
Department Head, Director of Graduate Studies
German & Scandinavian, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-0649
Office: 327 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Tuesday 3:30-5:00pm and by appointment (through email)
Research Interests: German, French, and English letters; Enlightenment, Counter-enlightenment, Romanticism, and Modernism; literature, philosophy, critical theory, inter-arts discourse, Judaic Studies, psychoanalysis, film

Susanna Lim

Associate Professor of Literature, Russian Studies, and Korean Studies
Director of REEES Graduate Studies
College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Global Studies, Korean, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-0691
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 101
Research Interests: Korean Studies, Korean Literature, Korean Popular Culture, Race Studies, Race in South Korea, Russian Studies, Koryo Saram, Diaspora, Post-colonialism

Leah Lowthorp

Assistant Professor
Co-DGS, Folklore and Public Culture
Anthropology, Folklore Program
Phone: 541-346-5101
Office: 321 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024, Wednesday 12-3pm
Research Interests: Folklore, Performance, Critical Heritage Studies, Online Narratives of Human Biotechnology, South Asia

Sergio Loza

Assistant Professor of Spanish Linguistics
Director of the Spanish Heritage Language Program
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Office: 430 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday 4-5pm via Zoom only (email me for link)
Research Interests: Spanish heritage language education, Spanish heritage language pedagogy, linguistics, sociolinguistics, U.S. Spanish, critical language awareness

Ximing Lu

Assistant Professor
Classics
Phone: 541-346-4922
Office: 333 Susan Campbell Hall
Research Interests: Latin literature, Roman education, slavery, Global classics

Caroline Lundquist

Pro Tem Instructor of Philosophy & Research Associate/Associate Director CGOEP
Philosophy
Office: 310 Chapman Hall
Office Hours: Fridays: 2:30-3:30 p.m. AND by appointment during Spring 2021

Peji Lunyili

Pro Tem Instructor
Linguistics
Office: Straub 285

Bonnie J. Mann

Professor of Philosophy
Committee on Diversity & Inclusion Chair
Philosophy, Translation Studies
Office: 234 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/98139166536?pwd=ZGVGSVJ1RkJMbVFMMjVtd0dtN2s1QT09
Research Interests: Feminist Philosophy, Continental Philosophy

Fengjun Mao

Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-8501
Office: 224 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M/W 11-noon or by appointment

Dawn Marlan

Senior Lecturer I
Comparative Literature, German & Scandinavian, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-0934
Office: 363 PLC
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Interests: History and theory of the novel in Europe and the US, comparative modernism, contemporary fiction, visual culture, and creative writing, specifically literary nonfiction and fiction.

Gabriela Martínez

Professor
CLLAS, SOJC, SOJC-Journalism, SOJC-Journalism Master's, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-1997
Office: 315 Hendricks Hall / 237 Allen Hall
Office Hours: Please email faculty using your UO email account or use Canvas if enrolled in a course with the professor.
Research Interests: Areas of Media Studies and Journalism

Cintia Martínez Velasco

Assistant Professor
Committee on Diversity & Inclusiveness
Philosophy
Office: 211D Susan Campbell Hall

Florian Matter

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Linguistics
Office: 280 Straub Hall
Research Interests: digital linguistics, language description, Cariban languages, corpus linguistics

Kevin E. May

Instructor
Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-8296
Office: 259 Knight Library
Office Hours: Spring 23, Thursdays 2-3pm or by appointment

Allison McGuffie

Instructor
African Studies, Digital Humanities, English, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-3965
Office: 329 PLC

Erin McKenna

Professor of Philosophy
Director of Undergraduate Studies/Curriculum Committee/GTF Appointment Committee/
Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-9613
Office: 237 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Monday 3:30-5:30
Research Interests: Animal Ethics, Feminist Theory, American Pragmatism, Ecofeminism

Eric Mentzel

Professor of Voice
Medieval Studies, Music
Phone: 541-346-3780
Office: 260 Frohnmayer Music Bldg
Research Interests: Music Performance, Vocal Performance and Choral Studies, Early Music/Historical Performance Practice

Leah Middlebrook

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Spanish
Director, Oregon Humanities Center (OHC)
Comparative Literature, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-3103
Office: 355 PLC Hall
Office Hours: on sabbatical leave F 2024
Research Interests: poetry and poetics; comparative modernities; critical race studies; early modern literature and culture of Spain, the Spanish Americas, France and Great Britain

Lanie Millar

Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
African Studies, Black Studies, Comparative Literature, IRES, Portuguese, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-4031
Office Hours: Fall, 2024: in person, MW 2-3, and by appointment. Zoom by appointment only: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/7482429908
Research Interests: 20th-21st Century Caribbean Literature, Latin American Literature, African Literature, Lusophone Literatures, Global South Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Race and Blackness, Critical Theory

Quinn Miller

Associate Professor
Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-3978
Office: 447 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall Term: T 2-5pm

Fabienne Moore

Associate Professor of French
French, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4032
Office: 324 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursdays 9:30-11:30 am
Research Interests: Early European romanticism; Chateaubriand; European Enlightenment; French & Haitian Revolutions; French and Francophone cultural and literary history; prose poetry; bande dessinées & graphic narratives; blue humanities

Lee Moore

Adjunct Professor
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-1766
Office: 427 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Modern Chinese Literature, Museology, Identity

Nicolae Morar

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-5547
Office: 250B Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Sabbatical leave for the 2024-2025 academic year
Research Interests: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Biology, 20th Continental Philosophy

Barbara Muraca

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies
Associate Department Head (Philosophy)/Curriculum Committee (Chair)/GTF Appointment Committee
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Office: 242 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesdays 12pm-2pm & upon appointment; ask for Zoom link
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Process Philosophy sustainability, degrowth, human-nature relationships

Mikhail Myagkov

Professor
Political Science, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4868
Office: 931 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Research Interests: Russian Politics, Comparative Politics, Formal Political Theory, Statistical Methods, Experimental Design, Game Theory

Michael Malek Najjar

Professor, Theater Arts
Theatre Arts
Phone: 541-346-2237
Office: B11A MacArthur Court
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Monday, Wednesdays, 10:00-11:am, and by appointment.
Research Interests: Contemporary Arab-American and Middle Eastern-American Theatre and Performance, Contemporary Theatre, Ethnic Studies, Critical Race Theory, Arab-American Studies.

Naoko Nakadate

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-0047
Office: 410 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M&T 10:00-11:30 or by appointment

Jacob P. Neal

Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy
Office: 211D Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Monday 3:30-4:30PM, Friday 12:45-1:45PM, or by appointment
Research Interests: Philosophy of Biology, History & Philosophy of Science

Yoko O'Brien

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-3050
Office: 415 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MW 2:00-3:30

HyeRyoung Ok

Instructor
Digital Humanities, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-7644
Office: 245 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 24: Tuesdays 11-1pm

Dorothee Ostmeier

Professor of German, and Folklore and Public Culture
Folklore Program, German & Scandinavian, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4145
Office: 215 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tue/Thu 1:20 to 2 PM GSH 103 Afterwards Villard until 3:30 PM and by appointment
Research Interests: German literature and culture of the 18th through 20th century

Priscilla Peña Ovalle

Associate Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, IRES, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-0060
Office: 315 McKenzie Hall, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Media Studies, Race/Ethnicity, Dance, Mainstream Popular Culture, Media Hairstyles

Tom Payne

Research Associate
Linguistics
Research Interests: Typological morphology and syntax. Mother-tongue based multi-lingual education. Philippine languages and Manchu languages.

Eleanor Paynter

Assistant Professor
Romance Languages
Office: Friendly Hall 105A
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 11:30-1:30
Research Interests: transnational Italy, media and politics of migration, asylum and migrant rights, Africa-Europe migration, race in Europe, social movements, and testimony via critical refugee studies, media studies, ethnography, and oral history

Gabriela Pérez Báez

Associate Professor
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Office: 263 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Mon and Wed 4:15pm to 5:15pm

Alissa Phillips

Instructor
Instructor, Narrative (Fiction) Production
Cinema Studies
Phone: 310-490-5589
Office: 261 Knight Library

Whitney Phillips

Assistant Professor of Digital Platforms and Ethics
Folklore Program, SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad
Office: 202 Allen Hall
Research Interests: US politics and popular culture, media ethics, media history, public debate and controversy, humor studies, religion and politics, rightwing media cultures, moral panics, conspiratorial belief, narrative and identity, true crime media

Géraldine Poizat-Newcomb

Senior Instructor II of French
French, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4049
Office: 25 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: MW 12-12:50

Scott L. Pratt

Professor of Philosophy
Department Head
Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-5971
Office: 239 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Office Hours are Tuesdays 3:00-5:00 Pacific Time in person or by Zoom. Use this link (https://calendly.com/spratt-9/office-hours) to schedule a meeting. Other times are available on request.
Research Interests: American Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Logic, Philosophy of Education

Jenifer Presto

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-485-7400
Office: 346 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mon. and Fri. 10:50-11:50 a.m. or by appt.
Research Interests: Russian modernism; gender studies; environmental criticism; visual culture; digital humanities; Russian-Italian cultural interactions; and Russian-American culture

Forest Pyle

Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-3928
Office: 270 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Research Interests: 19th Century British Literary Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, Poetry and Poetics, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Visual Culture

Heather Quarles

Senior Instructor II of Spanish
Latinx, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Phone: No UO phone
Office: 223 Friendly
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 12-1pm
Research Interests: Translanguaging, Critical Language Awareness, Sociolinguistics, US Spanish, Critical Pedagogies

Mark Quigley

Associate Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-1340
Office: 324 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Fall Term: W 10:30am-1:30pm via Zoom (ID: 470-446-9397) & by appt.
Research Interests: Colonial, Settler Colonial, and Postcolonial Studies, Irish Literary Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity, Modernism Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, The Novel, Poetry and Poetics, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Cultural Studies

Indy Recker

Career Instructor
English
Office: TYKE 301C
Office Hours: Fall Term: TR 4:30-5:30pm, W 12-3pm

Melissa (Lisa) Redford

Professor
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3818
Office: 379 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Wednesdays 12-2pm on Zoom, otherwise by appointment
Research Interests: suprasegmental sound patterns; speech planning & production; child language acquisition

Andrew Rothgery

Senior Instructor II of Spanish
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-4057
Office: UO Annex, Ste 6, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Weds, 1-3pm
Research Interests: Spanish Heritage Language, social justice, indigenous cultures, Guatemala, Mexico, literature, music and film

Camisha Russell

Associate Professor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Studies for Admissions/Diversity Focus Advisor/MAP Advisor
Disability Studies, Philosophy
Office: 233 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Monday & Friday 11:00-11:50am or by appointment (in person or via Zoom: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/92382926767)
Research Interests: Critical Philosophy of Race, Ethics (esp. Bioethics), African American Philosophy, Feminist Theory

Stephen Rust

Senior Instructor
Digital Humanities, English, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-0058
Office: 239 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: TR 10-11:30am Zoom only (email for link)

Rachelle Saltzman

Lecturer, Folklore and Public Culture
Retired, Executive Director, Oregon Folklife Network
Folklore Program
Research Interests: Folklore, Foodways, American Folklore, British Folklore, Festival, Ritual, Folk Drama, Public Protest

Maria 'Bene' Santos

Senior Instructor 1 of Portuguese
Portuguese Language Supervisor
Portuguese, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4052
Office: 411 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:00 to 2:50

Ben Saunders

Professor
Director, Comics and Cartoon Studies Minor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-0062
Office: 273 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024, no office hours
Research Interests: Early Modern Poetry and Drama, Comics Studies, Anglo-American Poetry and Poetics, Critical Theory (Marxism, Queer Theory, Genre Theory), Genre Fictions (Crime, Horror, and Science Fiction)

Gordon Sayre

Professor
English, Folklore Program
Phone: 541-346-1313
Office: 472 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall term 2024: Tuesdays 1-3 pm; Wednesdays 2-3 pm
Research Interests: Folkore, Environmental Humanities, Colonial American Literature, Automobility and Car Cultures, Indigenous Studies

Philip W. Scher

Department Head, Cinema Studies and Theatre Arts
Professor of Anthropology and Folklore
Anthropology, Folklore Program, Theatre Arts, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-5104
Office: 322 Fenton Hall
Office Hours: Email for appointment

John Schmor

Associate Professor
Theatre Arts
Phone: 541-346-4177
Office: 105 Villard Hall

Jeff Schroeder

Associate Professor
Religious Studies Advisor
Religious Studies
Phone: 541-346-4165
Office: 332 Susan Campbell
Research Interests: history of Buddhism in 19th- and 20th-century Japan, especially of the Jōdo Shin sect; Buddhism and World War II; Buddhism, science, and philosophy; democratization of Buddhist institutions; experimental Buddhist communities

Kris Seaman

Associate Professor
Classics, History Art & Arch
Phone: 541-346-7312
Office: 251C Lawrence Hall
Research Interests: Greek and Roman Art and Archaeology

Jesús Sepúlveda

Senior Instructor II of Spanish Composition, Creative Writing, and Poetry
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-8304
Office: 313 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: W 1:00-3:00 pm
Research Interests: Poetry, Latin American and Spanish Literature, World Literature, Creative Writing, Shamanism, Avant-Garde and Post Avant-Garde Movements, Intoxicated Texts, Green Anarchy, Southern Cone, Critical Theory, Global Studies

Steven Shankman

Professor Emeritus
UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace
English
Phone: 541-346-3997
Office: 373 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching ENG this term; available via email
Research Interests: Comparative literature, the classical tradition in English and American literature, the eighteenth century, and the history of literary theory

Narayan Sharma

Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3914
Office: 281 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Language documentation and description; endangered and minority Tibeto-Burman languages; morphology and syntax; linguistic typology, and field linguistics

Stephen Shoemaker

Professor
History of Christianity
Humanities Program, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4998
Office: 348 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: By appointment only

Emily Simnitt

Senior Instructor
Interim Director Compositon Program; Director, WSCR Minor
Digital Humanities, English, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-3517
Office: 301E Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: Spring Term: In person T 3-4pm, W 11am-12pm; Zoom F 3-4pm
Research Interests: digital rhetoric, civic engagement, first year writing

Nathaniel Sims

Assistant Professor
Linguistics
Office: 371 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Tue 8:00am-10:00am
Research Interests: language documentation and revitalization, historical linguistics, Trans-Himalayan languages

André Sirois

Instructor
Multimedia Supervisor
Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-8844
Office: 263 Knight Library
Research Interests: Intellectual Property Law, Subcultural Studies, Pop Culture, and Hip Hop Studies

Bjorn Smars

Senior Instructor
Assistant Department Head of English
English
Phone: 541-346-3977
Office: 223 PLC
Office Hours: Fall Term 2024: MW in person 9:00am-11:30am; on Zoom by appt.

Bennet Smith

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-1518
Office: 301-H TYKE
Office Hours: Fall Term: TR 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Helen Southworth

Professor
Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-3940
Office: 275 PLC
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024
Research Interests: Modernism, Virginia Woolf, Life-Writing, Archives, Digital Humanities, Book History, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Visual Culture, Comics and Cartoon Studies

Beata Stawarska

Professor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Studies for Advising/Curriculum Committee/GTF Appointment Committee/Graduate Placing Committee/Graduate Philosophy Club
Black Studies, Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-5545
Office: 247 Susan Campbell Hall
Research Interests: Contemporary European Philosophy, Phenomenology, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Philosophical Psychology, Feminism

Daniel Gómez Steinhart

Associate Professor
Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-2360
Office: 102 PLC
Research Interests: Global Hollywood history, production studies, film aesthetics, US independent film, and contemporary global art cinema

Michael Stern

Associate Professor of German & Scandinavian
Director of Undergraduate Studies Scandinavian
German & Scandinavian, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4126
Office: 204 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Spring 2023: Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00pm-1:00pm and by appointment
Research Interests: Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Western European Intellectual History, African literature, film, and thought, 19th Century Scandinavian Literature.

Julie Sykes

Professor
Director of Center for Applied Second Language Studies
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-5699
Office: 277 Straub Hall
Office Hours: By appointment only

Thomas C. Tasker

Senior Instructor I
Senior Instructor I
American English Institute, English
Phone: 541-346-3945
Office: 301K Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: Spring Term: TR 3:30-5pm

Analisa Taylor

Associate Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-521-9762
Office: 326 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: On leave winter '23
Research 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

Allison Taylor-Adams

Research Associate
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3945
Office: 161 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Wed 11-1 or by appt. (email for appt)
Research Interests: Language revitalization and language teaching

Tze-Yin Teo

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-0906
Office: 356 PLC
Office Hours: By appointment

Jalen Thompson

Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-0528
Office: 323 PLC
Research Interests: reality television | media studies | film studies | black feminism | black studies | gender and sexuality/masculinity studies | queer theory

Courtney Thorsson

Professor, English
Faculty Fellow, Clark Honors College
Clark Honors College, English
Phone: 541-346-1473
Office: 244 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: On leave 2024-2025
Research Interests: African American Literary and Cultural Studies

Brian Trapp

Senior Instructor
Director of Disability Studies; Kidd Creative Writing Workshops Program Director
Creative Writing Program, Disability Studies
Phone: 541-346-0508
Office: 108 Alder Bldg
Office Hours: Fall 24: Thursdays 2-3:45 pm & by appointment over Zoom
Research Interests: creative writing, disability studies, fiction, creative nonfiction, literary editing, comedy, contemporary literature, history of the novel

Mark T. Unno

Professor of Religious Studies, Religious Studies Department Head
East Asian Religions, Japanese Buddhism, Classical Japanese Buddhism, Early Chinese Thought, Comparative Ethics, Buddhism and Psychotherapy
Asian Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies
Phone: 541-346-4973
Office: 334 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Mondays 4:30pm-5:15pm on Zoom, Tuesdays 1:00pm-1:45pm on Zoom and by appointment

Alejandro Vallega

Professor of Philosophy
Committee on Diversity & Inclusiveness
Philosophy
Office: 248 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:30-4:30
Research Interests: Continental Philosophy (Deconstruction, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics); Latin American Thought; Ancient Greek Philosophy. Aesthetic Philosophy. World philosophies.

Daniela Vallega-Neu

Professor of Philosophy
DGS for Admissions
Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-5549
Office: 240 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays from 2:45-4:45pm or by appointment
Research Interests: 19th and 20th Century European Thought (especially Nietzsche, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Contemporary French thought); Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Deconstruction; Ontology related to issues of body.

Claudia Ventura

Senior Instructor II of Italian
Second Year Supervisor
Italian, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4039
Office: 216 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Mondays, Fridays and Wednesdays 11-11:45 AM in MCK 175

Matthias Vogel

Senior Instructor II and Language Coordinator
Director of Undergraduate Studies, German and Faculty Fellow, Building C
German & Scandinavian, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-337-2634
Office: CD Office Yasui Hall // 117 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Fri 8:00 AM to 8:50 AM
Research Interests: German language, culture, and pedagogy; Globalization and Global Engagement Issues; Study Abroad; Identity Discourses and Multiculturalism; Food Studies; Higher Education Organizational Leadership; Academic Residential Communities and Residential Life

Lily Vuong

Assistant Professor
Religious Studies
Phone: 541-346-4904
Office: 346 Susan Campbell Hall

David Wacks

Professor of Spanish
Medieval Studies, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4029
Office: 105C Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: On leave through Spring 2025
Research Interests: Medieval Iberian literature and culture, Sephardic studies, Mediterranean Studies

Eleanor Wakefield

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-0055
Office: 301B Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 1-2pm, R 1-3pm, & by appt.

Sarah D. Wald

Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & English
Director of Graduate Admissions for English
English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office: 443 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: Wednesday, 12:30pm-2:30pm PLC 443
Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Environmental Humanities, Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies, Latinx Literary and Cultural Studies, Food Studies, Farmworker Justice, Immigration/Migration, 20/21st Century US Literature, American Studies

Karen E. Walker

Associate Professor (On Sabbatical 2023-2024)
Associate Professor
Creative Writing Program
Phone: 541-346-0544
Office: 212 Alder Bldg

Glynne Walley

Associate Professor, Japanese Literature
East Asian Languages, Folklore Program, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 423 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursdays 5:30-7:30 pm

Yugen Wang

Professor, Chinese Literature, Department Head
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-3503
Office: 304 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024, WED 3-5 pm

Peter A. Warnek

Associate Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-5542
Office: 246 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Tuesdays, 2-3 pm; Thursdays, 11 am -12 pm.
Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy, 19th-20th Century Continental Philosophy, Kant, Philosophy of Nature, Myth, Tragedy, History of Philosophy

Janet Wasko

Interim Director and Professor, Media Studies Program
Emeritus Knight Chair in Communication Research; Affiliated Faculty, New Media & Culture Program
SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-4174
Office: 208 Allen Hall

Paul Watts-Offret

Instructor of Composition
English
Phone: 541-346-1338

Rachel Weissler

Assistant Professor
Black Studies, Linguistics
Office: Straub Hall 375
Office Hours: Wed 11:00a-1:00p and by appt NOTE: Dr. Weissler will be on leave Spring 2024
Research Interests: sociolinguistics, emotion perception, neurolinguistics, language and social justice

Elizabeth (Betsy) Wheeler

Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Disability Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-3929
Office: 238 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: MW 2:30-4pm in person (drop-in or by appt.) or on Zoom by appt. (email for appt.)
Research Interests: Disability Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, American Studies, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity

Colin Williamson

Assistant Professor
Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-1333
Office: 271 PLC
Research Interests: Animation, special effects & nontheatrical film; early cinema’s place in int'l histories of art, science & tech; history of film theory, representations of the landscape in American cinema, media archaeology, & experimental uses of film & media archives

Malcolm Wilson

Professor of Classics
Classics, Humanities Program, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4155
Office: 320 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 11:00am-12:00pm
Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy; The history of science and the philosophical issues surrounding the organization of systematic knowledge in antiquity; Greek Philosophy; Aristotle; Greek Intellectual History

John Witte

Senior Instructor Emeritus
English
Office Hours: Checking email intermittently

Daniel Wojcik

Professor
English, Folklore Program
Phone: 541-346-3946
Office: 463 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: MR 12-1:30pm
Research Interests: Artistry & Expressive Culture, Ethnology & Folklore Studies, Mythology & Religious Culture

Juan Eduardo Wolf

Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology
Director of Latin American Studies; Coordinator, UO World Music Series & Ethnomusicology
Folklore Program, Music, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-2852
Office: 126 Frohnmayer Music Bldg
Research Interests: Latin America, decolonial thought, ethnography, folkloristics

Henry Wonham

Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-3266
Office: 454 Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: No office hours; available by email

Mary Wood

Professor
Disability Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-3010
Office: 445 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: R 12:30-2pm in person; W 4-5:30pm on Zoom (ID: 932 4715 9358)
Research Interests: 19th Century American Literary Studies, Autobiography Studies, Feminism Studies Gender and Sexuality Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity

Jean Wu

Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
Chinese Flagship Academic Director
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4098
Office: 402 Friendly Hall

Ana Zalyubovskiy

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-1528
Office: 219 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: W 9-10am, R 9am-1pm & 3-4pm