CAS Humanities Faculty

Aycan Akçamete

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

Stacy Alaimo

Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor in English
Core Faculty in Environmental Studies; Director of Graduate Studies for English Department
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: Please contact via email.
Office: 205 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Week 1 to Week 10: In person: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00-4:00. You are welcome to stop by in-person office hours or email to reserve a half hour meeting. [I will be on sabbatical from September 2025 to September 2026, but will reserve one day a month for meeting with graduate students. Check my website.]
Research Interests: Environmental Humanities/Multispecies Studies, Blue Humanities/Critical Ocean Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Posthumanities/New Materialism, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Visual Culture, Race, Ethnicity, and Indignity, Gender, Sexuality, Queer and Trans Studies

Peter Alilunas

Associate Professor
Cinema Studies
Office: 105 PLC, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-6223
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Technology, regulation, censorship, exhibition, spectatorship, cinema history, adult film

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
Comparative Literature, Cinema Studies, Arabic Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Middle East and North African Studies
Office: 358 PLC, 5242 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Wednesdays from 1:15-3:15pm. 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

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, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Fall 2022: Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00-11:00 AM

Daniel D. Anderson

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

Aneesh Aneesh

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

Rafael Arias

Teaching Professor of Spanish
School of Global Studies and Languages, Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Phone: 541-346-4106
Office: 16 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: TR 11:00-12:00

Michael Aronson

Associate Professor
Department Head, Cinema Studies and Theatre Arts
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, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Heather Bair

Costume Shop Manager
Theatre Arts
Research Interests: Costume History, Period and Modern Construction and Tailoring Techniques, Illustration, Art History, Owls

Monique Balbuena

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature
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

Faith Barter

Assistant Professor
Black Studies, English
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

Martha Bayless

Professor, English
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: On sabbatical; please email.
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies

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
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
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

Elizabeth Bohls

Professor
English, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5484
Office: 263 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 12-2, W 1-2 & 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
Phone: 541-346-4306
Office: 337 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: By Appointment

Bradley Branam

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