CAS Humanities Faculty

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
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
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

Career Instructor of French and 2nd-year French Language Program Supervisor
French, Romance Languages
Phone: Teams
Office: 201 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday, 12-2pm in the Yamada Language Center
Research Interests: Pedagogy, Teaching French as a second language

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
Office: 250D Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
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
Office: 330 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2024: M: 2-4 pm, T: 11 am-12 pm, and by email appt. <br /> 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; Nationhood/Nationalism Studies; Sovereignty/Self-Determination Studies

Steven Brown

Professor of Comparative Literature
Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-4016
Office: 354 PLC
Office Hours: 3:30-5:30 on Tuesday (by appt.) via Zoom.
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
Office: 363 PLC, 1249 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
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: Winter 2025: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00-3:30 p.m. (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, Critical AI Studies