CAS Humanities Faculty
Tom Payne
Research Associate
Linguistics
Email: tpayne@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Typological morphology and syntax. Mother-tongue based multi-lingual education. Philippine languages and Manchu languages.
Eleanor Paynter
Assistant Professor
Italian, Migration, and Global Media Studies
School of Global Studies and Languages, Romance Languages, Italian, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: epaynter@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 11:30-1:30
Research Interests: media and politics of migration, asylum and migrant rights, migration in Europe, Africa-Europe mobilities, transnational Italy, race in Europe, comparative border studies, social movements, human rights, and testimony via critical refugee studies, media studies, ethnography, and oral history
Gabriela Pérez Báez
Associate Professor
Linguistics, Language Teaching Studies
Email: gperezb4@uoregon.edu
Office: 263 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Thursdays 10am - 12pm (or by appointment)<br />
Please sign up for a time slot here: https://tinyurl.com/5n77s5dw
Research Interests: Linguistic diversity, multi/plurilingualism, linguistic rights, Indigenous languages, language revitalization
Alissa Phillips
Instructor
Instructor, Narrative (Fiction) Production
Cinema Studies
Email: alissap@uoregon.edu
Whitney Phillips
Associate Professor of Information Politics and Media Ethics
John L. Hulteng Endowed Chair in Media Ethics and Responsibility
Folklore Program, SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD
Email: wphilli2@uoregon.edu
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, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: gpoizat@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4049
Office: 25 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: MW 11-11:50
Scott L. Pratt
Professor of Philosophy
Department Head
Philosophy
Email: spratt@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5971
Office: 239 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Mondays, from 1:00 until 3:00 Pacific Time in 211C Susan Campbell Hall. To schedule an appointment (in person or virtual) during office hours, use this link (https://calendly.com/spratt-9/office-hours). Email spratt@uoregon.edu to schedule an appointment outside office hours.
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
Email: presto@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-485-7400
Office: 346 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wed. and Fri. 10:50-11:50 a.m. or by appt.
Research Interests: Modernism, Gender Studies, Environmental Criticism, Visual Culture, Digital Humanities, Russian-Italian Cultural Interactions, and Immigrant Arts
Forest Pyle
Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, English
Email: trespyle@uoregon.edu
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