CAS Humanities Faculty
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, 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
Heather Quarles
Teaching Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Latinx, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: hquarles@uoregon.edu
Phone: No UO phone
Office: PLC 103
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 3:30-4:30pm or by appointment
Research Interests: Translanguaging, Critical Language Awareness, Sociolinguistics, US Spanish, Critical Pedagogies
Mark Quigley
Associate Professor
English
Email: mquigley@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1340
Office: 324 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Spring Term: W 4:00-5:30, R 12:30-2:00 & 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
Lara Ravitch
Teaching Professor
Russian Language Coordinator & Director of Undergraduate Studies
Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: ravitch@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4077
Office: 427 Friendly Hall, 1262 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Language & Identity, Universal Design for Learning, Experiential Learning
Indy Recker
Career Instructor
English
Email: irecker@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1576
Office Hours: 2025 Spring Term: MF 9am-11am, TR 10am-12pm (Zoom)
Melissa (Lisa) Redford
Professor
Linguistics
Email: redford@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3818
Office: 379 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: suprasegmental sound patterns; speech planning & production; child language acquisition
Andrew Rothgery
Teaching Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish, College of Arts and Sciences, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: andyr@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4057
Office: UO Annex, Ste 6, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Tues & Wed, 3-4pm
Research Interests: Social justice; indigenous languages and cultures; the Maya; testimonial; Guatemala; Mexico; creative writing; argumentative writing; subversive literature, music and film; protest music; guitar; languages and cultures in contact; heritage languages; Chicano literature; literature; oral histories; stories; human intelligence; humanism.
Camisha Russell
Associate Professor of Philosophy
2024-2025 Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellow
Disability Studies, Philosophy
Email: camishar@uoregon.edu
Office: 233 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: By appointment only through Fall 2025
Research Interests: Critical Philosophy of Race, Ethics (esp. Bioethics), African American Philosophy, Feminist Theory, Blackness & Indigeneity
Stephen Rust
Senior Instructor
Digital Humanities, English, SAIL
Email: srust@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0058
Office: 239 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2025<br />
Tuesday 9:30-11:00am via Zoom<br />
Thursday 11:00am-12:30pm via Zoom<br />
Email srust@uoregon.edu for Zoom link
Maria 'Bene' Santos
Senior Instructor II of Portuguese
Portuguese Language Supervisor
Portuguese, Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: benballe@uoregon.edu
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
Email: ben@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0062
Office: 273 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2025, Tuesdays 3.30pm-5.30pm or by appointment
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
Email: gsayre@uoregon.edu
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
Jeff Schroeder
Associate Professor
Kawasaki Fellow in Japanese History; Religious Studies Advisor
Religious Studies
Email: jschroe9@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4165
Office: 332 Susan Campbell, 1294 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1294
Office Hours: Thurs 2-3 pm, Fri 1-2 pm
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; Buddhist feminism; lay Buddhist movements
Kris Seaman
Associate Professor
Classics, History Art & Arch
Email: kseaman@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7312
Office: 251C Lawrence Hall, 5229 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5229
Research Interests: Ancient Greek, Roman, and Jewish Art and Archaeology
Jesús Sepúlveda
Teaching Professor of Spanish Composition, Creative Writing, and Poetry
Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: jsepulve@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8304
Office: 313 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: MW 2:00 - 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
Email: shankman@uoregon.edu
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