CAS Humanities Faculty
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
Stephen Shoemaker
Professor; Department Head, Religious Studies
History of Christianity
Humanities Program, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: sshoemak@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4998
Office: 348 Susan Campbell Hall, 1294 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1294
Office Hours: By appointment only
Emily Simnitt
Senior Instructor II
Director, WSCR Minor
Digital Humanities, English, SAIL
Email: esimnitt@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3517
Office: 301E Tykeson Hall, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: On sabbatical AY 2024-2025
Research Interests: digital rhetoric, civic engagement, first-year writing
Nathaniel Sims
Assistant Professor
Linguistics
Email: nasims@uoregon.edu
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
Email: asirois@uoregon.edu
Office: 263 Knight Library, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-6223
Research Interests: Intellectual Property Law, Subcultural Studies, Pop Culture, and Hip Hop Studies
Bjorn Smars
Senior Instructor I
Assistant Department Head of English
English
Email: smars@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3977
Office: 223 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter Term 2025: MW in person & on Zoom 9:00am-11:30am; or by appointment
Bennet Smith
Assistant Teaching Professor
English
Email: bennets@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1588
Office: 301-H TYKE
Office Hours: Fall Term: TR 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.; W 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. (Zoom); and by appointment.
Helen Southworth
Professor
Digital Humanities, English
Email: helen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3940
Office: 275 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
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
Email: stawarsk@uoregon.edu
Office: 247 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Research Interests: Contemporary European Philosophy, Phenomenology, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Philosophical Psychology, Feminism
Daniel Gómez Steinhart
Associate Professor
Cinema Studies
Email: dsteinha@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2360
Office: 102 PLC, 6233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-6233
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
Email: mjstern@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4126
Office: 112B Mac Court, 1250 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesdays 12:00pm-1:00pm, Thursdays 4-5, or by appointment
Research Interests: Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Western European Intellectual History, Africana philosophy, literature, and film, 19th Century Scandinavian Literature and film, decolonial thought
Julie Sykes
Professor
Director of Center for Applied Second Language Studies
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Email: jsykes@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5699
Office: 277 Straub Hall, 5290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By appointment only
Thomas Tasker
Senior Instructor I
English
Email: ttasker@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1596
Office Hours: Spring Term: TR 12:00 - 1:30
Analisa Taylor
Associate Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: analisa@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-521-9762
Office: 326 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
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
Email: ataylora@uoregon.edu
Office: 161 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
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
COLT Director of Graduate Studies
Comparative Literature
Email: tteo2@uoregon.edu
Office: 356 PLC, 1249 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By appointment
Jalen Thompson
Instructor
English
Email: jalent@uoregon.edu
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
Email: thorsson@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1473
Office: 244 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10-11:30am and 2-3:30pm in 323 Chapman Hall.
Research Interests: African American Literary and Cultural Studies
Avinnash P. Tiwari
Instructor
English
Email: apt@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0061
Office: 444 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter Term: MWF 1415-1515 and by appointment
Research Interests: Black Studies, African American Literature, Writing Composition and Rhetoric, Education Studies.
Brian Trapp
Senior Instructor
Director of Disability Studies; Kidd Creative Writing Workshops Program Director
Creative Writing Program, Disability Studies
Email: trapp@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0508
Office: 108 Alder Bldg, 5243 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
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