Cinema Studies Faculty
Peter Alilunas
Assoc. Prof and Assoc. Dept. Head, Dept. of Cinema Studies
Cinema Studies Program
Email: pka@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2004
Office: 105 PLC
Research Interests: Sexuality, gender, pornography, adult film history, technology, regulation, censorship, exhibition, spectatorship
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
Cinema Studies Program, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, Middle East and North African Studies
Email: mallan@uoregon.edu
Office: 358 PLC
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: World literature (Francophone, Arabic), Film and visual culture, Postcolonial studies, Literary theory
Michael Aronson
Associate Professor
Cinema Studies Program
Email: aronson@uoregon.edu
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
Sangita Gopal
Associate Professor of English
Cinema Studies Program, Comparative Literature
Email: sgopal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5524
Office: 103 PLC, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Postcolonial Theory and Literature, South Asian Visual and Cultural Studies
Erin Hanna
Associate Professor of Cinema Studies
Cinema Studies Program
Email: ehanna@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2084
Office: 106 PLC
Research Interests: Overlaps and interactions between the media industries & fans, the San Diego Comic-Con, media industry promotion, histories of fandom & popular culture, Canadian film & TV, media industry studies, fan studies, television studies, & feminist media studies
Masami Kawai
Assistant Professor
Cinema Studies Program
Email: mkawai@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8141
Office: 254 PLC
Research Interests: Directing, Screenwriting, Producing, and Independent Filmmaking
Dong Hoon Kim
Associate Professor of Cinema Studies
Cinema Studies Program
Email: donghoon@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4108
Office: 104 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 24: Fridays 1-2:30p.m. or by appointment
Gabriela Martínez
Professor
Cinema Studies Program, CLLAS, SOJC, SOJC-Journalism, SOJC-Journalism Master's, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: gmartine@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1997
Office: 315 Hendricks Hall / 237 Allen Hall
Office Hours: Please email faculty using your UO email account or use Canvas if enrolled in a course with the professor.
Research Interests: Areas of Media Studies and Journalism
Kevin E. May
Instructor
Cinema Studies Program
Email: kmay2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8296
Office: 259 Knight Library
Office Hours: Spring 23, Thursdays 2-3pm or by appointment
Allison McGuffie
Instructor
African Studies, Cinema Studies Program, Digital Humanities, English
Email: mcguffie@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3965
Office: 329 PLC
HyeRyoung Ok
Instructor
Cinema Studies Program, Digital Humanities
Email: hok@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7644
Office: 245 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 24: Tuesdays 11-1pm
Priscilla Peña Ovalle
Associate Professor
Cinema Studies Program, Comics and Cartoon Studies, IRES
Email: povalle@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0060
Office: 315 McKenzie Hall, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Media Studies, Race/Ethnicity, Dance, Mainstream Popular Culture, Media Hairstyles
Alissa Phillips
Instructor
Instructor, Narrative (Fiction) Production
Cinema Studies Program
Email: alissap@uoregon.edu
Phone: 310-490-5589
Office: 261 Knight Library
Philip W. Scher
Department Head, Cinema Studies and Theatre Arts
Professor of Anthropology and Folklore
Anthropology, Cinema Studies Program, Folklore Program, Theatre Arts
Email: pscher@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5104
Office: 322 Fenton Hall
Office Hours: Email for appointment
André Sirois
Instructor
Multimedia Supervisor
Cinema Studies Program
Email: asirois@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8844
Office: 263 Knight Library
Research Interests: Intellectual Property Law, Subcultural Studies, Pop Culture, and Hip Hop Studies
Daniel Gómez Steinhart
Associate Professor
Cinema Studies Program
Email: dsteinha@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2360
Office: 102 PLC
Research Interests: Global Hollywood history, production studies, film aesthetics, US independent film, and contemporary global art cinema
Janet Wasko
Interim Director and Professor, Media Studies Program
Emeritus Knight Chair in Communication Research; Affiliated Faculty, New Media & Culture Program
Cinema Studies Program, SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad
Email: jwasko@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4174
Office: 208 Allen Hall
Colin Williamson
Assistant Professor
Cinema Studies Program
Email: colinwil@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1333
Office: 271 PLC
Research Interests: Animation, special effects & nontheatrical film; early cinema’s place in int'l histories of art, science & tech; history of film theory, representations of the landscape in American cinema, media archaeology, & experimental uses of film & media archives