Comics and Cartoon Studies
Peter Alilunas
Asst Prof in Journalism & Comm
Asst Prof, Dept. of Cinema Studies
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Digital Humanities, English
Email: pka@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2004
Office: 105 PLC
Michael Allan
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature, Director of Graduate Studies
Program Faculty in Cinema Studies; Program Faculty in Arabic; Program Faculty in Middle East Studies; Program Faculty in Comic Studies
Arabic Studies, Cinema Studies Program, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, Middle East and North African Studies
Email: mallan@uoregon.edu
Office: 316 Villard Hall
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: World literature (Francophone, Arabic), Film and visual culture, Postcolonial studies, Literary theory
Melissa Bowers
Associate Director, Academic Support
Arabic Studies, Classics, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature Journal, Digital Humanities, Disability Studies, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Philosophy, Philosophy Department, Religious Studies
Email: bowersm@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1506
Office: 118 PLC
Office Hours: (if needed, please contact me via email for an appointment, walk-ins are not guaranteed) Mon. -Thurs. 8:30 a.m.-Noon and 1- 5 p.m. (118 PLC) 541.346.1506 and Friday remote 8am-5pm
Marcel Brousseau
Courtesy Assistant Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Digital Humanities, English
Email: mbrousse@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3967
Office: 317 PLC
Steven Brown
Professor of Comparative Literature
Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature
Email: stb@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4016
Office: 304 Villard Hall
Research Interests: posthumanism, horror cinema, Surrealist film and animation, sound design in film, Japanese popular culture, and critical theory.
Ash Connell-Gonzalez
Doctoral Candidate / GE
GTFF Steward, Queer Caucus Co-Chair
Comics and Cartoon Studies, English
Email: ashc@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0529
Office: 261 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: T 3-5:30pm, R 5-5:30pm
Research Interests: Comics and Comic Theory, Androids, Queer Studies, Post-Modern Narratives, New Media and Culture, Post/Transhumanisms, Digital Narratives
Tara Fickle
Associate Professor, English Department
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Digital Humanities, English, IRES
Email: tfickle@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3979
Office: 372 PLC
Office Hours: Not teaching in ENG department Spring term
Research Interests: Asian American Literaray and Cultural Studies, American Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Cultural Studies, Digital Humanies, Film, Television and Media Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, Race, Ethnicity and Indigeneity, Visual Culture
Alisa Freedman
Professor, Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender
Editor-in-Chief, U.S.-Japan Women's Journal
Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, East Asian Languages, English, Translation Studies
Email: alisaf@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-979-7794
Office: 404 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fridays, 10:30-12:00 on Zoom (Please email for an appointment.)
Research Interests: Modern Japanese literature, popular culture, youth culture, visual media, digital culture, urban studies, and gender
Andréa Gilroy
Pro Tempore Instructor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, English
Email: gilroy@uoregon.edu
Office: 310 Villard Hall
Office Hours: Not teaching an ENG course this term
Research Interests: Comics studies, American literature and popular culture, Japanese literature and popular culture
Julia Graham
Academic Programs Manager
Arabic Studies, Classics, College of Arts and Sciences, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Disability Studies, English, Folklore Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Philosophy Department, Religious Studies
Email: jgraham3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5062
Office: 118 PLC
Erin Hanna
Assistant Prof Media Studies
Cinema Studies Program, Comics and Cartoon Studies, English
Email: ehanna@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2084
Office: 106 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 23: Wednesdays 10:00-12:00
Colin Ives
Associate Professor
Director, Center for Art Research
Art, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Food Studies
Email: ives@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0072
Office: 122 Millrace 2
Research Interests: Art & Technology
Mat Johnson
Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Creative Writing Program, English
Email: mrjohns6@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0547
Office: 207 Alder Bldg.
Office Hours: Spring Term: W 8-11am
Kate Kelp-Stebbins
Assistant Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, English
Email: kkelp@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1520
Office: 333 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 10am-1pm
Research Interests: Colonial, Settler Colonial, and Postcolonial Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Digital Humanities, Feminism Studies, Film, Television, and Media Studies, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
Fabienne Moore
Associate Professor of French
Head, French sector
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, European Studies, French, Romance Languages
Email: fmoore@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4032
Office: 324 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Spring 2023: Wednesdays 12:30-2:30 pm
Research Interests: Early European romanticism; Chateaubriand; Staël; European Enlightenment; the French & Haitian Revolutions; French and Francophocultural and literary history; prose poetry; the evolution of the novel; bande dessinées & graphic narratives; blue humanities
Brendan O'Kelly
Senior Instructor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Digital Humanities, English
Email: bokelly@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5935
Office: 206 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: MW 10-11:30am
Research Interests: 20th/21st Century American, British, and Irish Fiction; Critical and Visual Theory; Film Studies; Comics Studies; Digital Humanities
Priscilla Peña Ovalle
Associate Professor
Associate Director, Cinema Studies
Cinema Studies Program, Comics and Cartoon Studies, IRES
Email: povalle@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0060
Office: 201B McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Media Studies, Race/Ethnicity, Dance, Mainstream Popular Culture, Media Hairstyles
Paul Peppis
Professor
Director, Oregon Humanities Center
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, English
Email: ppeppis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7017
Office: 154 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 12-3pm & by appt.
Research Interests: Comics and Cartoon Studies, Cultural Studies, Irish Literary Studies, Modernism Studies, Poetry and Poetics, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity, The Novel
Forest Pyle
Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, English
Email: trespyle@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3928
Office: 270 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: MF 3-4:30pm
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
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
Office Hours: Spring Term: T 2-5pm via Zoom (email for appt)
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)
Robert Voelker-Morris
Instructor, Arts & Admin
Arts & Admin, Comics and Cartoon Studies
Email: rmorris1@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1934
Office: 58 PLC
Elizabeth (Betsy) Wheeler
Associate Professor
Director, Disability Studies Minor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Disability Studies, English
Email: ewheeler@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3929
Office: 238 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: TR 1:30-3pm in-person (drop-in or appt.) or via Zoom (email for appt.)
Research Interests: American Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Disability Studies, Modernism Studies, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity