East Asian Languages and Literatures

Ray Balstad

Graduate Program Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, OCIAS, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-2703
Office: 114D Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MTWRF 8:30am - 4:30pm
Research Interests: French, Film, Comics, Foreign Language Acquisition, Botany

Fatima Benhabyb

Undergraduate Program Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Phone: 541-346-2047
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MTWRF 8:30am-4:30pm [Remote Fridays]

Roy Chan

Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
Director of Graduate Studies, East Asian Languages & Literatures
Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 426 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesdays 1:00pm-3:00 pm (email in advance appreciated)
Research Interests: Modern Chinese and Russian Literatures, Critical Theory, Formalism, Affect Studies, Sociolinguistic Literary Criticism

Weijun Chen

Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-8501
Office: 172 Gerlinger Annex

Ai-Ting Chung

Japanese GE
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-4656
Office: UO Annex, Ste 3
Research Interests: Visual cultural studies, cinema, anime

Xiaoyan Deng

PhD candidate
East Asian Languages
Office: Friendly 27
Office Hours: Tuesdays 11am-12pm
Research Interests: Modern Chinese theatre and literature, Chinese film

Olivia Denton

Faculty Support Coordinator
ASU 1 - School of Global Studies and Languages
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, OCIAS, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-1385
Office: 107 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MTWTF 9:00-5:00

Rachel DiNitto

Professor, Japanese Literature
Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS), East Asian Languages & Literatures
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4012
Office: 301 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Monday 3:00-5:00 or by appointment. Zoom: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/3687608212
Research Interests: Japanese literature, nuclear issues, environmental humanities

Stephen Durrant

Professor Emeritus, Chinese Literature
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-4041
Office: 308 Friendly Hall

Brita Ellis

Academic Programs Manager
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-9782
Office: Friendly 114E

Maram Epstein

Professor, Chinese Literature
Director, Center for Asian Pacific Studies
Chinese, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 303 Friendly Hall

Michael Fishlen

Associate Professor Emeritus, Chinese Literature
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages
Office: 308 Friendly Hall

Alisa Freedman

Professor, Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender
Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Translation Studies
Phone: 541-979-7794
Office: 404 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fridays, 10:30-12:00 on Zoom (Please email for an appointment.)
Research Interests: Cross-cultural,transnational Asian Studies; cultural studies; intersectional gender studies; popular culture; media studies; biographies & memoirs; youth culture; modern Japanese literature; digital culture; urban studies; translation; academic publishing

Teppei Fukuda

Graduate Student (doctoral)
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4084
Office: Friendly Hall 114
Research Interests: Japanese aesthetics related to seasons, Japanese poetry, Manga, Japanese Onomatopoeia, Translation

Yukari Furikado-Koranda

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4002
Office: 313 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M/W 2:15pm-3:45pm or by appointment

Denise Gigliotti

Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-3552
Office: 213 Villard Hall
Office Hours: M/W/F 12:00-12:50
Research Interests: Chinese langauge pedagogy, Chinese language, literature, media

Alison Groppe

Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
Chinese Sector Representative
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-7015
Office: 317 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays 3-4pm on Zoom (email for link); Tuesdays 4-5pm, FR317

Xiangchen Gu

graduate student
Chinese, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: Friendly Hall 27
Office Hours: 3-4pm, R
Research Interests: Early China

Luke Habberstad

Associate Professor, Early Chinese Literature and Religion
Program Head & Director of Asian Studies Program
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Religious Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4006
Office: 401 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2-4 pm

Hana Hana Sasakawa

Graduate Employee
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages

Reiko Hashimoto

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4089
Office: 413 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MW 1:00 - 2:30 pm

Kaori Idemaru

Professor, Japanese Linguistics
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Language Teaching Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-3551
Office: 302 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: 14:00-16:00 Tuesday

Rika Ikei

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4035
Office: 408 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M 14:00-16:00, W 9:30-10:30, or by appointment

Zhuo Jing-Schmidt

Professor
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4023
Office: 318 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday 10AM-12PM
Research Interests: Cognitive Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics

Yeojin Jung

PhD student
GE, teaching Korean
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 305 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Foreign-accented speech perception, Second language acquisition, Psycho-/neurolinguistics

Jina Kim

Associate Professor, Korean Literature & Culture
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 403 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023:Friday 12:00 (Noon)-2:00 pm Global Scholars Hall 105
Research Interests: Modern Korean literature, Comparative literature, Sound studies, Radio studies, Transmedia, Korean diaspora

Jonathan Knight

Operations Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Native American Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-0951
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: 8-4:30 M-F

Stephen Kohl

Associate Professor Emeritus, Japanese Literature
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-4006
Office: 308 Friendly Hall

Nayoung Kwon

Associate Professor, Korean Linguistics
Korean Sector Representative
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4179
Office: Friendly Hall 425

Flora Lam

Graduate Student
East Asian Languages
Office: FR027
Research Interests: second language acquisition, bilingualism, multilingualism

Wendy Larson

Professor Emerita, Chinese Literature
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-4012
Office: 301 Friendly Hall

Changhoon Lee

Pro tem Korean Language Instructor
East Asian Languages
Office: Friendly 203

Joonpyo Lee

Graduate Student
East Asian Languages
Office: 30 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: F 2:00 - 2:50
Research Interests: Textual Critique, Early Chinese Historical Wiring, Chinese Classics Studies (經學), Chinese Classics (儒家經傳), Excavated Texts

Ya-Jo Li

PHD student
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 5415143962
Office: Friendly 308
Research Interests: Gender study, Chinese women history (especially Medieval China) and Ming-Qing fictions

Susanna Lim

Associate Professor of Literature, Russian Studies, and Korean Studies
Director of REEES Graduate Studies
College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Global Studies, Korean, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-0691
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 101
Research Interests: Korean Studies, Korean Literature, Korean Popular Culture, Race Studies, Race in South Korea, Russian Studies, Koryo Saram, Diaspora, Post-colonialism

Bibo Lin

Doctoral Candidate
SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC, East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-6304
Office: 312 Allen Hall
Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Human-Machine Communication, Digital Journalism, Global Media

Xiaoyu Liu

Ph.D. Candidate
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4090
Office: 27 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Chinese Linguistics, Psycholinguistics (eye-tracking, self-paced reading), second language acquisition, bilingualism & Chinese language pedagogy

Yue Liu

Courtesy Lecturer
Associate Professor
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-5068
Office: Gerlinger Hall 110
Research Interests: Early Chinese

Fengjun Mao

Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-8501
Office: 224 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M/W 11-noon or by appointment

Kumiko McDowell

PhD candidate
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-1855
Office: 121 Knight Library
Research Interests: Japanese pre-modern culture

Monica E. McLellan

Research Admin Coordinator
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-3621
Office: 677 E 12th Ave., Ste 500

Sayaka Merriam

PhD Student
East Asian Languages, Japanese
Research Interests: Early modern and modern Japanese literature and culture, Translation Studies, Visual Culture

John Moore

Graduate Student
East Asian Languages
Office: UO Annex Suite 3
Research Interests: Japanese Animation, Film, and Literature

Lee Moore

Adjunct Professor
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-1766
Office: 427 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Modern Chinese Literature, Museology, Identity

Jordan Morris

Office Generalist, ASU 1
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, General Social Sciences, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-2579
Office: FR 107
Office Hours: 8:00a - 4:30p

Steve Morrow

Graduate Employee
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages

Stephen Murnion

Emerati
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-4656
Office: UO Annex, Ste 3

McRae Naayers

Faculty Support Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 5413460171
Office: Friendly 107
Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-5:00

Naoko Nakadate

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-0047
Office: 410 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M&T 10:00-11:30 or by appointment

Karen Neal

UG Coordinator
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, German & Scandinavian, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4051
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M-F: 8:00am - 12:00pm

Yoko O'Brien

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-3050
Office: 415 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MW 2:00-3:30

Lauren Polak

Graduate Employee
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages

Kylie Yihua Post

Assistant Director, Chinese Flagship Program
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-5068
Office: 110 Gerlinger Hall

Shan Ren

PhD
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4656
Office: UO Annex, Ste 3
Research Interests: Early modern Japanese literature

Yi Ren

Graduate Student
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-4656
Office: UO Annex, Ste 3
Research Interests: Phonetics, Sociolinguistics, East Asian Linguistics

Andrea Romero Dugarte

Executive Support Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-4007
Office: Friendly Hall 114

Lisa Ross

Associate Director
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, OCIAS, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-4005
Office: 107 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M-F 8-5

Tim Strikwerda

PhD Student
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-4656
Office: UO Annex, Ste 3
Research Interests: Postwar Japanese literature, film, and cultural history.

Feiya Suo

PhD Student
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 6 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: 3:00-4:00pm, Thursday
Research Interests: Chinese linguistics

Sabrina Yunzhu Tao

PhD in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-4090
Office: 27 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Modern Chinese and Sinophone literature, film, music, and popular culture

Marci Viano-Davis

Operations Manager
ASU 1 - School of Global Studies and Languages
College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, OCIAS, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-4019
Office: 116 Friendly
Office Hours: 9-3 M-F

Glynne Walley

Associate Professor, Japanese Literature
East Asian Languages, Folklore Program, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 423 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursdays 5:30-7:30 pm

Yugen Wang

Professor, Chinese Literature, Department Head
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-3503
Office: 304 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024, WED 3-5 pm

Sunhee Woo

Korean language instructor
Renewable non-tenure-track faculty
East Asian Languages, Korean
Phone: 541-346-7166
Office: 308 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Wed1:30~3:30 p.m.

Jean Wu

Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
Chinese Flagship Academic Director
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4098
Office: 402 Friendly Hall

Leting Zheng

Ph.D. candidate
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Research Interests: Modern Chinese literature, transnational children's studies, visual culture, gender studies