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East Asian Languages and Literatures Faculty & Instructor

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, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: rbc@uoregon.edu

Office: on leave 2026-2027

Office Hours: On leave 2026-2027

Research Interests: Modern Chinese and Russian Literatures, Critical Theory, Formalism, Affect Studies, Sociolinguistic Literary Criticism

Rachel DiNitto

Professor, Japanese Literature

Director, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies

East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: rdinitto@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4012

Office: 102 PLC, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: M 3:30-4:30; W 11:00-11:50 or by appointment in PLC 102 or by former arrangement via Zoom Online signup: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mDp8hAmIUM2vCvwJFFsMz6HjwKBk2mwgZGQaJYS1YuA/edit?usp=sharing

Research Interests: Japanese literature, nuclear issues, environmental humanities

Maram Epstein

Professor, Chinese Literature

VP, United Academics

Chinese, East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Korean

Email: maram@uoregon.edu

Office: McArthur Court B010B, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Thursdays 10:20-12:30 and by appointment https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/95260593675

Research Interests: Late imperial Chinese literature and culture, gender, history of emotions,

Alisa Freedman

Professor, Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender

Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, East Asian Languages, Translation Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: alisaf@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-979-7794

Office Hours: Fridays, 10:00 am -12:00 pm on Zoom, before and after classes, and by appointment. Please email me to make an appointment (alisaf@uoregon.edu)

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 UO College of Arts and Sciences, "Office Hours," Video Introduction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G56ElZcmWcU

Yukari Furikado-Koranda

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language

East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: furikado@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4002

Office: PLC 106, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: M/W 1:30pm-3pm or by appointment

Denise Gigliotti

Teaching Professor, Chinese Language

East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: dhg@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-3552

Office: 220 UO Annex

Office Hours: M/T/Th 12:00-12:20PM and 3:00-3:30PM

Research Interests: Chinese language pedagogy, Chinese language, literature, media, danmei/BL, foreign languages

Alison Groppe

Associate Professor, Chinese Literature

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: amgroppe@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-7015

Office: Remote during Friendly Hall renovations

Office Hours: Fall 2026: Mondays 11am-12pm, Wednesdays 10am-11am, and by appointment.

Luke Habberstad

Associate Professor

History, Religious Studies, East Asian Languages

Phone: 541-346-4006

Research Interests: Pre-modern China and East Asia; ancient empires; political history; cultural history

Reiko Hashimoto

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language

East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: rhashimo@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4089

Office: PLC 106, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: MW 1:00 - 2:30 pm

Kaori Idemaru

Professor, Japanese Linguistics

East Asian Languages and Literature, Department Head

Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Language Teaching Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: idemaru@uoregon.edu

Office: Agate Hall 202D, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: 4:00-5:00 Monday 1:00-2:00 Wednesday

Rika Ikei

Teaching Professor of Japanese Language

East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: rika@uoregon.edu

Office: PLC 105, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: M 3:00-4:30 PM, W 10:15-11:45 AM, or by appointment

Zhuo Jing-Schmidt

Professor

East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: zjingsch@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4023

Office Hours: Tuesday 4:00-5:00PM on zoom and by appointment

Research Interests: Cognitive Linguistics, Emotion in Language; Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics

Jina Kim

Associate Professor, Korean Literature & Culture

East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: jinak@uoregon.edu

Office Hours: Fall 2026: Wednesdays 11:30-1:30, Global Scholars Hall 105, And by Appointment

Research Interests: Modern Korean literature and cultural history, Comparative literature, Sound and Radio studies, Science and Technology, Transmedia, Korean diaspora, Women and Gender Studies