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East Asian Languages and Literatures

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

Email: fatimab@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-2047

Office: 106 Agate Hall, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

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

Email: rbc@uoregon.edu

Office: 426 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248

Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesdays 10:00am-12:00 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

Email: wjchen@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-2952

Office: 172 Gerlinger Annex, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248

Annie Christofferson

Undergraduate & Program Coordinator

African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Global Health Program, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center

Email: achrist8@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-0746

Ai-Ting Chung

Japanese GE

East Asian Languages

Email: aitingc@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4656

Office: UO Annex, Ste 3

Research Interests: Visual cultural studies, cinema, anime

Xiaoyan Deng

PhD candidate

East Asian Languages

Email: xiaoyand@uoregon.edu

Office: Friendly 27

Office Hours: Tuesdays 11am-12pm

Research Interests: Modern Chinese theatre and literature, Chinese film

Olivia Denton

Faculty Support Coordinator

ASU 1 - Schnitzer 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

Email: odenton@uoregon.edu

Office Hours: MTWTF 9:00-5:00

Rachel DiNitto

Professor, Japanese Literature

Director, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies

East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: rdinitto@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4012

Office: 301 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248

Research Interests: Japanese literature, nuclear issues, environmental humanities

Stephen Durrant

Professor Emeritus, Chinese Literature

Asian Studies, East Asian Languages

Email: sdurrant@uoregon.edu

Office: 308 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248

Brita Dye

Academic Programs Manager

African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, 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, European Studies, Global Health Program, Judaic Studies Program, Latin American Studies, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center

Email: bellis5@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-9782

Office: 1787 Agate Street, Suite 110, 1245 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Maram Epstein

Professor, Chinese Literature

Director, Center for Asian Pacific Studies

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

Email: maram@uoregon.edu

Office: 303 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-4 in Gerlinger 110, the CAPS office

Michael Fishlen

Associate Professor Emeritus, Chinese Literature

Asian Studies, East Asian Languages

Email: fishlen@uoregon.edu

Office: 308 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

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

Email: alisaf@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-979-7794

Office: 404 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Office Hours: Fridays, 10:30 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