English Faculty

Stacy Alaimo

Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor in English
Core Faculty in Environmental Studies; Director of Graduate Studies for English Department
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: Please contact via email.
Office: 205 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Week 1 to Week 10: In person: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00-4:00. You are welcome to stop by in-person office hours or email to reserve a half hour meeting. [I will be on sabbatical from September 2025 to September 2026, but will reserve one day a month for meeting with graduate students. Check my website.]
Research Interests: Environmental Humanities/Multispecies Studies, Blue Humanities/Critical Ocean Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Posthumanities/New Materialism, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Visual Culture, Race, Ethnicity, and Indignity, Gender, Sexuality, Queer and Trans Studies

Faith Barter

Assistant Professor
Black Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-1510
Office: 320 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tues./Thurs. 1:00-2:30pm. You must sign up at dr-barter.youcanbook.me
Research Interests: African American Literary and Cultural Studies, 19th-Century American Literary Studies, Cultural Studies

Martha Bayless

Professor, English
English, Folklore Program, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-3930
Office: 344 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: On sabbatical; please email.
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies

Carolyn Bergquist

Senior Lecturer
English
Phone: 541-346-2695
Office: 243 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024, checking email regularly until mid-May

Elizabeth Bohls

Professor
English, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5484
Office: 263 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 12-2, W 1-2 & by appt.
Research Interests: Colonial, Settler Colonial, and Postcolonial Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity, Cultural Studies, Feminism Studies, Restoration and 18th Century Literary Studies, Travel Writing

Lara Bovilsky

Associate Professor
College Scholars, English, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-1309
Office: 246 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 9:30-11am, R 10-11am & by appt.
Research Interests: Renaissance/Early Modern Literary Studies, Race Ethnicity and Indigeneity, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Poetry and Poetics, Drama and Performance Studies

Kirby Brown

Associate Professor, English
English, Native American Studies
Phone: 541-346-5819
Office: 330 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring 2025: T: 3-5 pm, W: 11 am-12 pm, and by email appt.<br /> Schedule here: https://calendly.com/kirbybrown/officehours
Research Interests: Native American and Indigenous Literary and Cultural Studies; Race, Ethnicity, & Indigeneity; Cultural Studies; Modernism Studies; Genre Studies; Nationhood/Nationalism Studies; Sovereignty/Self-Determination Studies

Katherine Brundan

Teaching Professor
Comparative Literature, Disability Studies, English, Humanities Program, SAIL
Office: 363 PLC, 1249 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: 19th century European novel, translation studies, philology, history of the novel, the Gothic, gender, technology

Kristy Bryant-Berg

Senior Instructor
Associate Director, Compostion Program
English
Phone: Please contact via email for faster response.
Office: 343 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesdays, noon to 2 pm by Zoom and Thursdays, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. in PLC 343

Mattie Burkert

Associate Professor
Director, Minor in Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-0272
Office: 235 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00-3:30 p.m. (schedule an appointment at https://tinyurl.com/burkert-office-hours)
Research Interests: Digital Humanities, New Media, Theater and Performance Studies, Restoration and 18th Century Literature and Culture, Histories of Science and Technology, Economic History and Criticism, Gender and Sexuality, Disability, Critical AI Studies

Anna Carroll

Senior Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-1518
Office: 301H Tykeson Hall, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring 2025: MWF 2:00-3:00 p.m. and gladly by appointment

Ulrick Casimir

Core Faculty
Clark Honors College, English
Phone: 541-346-3977
Office: 208 Chapman Hall, 1293 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1293
Office Hours: Fall 2025: W, 12:00-4:00 p.m.via Zoom: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/93163154880?pwd=Ym50cmg0NDJuMzREbUQwcnN6SzkzQT09<br /> Also available by appointment—please e-mail if you need to set one up.

Mai-Lin Cheng

Associate Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-0123
Office: 371 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2025 M/W 11:20-11:50 in 260 Condon (drop-in for ENG 313 Students)<br /> Mondays 1-2 drop in; and by appointment Mondays 2-3
Research Interests: 19th-Century Literary Studies, Romanticism, Book History, Detective Fiction, Histories of Reading

Stephanie Clark

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
English, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-3960
Office: 374 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 11-2, and by appt.
Research Interests: Medieval Literary and Cultural Studies, Old English, Religion and Mythology, Gift Theory

Suzanne Clark

Professor Emerita
English

José Cortez

Assistant Professor
Director of Latinx Studies
CLLAS, Digital Humanities, Disability Studies, English, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-0069
Office: 319 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall Term: MF 3:00pm-3:50pm
Research Interests: Critical Theory, Rhetoric, Latinx Studies

James Crosswhite

Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-3956
Office: 258 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024, available by email
Research Interests: Environmental Humanities, Literary and Critical Theory, Poetry and Poetics, Rhetoric, Composition, and Composition Pedagogy

Brent Dawson

Associate Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-3962
Office: 473 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024, available by email
Research Interests: Drama and Performance Studies, Renaissance/Early Modern Literary Studies

Rachel Eccleston

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-1532
Office: 301A Tykeson Hall, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesday-Thursday 12:45-1:45pm
Research Interests: Horror; Early Modern Literature

Sophie Ell

Assistant Teaching Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-1547
Office: Tykeson 301B
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:00-2:30pm, and by appointment