English Faculty

Stacy Alaimo

Professor of English
Core Faculty in Environmental Studies; Director of Graduate Studies for English Department
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-1476
Office: 205 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 9am-1pm (in person); T 3-5pm (Zoom only, email for appt and link)
Research Interests: Environmental Humanities, Posthumanities/New Materialism, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary and Critical Th,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
Office Hours: Spring Term: TR 4-5pm (in person or Zoom); W 1:30-2:30 (Zoom only). 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
Director, Folklore and Public Culture
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: Not teaching Spring 2024, available by email every weekday
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: MW 12:15-1:45pm & 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

Marcel Brousseau

Courtesy Assistant Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-3967
Office: 317 PLC

Kirby Brown

Associate Professor, English
Director, Native American and Studies (NAIS)
English, Native American Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5819
Office: 330 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2024: M: 3-5 pm, W: 9-10 am, and by email appt. (or 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

Katherine Brundan

Senior Instructor I
Comparative Literature, Disability Studies, English, Humanities Program, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-0934
Office: 363 PLC
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: 541-346-3975
Office: 343 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Summer term: WED 9:30-11:00 or by appt. via Zoom

Mattie Burkert

Associate Professor
Director, Minor in Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-0272
Office: 235 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays, 1-4pm (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

Anna Carroll

Senior Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-1518
Office: 301H Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: Spring Term: MWF 11-11:50am & by appt.

Ulrick Casimir

Career Instructor
Clark Honors College, English
Phone: 541-346-3977
Office: 208 Chapman Hall
Office Hours: On sabbatical through Fall 2024—please contact the Clark Honors College front desk for more information.

Mai-Lin Cheng

Associate Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-0123
Office: 371 PLC
Office Hours: Fall Term: Mondays 12:00-1:30 pm for drop-in hours; Mondays 1:30-3:00 by appt. (email 24 hours in advance for appt.)
Research Interests: 19th-Century Literary Studies

Stephanie Clark

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies; Director/Advisor, Medieval Studies Program
English, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-3960
Office: 374 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2024: M 3-5, F 3-4, 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
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
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
Office Hours: Spring Term: TR 2-3:30pm
Research Interests: Early Modern Literature; Martyrdom & Resurrection; Divinatory Poetics

Sophie Ell

Career Instructor
English
Office: 301-B TYKE
Office Hours: Fall Term: TTH 12:30-2:00pm (and by appointment)

Yewulsew Endalew

Instructor of Composition
College of Arts and Sciences, English
Phone: 541-346-0934
Office: 310 Villard Hall
Office Hours: T 1:30-4:30
Research Interests: Nile-Basin Literature, African studies, hydro-politics, hydro-poetics, eco-poetics, decolonial poetics, Literary criticism, history & philosophy in literature, folklore, translation studies, Ethiopian Studies

Marilyn Farwell

Professor Emerita
English
Office Hours:

Karen J. Ford

Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-3902
Office: 401 Tykeson Hall, 1245 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: By appt. through Jules Jones (julesj@uoregon.edu)edu

John Gage

Professor Emeritus
English
Office Hours: By appointment

Cassandra Galentine

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-1496
Office: 335 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: M/W 1-2:30pm and by appointment
Research Interests: Women's Working-Class Literature, Multiethnic U.S. Literature, Environmental Justice, Critical Race and Ethnic Studies

Moe Gámez

English Graduate Student / GE
English
Phone: 541-346-3921
Office: PLC 211
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Office hours: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30pm, Thursdays 10:30-11:30am, Fridays 9:30-10:30am & by appointment
Research Interests: Latinx literature & cultural production, queer and trans of color studies, critical environmental humanities

Miriam Gershow

Senior Instructor II
English
Phone: 541-346-0051
Office: 237 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: W 1-2:30pm, F 11am-12:30pm (Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/my/mgershow)

Molly Hatay

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-5428
Office: PLC 266
Office Hours: Spring Term: MW 10-11:30am
Research Interests: Jewish American literature, food studies, and medical humanities

Salvador Herrera

Assistant Professor of English
English
Phone: 541-346-1342
Office: 327 PLC
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: American Studies, Drama and Performance Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Latino/a Studies, Literature of the Americas, Contemporary Literary Studies, Queer and Trans Studies, Race and Ethnicity

Helen Huang

Career Instructor
Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-1542
Office: 301C Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: Fall term: Tues and Thurs 2p-330p

Mat Johnson

Professor
The Philip H. Knight Chair of the Humanities
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Creative Writing Program, English
Phone: 541-346-0547
Office: 207 Alder Bldg.
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024

Stephanie Jones

Assistant Professor
Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-1344

Junha Jung

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-1325
Office: 328 PLC
Office Hours: Fall Term: MW 10:00-11:30 am & by appt.
Research Interests: Multiethnic American Literature, Anthropology and Literature, Multimodal Composition

Kathleen Karlyn

Professor Emerita
English
Office Hours:

Heidi Kaufman

Associate Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-3932
Office: 327 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: F 10am-1pm & by appt.

Kate Kelp-Stebbins

Associate Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-1520
Office: 333 PLC
Office Hours: Summer term: Thursday 12-3pm via Zoom
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

Addy Koneval

Career Instructor
English
Office: TYK 301K
Office Hours: Spring Term: In person MW 10:30am-12pm; Online R 2-3:30pm

Anna Kovalchuk

Senior Instructor I
English
Phone: 541-346-1532
Office: 301A Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: Fall Term: Weds 12-3 & by appt.
Research Interests: national narratives, comparative and world literature, Cossack history, Ukrainian and Russian literature

Stephanie LeMenager

Professor of English, Faculty Affiliate in Environmental Studies
Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor 2014-2024
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-3966
Office: 457 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 3-4:30pm & by appt.
Research Interests: 19th Century American Literary Studies, Environmental Humanities, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies

Julia Lesage

Professor Emerita
English
Office Hours:

Allison McGuffie

Instructor
African Studies, Cinema Studies Program, Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-3965
Office: 329 PLC

Quinn Miller

Associate Professor
Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-3978
Office: 447 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall Term: T 2-5pm

Sarah Preston

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-1520
Office: 210 PLC
Office Hours: Fall term: MON 2pm-4pm; TUES 11:15am – 12:15pm, or by appt.

Forest Pyle

Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-3928
Office: 270 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
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

Mark Quigley

Associate Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-1340
Office: 324 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Fall Term: W 10:30am-1:30pm via Zoom (ID: 470-446-9397) & by appt.
Research Interests: Colonial, Settler Colonial, and Postcolonial Studies, Irish Literary Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity, Modernism Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, The Novel, Poetry and Poetics, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Cultural Studies

Indy Recker

Career Instructor
English
Office: TYKE 301C
Office Hours: Fall Term: TR 4:30-5:30pm, W 12-3pm

Christopher Roethle

Instructor Pro-Tem
English
Phone: 541-346-3924
Office: 19 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays and Fridays 1-2:30pm, and gladly by appointment
Research Interests: Composition, Poety and Poetics, Comics Studies

Stephen Rust

Senior Instructor
Digital Humanities, English, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-0058
Office: 239 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: TR 10-11:30am Zoom only (email for link)

Ben Saunders

Professor
Director, Comics and Cartoon Studies Minor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-0062
Office: 273 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024, no office hours
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)

Gordon Sayre

Professor
English, Folklore Program
Phone: 541-346-1313
Office: 472 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall term 2024: Tuesdays 1-3 pm; Wednesdays 2-3 pm
Research Interests: Folkore, Environmental Humanities, Colonial American Literature, Automobility and Car Cultures, Indigenous Studies

Rebecca Schuman

Career Instructor of English
Composition Program
English, German & Scandinavian
Phone: 541-346-1326
Office: PLC 275
Office Hours: Fall 2024: MW 1200-1300 (Zoom); TTh 1530-1700 (in-person)

Leslie Selcer

Pro Tem Instructor - English
English
Office: 22 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024 - MW 11:30am-1:00pm
Research Interests: digital cultural studies; intersectional feminist studies; far-right political extremism; conspiracy cultures

Steven Shankman

Professor Emeritus
UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace
English
Phone: 541-346-3997
Office: 373 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching ENG this term; available via email
Research Interests: Comparative literature, the classical tradition in English and American literature, the eighteenth century, and the history of literary theory

Emily Simnitt

Senior Instructor
Interim Director Compositon Program; Director, WSCR Minor
Digital Humanities, English, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-3517
Office: 301E Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: Spring Term: In person T 3-4pm, W 11am-12pm; Zoom F 3-4pm
Research Interests: digital rhetoric, civic engagement, first year writing

Bjorn Smars

Senior Instructor
Assistant Department Head of English
English
Phone: 541-346-3977
Office: 223 PLC
Office Hours: Fall Term 2024: MW in person 9:00am-11:30am; on Zoom by appt.

Bennet Smith

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-1518
Office: 301-H TYKE
Office Hours: Fall Term: TR 1:30pm - 3:00pm

Helen Southworth

Professor
Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-3940
Office: 275 PLC
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024
Research Interests: Modernism, Virginia Woolf, Life-Writing, Archives, Digital Humanities, Book History, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Visual Culture, Comics and Cartoon Studies

Michelle Stuckey

Director of Composition
Senior Instructor I
English
Phone: 541-346-1250
Office: 301F Tykeson Hall
Research Interests: Rhetoric and Composition, Writing Program Administration, Digital Pedagogy, Feminist Theory, Disability Studies

Laurel Sturgis O'Coyne

Instructor of Composition
English
Phone: 541-346-0934
Office: 310 Villard Hall
Office Hours: Not teaching in ENG Spring 2024
Research Interests: Hemispheric American literatures, Eco-criticism and environmental literatures, Indigenous studies, translation studies, women and gender studies, post-colonial theory and literatures, food studies, memory and temporality.

Thomas C. Tasker

Senior Instructor I
Senior Instructor I
American English Institute, English
Phone: 541-346-3945
Office: 301K Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: Spring Term: TR 3:30-5pm

Jalen Thompson

Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-0528
Office: 323 PLC
Research Interests: reality television | media studies | film studies | black feminism | black studies | gender and sexuality/masculinity studies | queer theory

Corbett Upton

Senior Instructor
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
English
Phone: 541-346-3961
Office: 375 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: T 1-3pm (in office), R 1-3pm (on Zoom, ID: 967 8951 2202) & by appt.

Angela Waddell

Career Instructor
English
Phone: Email is best
Office: TYK 301 D
Office Hours: Fall 2024: T: 9am - 9:30, 2pm - 3:30pm; TH: 2pm - 3pm
Research Interests: Rhetoric, Community Teaching

Eleanor Wakefield

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-0055
Office: 301B Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 1-2pm, R 1-3pm, & by appt.

Sarah D. Wald

Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & English
Director of Graduate Admissions for English
English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office: 443 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: Wednesday, 12:30pm-2:30pm PLC 443
Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Environmental Humanities, Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies, Latinx Literary and Cultural Studies, Food Studies, Farmworker Justice, Immigration/Migration, 20/21st Century US Literature, American Studies

Paul Watts-Offret

Instructor of Composition
English
Phone: 541-346-1338

Mark Whalan

Professor
Head of English, Horn Endowed Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-3926
Office: 207 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: African American Literary Studies, American Studies, Modernism Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity

Elizabeth (Betsy) Wheeler

Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Disability Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-3929
Office: 238 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: MW 2:30-4pm in person (drop-in or by appt.) or on Zoom by appt. (email for appt.)
Research Interests: Disability Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, American Studies, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity

Jenée Wilde

Senior Instructor of English
CSWS Dissemination Specialist
English
Phone: 541-346-8033
Office: 331 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024 Term: TR 10-1:30 am or by appt.
Research Interests: gender and sexuality studies, queer studies, science fiction, folklore, popular culture, creative nonfiction writing

John Witte

Senior Instructor Emeritus
English
Office Hours: Checking email intermittently

Daniel Wojcik

Professor
English, Folklore Program
Phone: 541-346-3946
Office: 463 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: MR 12-1:30pm
Research Interests: Artistry & Expressive Culture, Ethnology & Folklore Studies, Mythology & Religious Culture

Henry Wonham

Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-3266
Office: 454 Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: No office hours; available by email

Mary Wood

Professor
Disability Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-3010
Office: 445 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: R 12:30-2pm in person; W 4-5:30pm on Zoom (ID: 932 4715 9358)
Research Interests: 19th Century American Literary Studies, Autobiography Studies, Feminism Studies Gender and Sexuality Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity

Ana Zalyubovskiy

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-1528
Office: 219 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: W 9-10am, R 9am-1pm & 3-4pm