English Faculty

Sophie Ell

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

Yewulsew Endalew

Instructor of Composition
College of Arts and Sciences, English, Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-0934
Office: 310 Villard Hall, 5242 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5242
Office Hours: T 10:30-1:30
Research Interests: Comparative and World Literature, African Studies, Rhetoric and Composition, Hydro-poetics, Nile-Basin Literature and Hydro-politics, Folklore, Translation Studies, Ethiopian History and Literature

Marilyn Farwell

Professor Emerita
English
Office Hours:

Karen J. Ford

Professor Emerita
English
Phone: 541-346-3902
Office: 401 Tykeson Hall, 1245 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

John Gage

Professor Emeritus
English
Office Hours: By appointment

Cassandra Galentine

Assistant Teaching Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-1496
Office: 335 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
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

Miriam Gershow

Teaching Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-0051
Office: 237 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring office hours: via ZOOM Thursdays 1-4pm https://uoregon.zoom.us/my/mgershow

Molly Hatay

Assistant Teaching Professor
English
Office Hours: Spring Term: MWF 12-1<br /> and by appointment
Research Interests: Jewish American literature, food studies, and medical humanities

Salomé Herrera

Assistant Professor of English
English
Phone: 541-346-1342
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

Associate Teaching Professor
Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-1542
Office: 301C Tykeson Hall, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2026: On Sabbatical

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., 5243 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5243
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024

Stephanie Jones

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

Junha Jung

Assistant Teaching Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-1325
Office: 328 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: M/W/F 09:30-10:30 + by appointment<br />
Research Interests: Multiethnic American Literature, Anthropology and Literature, Multimodal Composition

Maya Kanazawa

Pro Tem Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-0368

Kathleen Karlyn

Professor Emerita
English
Office Hours:

Heidi Kaufman

Associate Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-3932
Office: 327 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: F 10am-1pm &amp; by appt.

Kate Kelp-Stebbins

Associate Professor
Director Comics and Cartoon Studies
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-1520
Office: 333 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: F 2025: M 10-11:30am by Zoom, T 12-1:30pm in PLC 333, and by appointment
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

Addison Koneval

Assistant Teaching Professor
English
Office Hours: Fall 2025: <br /> Monday 3-4pm<br /> Wednesday/Friday 11-11:45am; 1-1:45pm<br /> + by appointment<br />

Anna Kovalchuk

Associate Teaching Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-9657
Office: 301A Tykeson Hall, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter Term: Wednesdays 11:30-1 and 4-5:30 &amp; by appt.
Research Interests: rhetoric and composition, comparative and world literature, national narratives, Ukrainian history and literature

Anne Laskaya

Associate Professor, Emerita
English
Phone: 541-346-1517
Office: 454 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter Term 2026: on leave. No office hours; please email if you need to contact me and I will try to respond within 48 hours.
Research Interests: Medieval Literary and Cultural Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Word and Image in late Medieval Manuscript Culture