English Faculty
Sam Lasman
Assistant Professor of English
English, Medieval Studies, Folklore Program
Email: slasman@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:30AM-12PM<br />
Thursdays 1PM-2PM
Research Interests: Medieval Literature, Celtic Studies, Iranian Studies, Animal & Nonhuman Studies, Monster Studies, Ecocriticism, Folklore & Mythology, Epic & Romance, Modern Medievalism, Contemporary Fantasy
Stephanie LeMenager
Professor of English, Faculty Affiliate in Environmental Studies
Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor 2014-2024
English, Environmental Studies
Email: slemen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3966
Office: 457 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 3-4:30pm & by appt.
Research Interests: 19th Century American Literary Studies, Environmental Humanities, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies
Quinn Miller
Associate Professor
Digital Humanities, English
Email: qmmiller@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3978
Office: 447 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: MW 11:30-1 odd weeks of term; even weeks: W 9-12, zoom
Sarah Preston
Assistant Teaching Professor
Dr.
English
Email: spreston@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1520
Office: 210 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter term: Mondays 12-1pm and 2-2:45pm; Tuesdays 11:30am - 12:15pm and 1:45pm - 2:45pm; or by appointment
Forest Pyle
Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, English
Email: trespyle@uoregon.edu
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
Email: mquigley@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1340
Office: 324 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Winter Term: Monday 11:30-2:30 on Zoom Meeting Room 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
Assistant Teaching Professor
English
Email: irecker@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1576
Office Hours: 2025 Spring Term: MF 9am-11am, TR 10am-12pm (Zoom)
Christopher Roethle
Instructor Pro-Tem
English
Email: croethle@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Winter 2026: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 2pm-3pm, and gladly by appointment<br />
In-Person and Zoom available
Research Interests: Composition, Poety and Poetics, Comics Studies
Stephen Rust
Teaching Professor
English, Cinema Studies
Email: srust@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0058
Office: 239 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2026<br />
Mondays and Wednesdays 1:30-2:50 <br />
PLC 239 and via oom<br />
Email srust@uoregon.edu for Zoom link
Ben Saunders
Professor
Director, Comics and Cartoon Studies Minor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, English
Email: ben@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0062
Office: 273 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2025, Tuesdays 3.30pm-5.30pm or by appointment
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
Email: gsayre@uoregon.edu
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
Assistant Teaching Professor of English
Composition Program
English
Email: rschuman@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1326
Office Hours: Spring 2025: MWF 1200-1300
Leslie Selcer
Instructor - English, WGSS
English
Email: lselcer@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Winter 2026<br />
Mon/Wed 2-4pm in HEN 211A
Research Interests: digital cultural studies; intersectional feminism; online conspiracy theories
Steven Shankman
Professor Emeritus
UNESCO Chair in Transcultural Studies, Interreligious Dialogue, and Peace
English
Email: shankman@uoregon.edu
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
Teaching Professor
Director, WSCR Minor
Digital Humanities, English, SAIL
Email: esimnitt@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3517
Office: 301E Tykeson Hall, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: MW 2-3 in office; T 3-4 (on Zoom)
Research Interests: digital rhetoric, civic engagement, first-year writing
Bjorn Smars
Associate Teaching Professor
Assistant Department Head of English
English
Email: smars@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3977
Office: 223 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter Term 2025: MW in person & on Zoom 9:00am-11:30am; or by appointment
Bennet Smith
Assistant Teaching Professor
English
Email: bennets@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1588
Office Hours: Fall Term: TR 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.; W 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. (Zoom); and by appointment.
Helen Southworth
Professor
Digital Humanities, English
Email: helen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3940
Office: 275 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
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
Associate Teaching Professor
English
Email: stuckey@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1250
Office Hours: Mondays 2:30-3:30 and by appointment.<br />
Please email me to indicate preference for in-person or on Zoom.<br />
Email: stuckey@uoregon.edu<br />
Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/my/mastuckey
Research Interests: Rhetoric and Composition, Writing Program Administration, Digital Pedagogy, Feminist Theory, Disability Studies