English GTF
Zachary Nickels
Comparative Literature Graduate Student/ENG GE
Philosophy Graduate Student
Comparative Literature, English
Email: znickels@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Continental Philosophy (Deconstruction, Phenomenology & Hermeneutics); Aesthetics; Greek Tragedy; Hegel & German Idealism; Theories of Desire; Psychoanalysis; Poetry & Poetics; Literary Theory; 20th and 21st Century Poetry; Postmodern Fiction
Honor O'Sullivan
English Graduate Student / GE
English
Email: honoro@uoregon.edu
Office: PLC 214
Office Hours: Fall Term 2026:
Monday: 9:00 - 11:30 AM
Wednesday: 9:00 - 11:30 AM
Friday: 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Also available via Zoom by appointment!
Research Interests: Modernism, 20th Century American Literature, the Harlem Renaissance, Surrealism, Affect Theory, Queer Theory, Visual Culture, Film, Comics
K Olivar
English Graduate Student / GE
English
Email: kolivar@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1314
Office: 220 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2026: Thursdays 12:30-1:30, and by appointment.
Office hours are held via Zoom.
Research Interests: Early Modern / Renaissance Literature, Drama, Disability Studies, Neurodiversity
Genevieve Pfeiffer
ESSP Graduate Student / GE
English, Environmental Studies
Email: gpfeiffe@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: MF 8-9:30am & by appt.
Research Interests: Environmental humanities, artificial intelligence (AI), data ethics, multispecies studies, feminist science and technology studies, data governmentality, data infrastructures, reproductive justice, digital humanities, poetry and poetics, 20th and 21st century literatures
Ren Rader
English Graduate Student/ GE
English
Email: rader@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Thursday 3:30-5:00, Friday 2:00-3:30
Shama Jan Sama
English Graduate Student / GE
English
Email: shamaj@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall Term: Wednesday 9:00 am- 12:00 pm
Kisa Schultz
English Graduate Student/ GE
English
Email: kisas@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Mon/Fri 12:15 - 1:45pm
Research Interests: New Media, Video Game Studies, Film & TV Studies, Comics Studies, Queer Studies
Sarina Schwartz
English Graduate Student/ GE
English
Email: sarinasc@uoregon.edu
Office: PLC 209
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:00-11:30 and Fridays 12:00-1:30 in person or by appointment (email if you’d like to request Zoom).
Research Interests: 19th-century British Literature with an emphasis in Romanticism; ecological theory; drama & performance
Lou Smith
English Graduate Student/ GE
English
Email: maggs@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays 2-4pm and Fridays 10-11am
Samantha Stringham
English Graduate Student/ GE
English
Email: samstr@uoregon.edu
Office: PLC 214
Office Hours: Fall 2026 Wednesday 1-2:30 Thursday 10-11:30 and by appointment
Research Interests: Early Modern Literature and Culture, Theatre and Performance Studies, Histories of Science and Technology, Cosmology, Ontology and Epistemology
Anu Sugathan
English Graduate Student / GE
English
Email: asugatha@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall Term 2026: Mondays 11 am - 2 pm, and Wednesdays 12- 3 pm; email for Zoom meetings
Research Interests: Visual Culture, Comics Studies, Postcolonial Studies, South Asian Literature and Cinema
Tiffany Thomas
Folklore Graduate Student/ ENG GE
Folklore Program, English
Email: tifft@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Mon. 12:45-13:45, Wed. 15:00-16:00, & Fri. 15:00-16:00 or by appointment. If a Zoom meeting is preferred, please email me in advance to arrange.
Ben Travers
English Graduate Student / GE
English
Email: btravers@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1513
Office: 20 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter Term: F 10am-1pm
Noelle Trejo
English Graduate Student/ GE
English
Email: noelletr@uoregon.edu
Office: Prince Lucien Campbell Hall (PLC) 321
Office Hours: MWF 3:00-4:00PM
Research Interests: Medieval Literature, Hagiography, Biblical Studies, Early Modern Poetry, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, Psychoanalysis
Ryan Walker
Comparative Literature Graduate Student/ ENG GE
Comparative Literature, English
Email: rwalker9@uoregon.edu
Office: 316 PLC
Office Hours: Mondays 11-12 & Wednesdays 10-12
Research Interests: Ancient Greek & Latin literatures; English & German Romanticism; Mythology, Philosophy, & Literature; Classical Reception; Poetics; Criticism & Theory; Epics, "National Epics"; Literature of Empire; Secularization; magic and (dis)enchantment in modernity
Kyla Wallinger
English Graduate Student/ GE
English
Email: kwalling@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Wednesday 9:00 - 11:30
Friday 9:00 - 9:45
Or by appointment