Folklore Program
Julie Anderson
Faculty Support Coordinator
English, Folklore Program
Email: jlanders@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1504
Office: 124 PLC
Office Hours: Available by appointment
Elena Andrews
Graduate Student
Folklore Program
Email: ela1@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3911
Office: Folklore
John Baumann
Alumni
Folklore Program
Email: jbaumann@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Religion and Ecology, Native Studies, Environmentalism, Music
Martha Bayless
Professor, English
Director, Folklore and Public Culture
English, Folklore Program, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Email: mjbayles@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3930
Office: 344 PLC
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024, available by email every weekday
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies
Doug Blandy
Professor Emeritus
Folklore Program, PPPM
Email: dblandy@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3397
Office: 147D Hendricks Hall
Kieran Blokhuis
Graduate Employee
Folklore Program
Email: kblokhui@uoregon.edu
Office: PLC 465
Office Hours: Monday 11:30 - 2:30
Research Interests: transgender, werewolf, art, social media, tumblr, monster, autism, narrative, film
Melissa Bowers
Associate Director, Academic Support
Classics, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature Journal, Digital Humanities, Disability Studies, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Email: bowersm@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1506
Office: 124 PLC
Office Hours: (if needed, please contact me via email for an appointment, walk-ins are not guaranteed) Mon. -Wed. 8:30 a.m.-Noon and 1- 5 p.m. (118 PLC) 541.346.1506, Thursday and Friday remote 8am-5pm
Dianne Dugaw
Professor Emerita
Folklore Program
Email: dugaw@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1496
Office: 458 PLC
Office Hours: Not teaching this term, no office hours; Grad students send email
Jade Fraley
Academic and Operations Coordinator, ASU #3
Classics, Comparative Literature, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Email: jadef@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0934
Office: 118 PLC
Office Hours: M/T/W 8:30a-3:30p (in person)|Th/F 8:30a-3:30p (Remote)
Research Interests: B.A. Communication Disorders & Sciences, Lover of Theatre Arts & Dogs
Kathy Furrer
Graduate Support Specialist ASU#3
Classics, Comparative Literature, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Religious Studies
Email: kfurrer@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1501
Office: 118 PLC
Office Hours: Fall Term: Mon: Remote Avail. by Email Tues: 9:30-Noon/1-3:30 Wed & Thurs & Fri: 8:30am-Noon/1 to 3:30pm
Julia Graham
Academic Programs Manager
Classics, College of Arts and Sciences, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Disability Studies, English, Folklore Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Email: jgraham3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5062
Office: 118 PLC
Gantt Gurley
Associate Professor
Clark Honors College, Folklore Program, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies Program, Medieval Studies
Email: gantt@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4055
Office: 319 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MW 2–4 or by appointment
Research Interests: Ancient and medieval song culture, the birth of the novel, the Wandering Jew, Long Romanticism, Old Norse literature, the lyrical mode, Hans Christian Andersen, and notions of religiosity in the Danish Golden Age.
Linnea Hill
Graduate Student
Folklore Program
Email: lihi@uoregon.edu
Office: PLC 466
Research Interests: Roadside art, roadside attractions, music subcultures, archaeology of ritual
Anna Hindley
Executive Support Coordinator, ASU 3
Classics, Comparative Literature, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Email: hindleya@uoregon.edu
Phone: 5413462356
Office: 338 PLC
Habib Iddrisu
Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Dance
Director, Dema Dance Ensemble
African Studies, Black Studies, Dance, Folklore Program, IRES, Music
Email: hiddrisu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4062
Office: 152 Gerlinger Annex
Research Interests: Dance, West Africa, cultural studies, post-colonial independence history, political economy, oral history, African diaspora, new internationalism
Nat Ivy
Graduate Student
Folklore Program
Email: nativy@uoregon.edu
Office: PLC 465
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays in-person 2:00-3:00, Fridays on Zoom 2:00-3:00, and by appointment
Research Interests: 19th Century Appalachia and the American South, Social History, Media Sensationalization, Folklore and the Law, American Balladry, 19th Century Gender and Racial Politics
Leah Lowthorp
Assistant Professor
Anthropology, Folklore Program
Email: lowthorp@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5101
Office: 321 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023:Wed 12:45-2 and Thurs 1-3
Christina Lujin
Operations Specialist ASU 3
Classics, Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature Journal, Digital Humanities, Disability Studies, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Email: clujin@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1327
Office: 311 PLC
Office Hours: PLC: MTW 12:30-4pm, Remote: MTW 7am-11:30am and ThF 7:30am-4pm
Susan Meyers
Faculty Support Specialist ASU 3
Arabic Studies |Classics | Comparative Literature | English Department | Folklore & Public Culture Program Humanities |Medieval Studies | Philosophy |Politics Culture and Identity| Religious Studies
Arabic Studies, Classics, Comparative Literature, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Judaic Studies Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Email: susani@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1516
Office: 338 PLC
Office Hours: M-W:7:30-4:30, R: Remote 7:30-4:30, F: Remote 7:30-2:00
Dorothee Ostmeier
Professor of German, and Folklore and Public Culture
Folklore Program, German & Scandinavian
Email: ostmeier@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4145
Office: 215 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tue/Thu 1:20 to 2 PM GSH 103 Afterwards Villard until 3:30 PM and by appointment
Research Interests: German literature and culture of the 18th through 20th century
Whitney Phillips
Assistant Professor of Digital Platforms and Ethics
Folklore Program, SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad
Email: wphilli2@uoregon.edu
Office: 202 Allen Hall
Research Interests: US politics and popular culture, media ethics, media history, public debate and controversy, humor studies, religion and politics, rightwing media cultures, moral panics, conspiratorial belief, narrative and identity, true crime media
Rachelle Saltzman
Lecturer, Folklore and Public Culture
Retired, Executive Director, Oregon Folklife Network
Folklore Program
Email: riki@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3820
Office: 242 Knight Library
Research Interests: Folklore, Foodways, American Folklore, British Folklore, Festival, Ritual, Folk Drama, Public Protest
Gordon Sayre
Professor
English, Folklore Program
Email: gsayre@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1313
Office: 472 PLC
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
Philip W. Scher
Department Head, Cinema Studies and Theatre Arts
Professor of Anthropology and Folklore
Anthropology, Cinema Studies Program, Folklore Program, Theatre Arts
Email: pscher@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5104
Office: 322 Fenton Hall
Office Hours: Email for appointment
David Schmunk
Interim Faculy Support Coordinator, ASU #3
Classics, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Philosophy
Email: schmunkd@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5053
Office: PLC 311
Office Hours: 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Sharon Sherman
Professor Emerita
English, Folklore Program
Email: srs@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3966
Office: PLC
Office Hours:
Carol Silverman
Professor Emeritus
Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Folklore Program, Judaic Studies Program, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: csilverm@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5114
Office Hours:
Research Interests: Arts and human rights, music, Balkans, Roma, gender, ritual
Christopher Toon
Office Generalist
Classics, College of Arts and Sciences, Comparative Literature, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Email: ctoon@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2497
Office: 118 PLC
Office Hours: M/T/W 8:30a-3:30p (in person)|Th/F 8:30a-3:30p (Remote)
Research Interests: B.S. Urban / Rural Sociology, Applied Anthropology
Ben Travers
English Graduate Student / GE
English, Folklore Program
Email: btravers@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1513
Office: 20 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: F 10am-1pm
Salma Valadez-Marquez
Graduate Employee, PhD Candidate
Folklore Program, Romance Languages
Email: svaladez@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Náhuatl foodways, Mexican storytelling traditions and Indigeneity
Erin Wai
Folklore Graduate Student/ ENG GE
English, Folklore Program
Email: ewai@uoregon.edu
Office: 213 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: MW 12:30-2pm
Glynne Walley
Associate Professor, Japanese Literature
East Asian Languages, Folklore Program
Email: glynne@uoregon.edu
Office: 423 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursdays 5:30-7:30 pm
Daniel Wojcik
Professor
English, Folklore Program
Email: dwojcik@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3946
Office: 463 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: MR 12-1:30pm
Research Interests: Cultural Studies, Folklore Studies, Religion & Mythology
Juan Eduardo Wolf
Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology
Director of Latin American Studies; Coordinator, UO World Music Series & Ethnomusicology
Folklore Program, Music, SAIL
Email: ewolf2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2852
Office: 126 Frohnmayer Music Bldg
Research Interests: Latin America, decolonial thought, ethnography, folkloristics
David Yorgesen
Operations Manager, ASU 3
Classics, Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature Journal, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Email: yorgesen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1539
Office: 338 PLC
Office Hours: In the office: 7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Monday - Wednesday. Remote office: 7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Thursday. 7:30 am – 4 pm, Friday
Addy Zeitler
Graduate Student in Folklore
Folklore Program
Email: addyz@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0385