Folklore Program
Elena Andrews
Folklore Graduate Student/ENG GE
Folklore Program, English
Email: ela1@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3911
Office: Folklore, 118 Plc, Eugene OR 97403
John Baumann
Alumni
Folklore Program
Email: jbaumann@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Religion and Ecology, Native Studies, Environmentalism, Music
Martha Bayless
Professor, English
English, Folklore Program, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Email: mjbayles@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3930
Office: 344 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: On sabbatical; please email.
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies
Doug Blandy
Professor Emeritus
Folklore Program, PPPM
Email: dblandy@uoregon.edu
Office: 147D Hendricks Hall, 1209 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1209
Kieran Blokhuis
Folklore Graduate Student/ ENG GE
English, Folklore Program
Email: kblokhui@uoregon.edu
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, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Arabic Studies
Email: bowersm@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1506
Office: 124 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
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, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching this term, no office hours; Grad students send email
Jade Fraley
Academic and Operations Coordinator, ASU #3
Interim Disability Studies Experiential Learning Coordinator
College of Arts and Sciences, Arabic Studies, Classics, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Disability Studies, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Email: jadef@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0934
Office: 118 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Mon-Wed 8:30a-3:30p (in 118 PLC; closed 12-1p for lunch)) | Thurs-Fri (Remote, available via email)
Research Interests: B.A. Communication Disorders & Sciences, Lover of Theatre Arts & Dogs
Kathy Furrer
Graduate Support Specialist ASU#3
College of Arts and Sciences, Classics, Comparative Literature, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Email: kfurrer@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1501
Office: 118 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Summer Term: Mon/Fri Working Remotely avail. by Email Tues: 9:30-Noon/1-3:30 Wed/Thurs: 8:30am-Noon/1 to 3:30pm <br />
Drop-In Office Hours: Wed. 9-Noon
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
Faculty Fellow, CHC
Clark Honors College, Folklore Program, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies Program, Medieval Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: gantt@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4055
Office: B011E Mac Court, 1250 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: MW 2-3 and/or by appointment
Research Interests: Ancient and medieval song culture, Indo-Iranian philology, historical linguistics, contemporary Israeli art, minority Jewish communities, the birth of the Jewish novel, history of antisemitism, Jewish narrative and legend, Tel-Aviv school of narratology, 19th century literature, the Wandering Jew, comparative mythology and theory of myth, Long Romanticism, Old Norse literature, the lyrical mode, Hans Christian Andersen, Franz Kafka, and notions of religiosity in the Danish Golden Age.
Linnea Hill
Folklore Graduate Student/ ENG GE
English, Folklore Program
Email: lihi@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Office Hours for Spring 2025 Term: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:15-3:45pm, or by appointment.
Research Interests: Roadside art, roadside attractions, artist-built environments, folk art, music subcultures
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, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
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, 1225 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1225
Research Interests: Dance, West Africa, cultural studies, post-colonial independence history, political economy, oral history, African diaspora, new internationalism
Nat Ivy
Folklore Graduate Student/ ENG GE
English, Folklore Program
Email: nativy@uoregon.edu
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
Co-DGS, Folklore and Public Culture
Anthropology, Folklore Program
Email: lowthorp@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5101
Office: 321 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024, Wednesday 12-3pm
Research Interests: Folklore, Performance, Critical Heritage Studies, Online Narratives of Human Biotechnology, South Asia
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, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: PLC: MTW 12:30-4pm, Remote: MTW 7am-11:30am and ThF 7:30am-4pm
Samantha Matalone Cook
Folklore Graduate Student/GE
Folklore Program
Email: samam@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: myth and mythic art, folk art, medieval art and material culture, social memory, migration, activism, feminism, ecocritical theory
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
Elise O'Brien
Folklore Graduate Student/ HUM GE
Landscape Architecture Graduate Student and APRU SCL Student Worker
Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Landscape Arch
Email: eliseo@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Monday 2-3PM and by appointment
Research Interests: multidisciplinary studies, ecological design, cultural design, people and place
Dorothee Ostmeier
Professor of German, and Folklore and Public Culture
Folklore Program, German & Scandinavian, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: ostmeier@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4145
Office: 204D Agate Hall, 1250 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
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 Information Politics 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
Alix Roederer-Morin
Folklore Graduate Student/HUM GE
Folklore Program, Humanities Program
Email: alixr@uoregon.edu
Riki 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, 6204 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-6204
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, 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
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, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Carol Silverman
Professor Emeritus
Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Folklore Program, Judaic Studies Program, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: csilverm@uoregon.edu
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, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
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
Salma Valadez-Marquez
Folklore Graduate Student/ GE
PhD Candidate
Folklore Program
Email: svaladez@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Náhuatl foodways, Mexican storytelling traditions and Indigeneity
Glynne Walley
Associate Professor, Japanese Literature
East Asian Languages, Folklore Program, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: glynne@uoregon.edu
Office: 423 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Spring 2025: by appointment
Daniel Wojcik
Professor
English, Folklore Program
Email: dwojcik@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3946
Office: 463 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall Term: Tues. and Thurs., 3:00-5:15 pm
Research Interests: Artistry & Expressive Culture, Ethnology & Folklore Studies, Mythology & Religious Culture
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, 1225 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1225
Research Interests: Latin America, decolonial thought, ethnography, folkloristics
Stephen Wooten
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Global Studies
Provost's Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Folklore Program, Food Studies
Email: swooten@uoregon.edu
Office: 322 FR, Eugene OR 97403-5206
Office Hours: By appointment. Please email to request a time.
Research Interests: Food studies, local-global dynamics, agrarian change, expressive culture
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, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
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
Folklore Graduate Student/ENG GE
Folklore Program, English
Email: addyz@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0385