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
Amber Dykema
Folklore Graduate Student/GE
Folklore Program
Email: adykema@uoregon.edu
Office: 118 Plc, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
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, Environmental Studies
Email: jadef@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0934
Office: 118 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall Term Schedule: <br />
Monday & Tuesday | 8:30a-12p and 1:00p-3:30p (in 118 PLC)<br />
Wednesday| 8:30a-12:00p (in 118 PLC) and afternoon remote, accessible via email<br />
Thursday | 8:30a-12p (in 144 Co) and 1:00-4:00p (in 118 PLC)<br />
Friday | Remote, accessible 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, Environmental Studies
Email: kfurrer@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1501
Office: 118 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: FALL TERM Mon: Working Remotely avail. by Email Tues: 9-12/1-4 (COL 144) Wed: 8:30-12/1-4 (PLC 118) Thurs: 8:30-12 (PLC 118)/1-4 (SCH 311) Fri: 8:30-12 (PLC 118)<br />
Drop-In Office Hours: Wed. 9-12 (PLC 118
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: Chapman Hall 323
Office Hours: MW 1:30-3:30 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
Oliver Hillenkamp
Folklore Graduate Student/GE
Folklore Program
Email: olihil@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:45 - 3:45 PM, Fridays 12:00 - 1:00 PM
Research Interests: Mythology, Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Environmental Humanities, Plant Lore, Ancestral Skills, Embodiment, Social Movements, Mutual Aid
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: 164 Gerlinger Annex
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
Doug Killingtree
Graduate Teaching Fellow
Instructor of Record
Theatre Arts, Folklore Program
Email: dhk@uoregon.edu
Office: Villard 341
Office Hours: Friday 1-2pm or by appointment.
Research Interests: Adaptation, Structuralism, Character Study, Narratology, folk archetypes, horror narratives, theatre as resistance
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