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Folklore Program Faculty

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, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286

Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024, available by email every weekday

Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies

Gantt Gurley

Associate Professor

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: 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.

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

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

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: 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