Folklore Program

Samantha Matalone Cook

Folklore Graduate Student/GE
Folklore Program
Research Interests: myth, mythic and folk art, material culture, social memory, ancient and medieval society in the modern world, geography, migration, activism, and feminist and 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
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
Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Landscape Arch
Office: SCH 20
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: multidisciplinary studies, ecological design, cultural design, people and place

Ogbonnaya Okoro

Folklore Graduate Student/ENG GE
Folklore Program, English

Dorothee Ostmeier

Professor of German, and Folklore and Public Culture
Folklore Program, German & Scandinavian, School of Global Studies and Languages
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

Makayla Overholt

Folklore Graduate Student/GE
Folklore Program

Whitney Phillips

Associate Professor of Information Politics and Media Ethics
John L. Hulteng Endowed Chair in Media Ethics and Responsibility
Folklore Program, SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad
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

Riki Saltzman

Lecturer, Folklore and Public Culture
Retired, Executive Director, Oregon Folklife Network
Folklore Program
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
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
Phone: 541-346-5053
Office: PLC 311, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 7:30 am to 4:00 pm

Sharon Sherman

Professor Emerita
English, Folklore Program
Office Hours:

Carol Silverman

Professor Emeritus
Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Folklore Program, Judaic Studies Program, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Office Hours:
Research Interests: Arts and human rights, music, Balkans, Roma, gender, ritual

Mehnaz Tasmim

Folklore Graduate Student/ ENG GE
Folklore Program, English

Tiffany Thomas

Folklore Graduate Student/ ENG GE
Folklore Program, English

Christopher Toon

Office Generalist
Classics, College of Arts and Sciences, Comparative Literature, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies
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
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
Office: 423 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Spring 2025: by appointment

Amy Weeden

Folklore Graduate Student
Folklore Program

Daniel Wojcik

Professor
English, Folklore Program
Phone: 541-346-3946
Office: 463 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall Term: Wednesday, 2:30-4:00 pm, and Thursday, 3:00-4:30 pm
Research Interests: Artistry & Expressive Culture, Ethnology & Folklore Studies, Mythology & Religious Culture