Global Studies and Languages - CAS Department Hero

Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Schnitzer School Faculty

Oluwakemi "Kemi" Balogun

Associate Professor

Director of African Studies

African Studies, Black Studies, IRES, School of Global Studies and Languages, Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies

Email: kbalogun@uoregon.edu

Office: 311 Hendricks Hall

Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesdays 1 - 3pm www.calendly.com/kbalogun

Research Interests: Globalization, Nationalism, Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, Embodiment, Africana Studies

Diane Baxter

Senior Lecturer 1

Pro Tem Instructor

Law, Middle East and North African Studies

Email: dbaxter@uoregon.edu

Phone: none

Office: none

Office Hours:

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

Erin Beck

Associate Professor

CLLAS, Latin American Studies, Political Science

Email: beck@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4483

Office: 914 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 9:30-12:30 via zoom (https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97590591398), email to reserve a time.

Research Interests: Latin American Politics, Development, Gender, NGOs, Microfinance, Collective Action

Mathilde Bégu

Assistant Teaching Professor of French and 1st-year French Language Program Supervisor

French, Romance Languages, College of Arts and Sciences, School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: mbegu@uoregon.edu

Office Hours: On Tuesday from 12pm to 1pm on Teams (video call). On Friday from 4pm to 5pm on Teams or in person in my office (PLC 101). Schedule a 15-minute appointment with me by clicking the link in my email signature.

Research Interests: Language Pedagogy, Teaching French as a second language, Social justice in lower proficiency classrooms

Smadar Ben-Natan

Assistant Professor

Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, College of Arts and Sciences

Email: smadar@uoregon.edu

Office Hours: Monday 3:30-5:30, by appointment, email me to schedule

Research Interests: International iaw, human Rights, armed conflict, criminal justice, incarceration, colonialism, citizenship, Israel/Palestine

Mokaya Bosire

Senior Instructor

African Studies, Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics

Email: mokaya@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-3916

Office: 377 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290

Office Hours: Mon/Wed 3:30p-4:30p or by appt.

Research Interests: Swahili, Sheng, African languages & Urban vernaculars

Lindsay Frederick Braun

Associate Professor

African Studies, History

Email: lfbraun@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4838

Office: 365 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Office Hours: FT 2025: MW 1300-1430

Research Interests: Southern Africa 1750-1950, East Africa 1850-1960, Comparative Colonialism, Environmental History, History of Science and Technology (esp. geography)

Yvonne Braun

Professor

Department Head, Global Studies and Member, Provost's Teaching Academy

Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: ybraun@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-5752

Office: 118 Friendly Hall, 1245 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1245

Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesday 12:00-1:50 (by Zoom or by appt)

Research Interests: gender, intersectionality, social inequality, international development, environmental justice, globalization, infrastructural politics, energy politics, social movements, feminist political ecology