Global Studies and Languages Faculty

Dennis Galvan

Professor
Dean and Vice Provost, Division of Global Engagement
African Studies, Global Studies, Political Science, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5851
Office: 310 Oregon Hall
Research Interests: Culture and Development, Culturally Sustainable Development, Identity and Community, Political Legitimation, Multiple Forms of Modernity, Primary Field Work: West Africa, Secondary Field Work: Indonesia

Pedro García-Caro

Associate Professor of Spanish
Senator
Comparative Literature, Latin American Studies, OCIAS, Romance Languages, SAIL, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Translation Studies
Phone: 541-346-5813
Office: 325 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: W. 10am-12pm or by appointment.
Research Interests: Nationalism, Postmodernity, Postcolonial Studies, Environmental Studies, US Hispanic Literatures, Mexican Literature, Border Literature, Comparative American Studies, Transatlantic Studies, Satire, Drama, Translation

Diana Garvin

Assistant Professor of Italian, Mediterranean Studies
Food Studies, Italian, Romance Languages
Phone: 541-346-6984
Office: 421 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Monday, 11:30am-1:30pm
Research Interests: Transnational Italian Studies (East Africa, Brazil), Fascism and Neo-Fascism, Food Studies, Environmental Humanities, Medical Humanities

Rhone Geha

Pro Tempore Instructor of French
French, Romance Languages
Office: Friendly 407
Office Hours: Thursdays, 1:00-3:00 pm in McKenzie 175
Research Interests: 21st and 20th century francophone literature and philosophy, comparative literature, postcolonial studies, cinema studies, critical theory

Denise Gigliotti

Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-3552
Office: 213 Villard Hall
Office Hours: M/W/F 12:00-12:50
Research Interests: Chinese langauge pedagogy, Chinese language, literature, media

Evlyn Gould

Professor Emerita
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor in Humanities
Comparative Literature, European Studies, French, Romance Languages
Phone: 541-346-4020
Research Interests: nineteenth century French studies,Jewish studies,European studies,interdisciplinary studies in literature, music, dance

Devin Grammon

Assistant Professor of Spanish Sociolinguistics
Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Phone: 541-346-4070
Office: 417 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Sociocultural Linguistics, Second Language Studies, Linguistic Ethnography, Language Contact, Quechua and Andean Spanish, Linguistic Landscapes

Deborah Green

Greenberg Associate Professor, Hebrew Language & Literature
Humanities Program, Judaic Studies Program, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies
Phone: 541-346-5974
Office: 352 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: TBA

Alison Groppe

Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-7015
Office: 317 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2021: Tuesday 230-430pm

Gantt Gurley

Associate Professor
Program Director, Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies, Advisor
Clark Honors College, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies Program
Phone: 541-346-4055
Office: 319 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: F 10–2 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.