Schnitzer School Faculty

Maram Epstein

Professor, Chinese Literature
Director, Center for Asian Pacific Studies
Chinese, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 303 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-4 in Gerlinger 110, the CAPS office

Clare Evans

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies of Sociology
Disability Studies, Global Health Program, Sociology
Phone: please use email
Office: 606 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday/Wednesday 10-11AM (email for Zoom link)

Alisa Freedman

Professor, Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender
Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Translation Studies
Phone: 541-979-7794
Office: 404 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Fridays, 10:30-12:00 on Zoom (Please email for an appointment.)
Research Interests: Cross-cultural,transnational Asian Studies; cultural studies; intersectional gender studies; popular culture; media studies; biographies & memoirs; youth culture; modern Japanese literature; digital culture; urban studies; translation; academic publishing

Stephen Frost

Professor
Co-Director of Graduate Studies
African Studies, Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5161
Office: 353 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 9-10 a.m.

Yukari Furikado-Koranda

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4002
Office: 313 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: M/W 1:30pm-3pm or by appointment

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, 5209 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5209
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
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
ON MATERNITY LEAVE FALL 2025
Food Studies, Italian, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-6984
Office: 421 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Research Interests: Transnational Italian Studies (East Africa, Brazil), Fascism and Neo-Fascism, Food Studies, Environmental Humanities, Medical Humanities

Denise Gigliotti

Teaching Professor, Chinese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-3552
Office: 406 Friendly Hall, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: M/W/F 12:00-12:50
Research Interests: Chinese language pedagogy, Chinese language, literature, media, danmei/BL, foreign languages

Amalia Gladhart

Professor Emerita
School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, College of Arts and Sciences, Romance Languages
Phone: 541-346-0983
Office: 105B Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Research Interests: Translation Studies (theory and practice), Latin American theater, literary translation

Devin Grammon

Associate Professor of Spanish Sociolinguistics
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-4070
Office Hours: On sabbatical leave
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, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies
Phone: 541-346-5974
Office: 352 Susan Campbell Hall, 1267 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1267
Office Hours: TBA

Alison Groppe

Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
Chinese Sector Representative
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-7015
Office: 317 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesdays 3-4pm; Fridays (starting 10/10/25) 11am-12pm; by appointment. Email for Zoom link.

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
Phone: 541-346-4055
Office: B011E Mac Court, 1250 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
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.

Luke Habberstad

Associate Professor, Early Chinese Literature and Religion
Program Head & Director of Asian Studies Program
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Religious Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4006
Office: 401 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Thursdays, 1:30-3:30 pm

Heghine Hakobyan

Slavic Librarian
REEES Instructor
Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-1858
Office: 121 Knight Library, 1299 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: 11.00am-12.30pm Fridays

Reiko Hashimoto

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4089
Office: 413 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: MW 1:00 - 2:30 pm

William Hatungimana

Assistant Professor
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Research Interests: African Politics, Immigration, Africa China Relations, Democracy and Political Legitimacy

Paulo Henriquez

Senior Instructor of Spanish
Second Year Supervisor
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-3153
Office: 22 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Fall 25, Tuesdays/Thursdays 11:00-10:50 or by appointment

Gina Herrmann

Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-654-2705
Office: 220 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Monday 10-12 via Zoom, please text in advance<br /> <br /> Join Zoom Meeting<br /> https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/95826149988<br /> Meeting ID: 958 2614 9988
Research Interests: Communist and Leftist Studies, Holocaust Studies, Spanish Memory Studies