Schnitzer School Faculty
Maram Epstein
Professor, Chinese Literature
Director, Center for Asian Pacific Studies
Chinese, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: maram@uoregon.edu
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
Email: cevans@uoregon.edu
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
Email: alisaf@uoregon.edu
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
Email: sfrost@uoregon.edu
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
Email: furikado@uoregon.edu
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
Email: dgalvan@uoregon.edu
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
Email: pgcaro@uoregon.edu
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
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Food Studies, Italian, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: dgarvin@uoregon.edu
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
Email: dhg@uoregon.edu
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
Email: gladhart@uoregon.edu
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
Email: grammon@uoregon.edu
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
Email: dagreen@uoregon.edu
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
Email: amgroppe@uoregon.edu
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
Email: gantt@uoregon.edu
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
Email: heghineh@uoregon.edu
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
Email: rhashimo@uoregon.edu
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
Email: whatu@uoregon.edu
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
Email: pauloh@uoregon.edu
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
Email: gah@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-654-2705
Office: 220 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
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Research Interests: Communist and Leftist Studies, Holocaust Studies, Spanish Memory Studies