Schnitzer School Faculty

Haruka Nagao

Assistant Professor
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Research Interests: health governance, Africa-China relations, gender, public opinion, soft power diplomacy, East Asia

Naoko Nakadate

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-0047
Office: 410 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: M 9:30-10:30 & 12:30-1:30, T 1:30-2:30 or by appointment

Julia Nemirovskaya

Senior Instructor I
Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4001
Office: 271 PLC, 1262 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1262
Office Hours: by appointment

Kari Marie Norgaard

Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Climate Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Native American Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-8615
Office: 634 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 2-4
Research Interests: Gender, Place and Environment, Social Psychology and Interaction, Sociology of Culture, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches

Yoko O'Brien

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 116 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MW 2:30-4:00

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

Eleanor Paynter

Assistant Professor
Italian, Migration, and Global Media Studies
School of Global Studies and Languages, Romance Languages, Italian
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 11:30-1:30
Research Interests: media and politics of migration, asylum and migrant rights, Africa-Europe migration, transnational Italy, race in Europe, comparative border studies, social movements, and testimony via critical refugee studies, media studies, ethnography, and oral history.

Géraldine Poizat-Newcomb

Senior Instructor II of French
French, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4049
Office: 25 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: MW 11-11:50

Lauren Ponisio

Associate Professor
Biology, Environmental Studies, Food Studies
Office: 386 Onyx Bridge, 1210 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Kylie Yihua Post

Assistant Director, Chinese Flagship Program
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-5068
Office: 110 Gerlinger Hall, 1246 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Jenifer Presto

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-485-7400
Office: 346 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wed. and Fri. 10:50-11:50 a.m. or by appt.
Research Interests: Modernism, Gender Studies, Environmental Criticism, Visual Culture, Digital Humanities, Russian-Italian Cultural Interactions, and Immigrant Arts

Heather Quarles

Teaching Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Latinx
Phone: No UO phone
Office: PLC 103
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 3:30-4:30pm or by appointment
Research Interests: Translanguaging, Critical Language Awareness, Sociolinguistics, US Spanish, Critical Pedagogies

Damian Radcliffe

Professor of Practice, Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism
Middle East and North African Studies, SOJC, SOJC-Journalism, SOJC-Journalism Master's
Phone: 541-346-7643
Office: 201 Allen Hall, 1275 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1275
Research Interests: digital trends, social media, technology, the business of media, evolution of journalism, Middle East tech, media policy

Lara Ravitch

Senior Instructor II
Russian Language Coordinator & Director of Undergraduate Studies
Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4077
Office: 427 Friendly Hall, 1262 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By appointment

Isabelle Rogers

Graduate Student, PhD, Spanish
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, College of Arts and Sciences
Office Hours: SPAN 102, Winter 2025: Mondays-Tuesdays 1-2pm, Friendly Hall 13
Research Interests: translation, Spanish theatre, Latin American theatre, technical theatre, comedy, ecodrama, ecofeminism, feminism, ecocriticism, extractivism, transatlantic studies, Carmen Conde, Baldomero Lillo, Sub-Terra

Jerry Rosiek

Professor
CSSE Program Director
College of Education, Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, Curriculum & Teaching, Curriculum and Teacher Education, Educational Foundations, Food Studies, IRES, Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-2330
Office: 146B Lokey Education Bldg, 5277 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295

Andrew Rothgery

Senior Instructor II of Spanish
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-4057
Office: UO Annex, Ste 6, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday, 4-5pm
Research Interests: Social justice; indigenous languages and cultures; the Maya; testimonial; Guatemala; Mexico; creative writing; subversive literature, music and film; protest music; guitar; languages and cultures in contact; heritage languages; Chicano literature; literature; human intelligence; humanism; oral histories; stories.

Maria 'Bene' Santos

Senior Instructor II of Portuguese
Portuguese Language Supervisor
Portuguese, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4052
Office: 411 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:00 to 2:50

Jesús Sepúlveda

Teaching Professor of Spanish Composition, Creative Writing, and Poetry
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-8304
Office: 313 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Poetry, Latin American and Spanish Literature, World Literature, Creative Writing, Shamanism, Avant-Garde and Post Avant-Garde Movements, Intoxicated Texts, Green Anarchy, Southern Cone, Critical Theory, Global Studies

Stephen Shoemaker

Professor; Department Head, Religious Studies
History of Christianity
Humanities Program, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4998
Office: 348 Susan Campbell Hall, 1294 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1294
Office Hours: By appointment only