Global Studies
Mahnoor Ahmed
Ms.
Global Studies
Email: mahnoor@uoregon.edu
Phone: 5412326787
Office: Friendly 30
Research Interests: Sustainable Urben Development, International Development
Aneesh Aneesh
Executive Director, School of Global Studies and Languages
German & Scandinavian, Global Studies
Email: aaneesh@uoregon.edu
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Globalization, technology, labor, migration, citizenship, theory
Carolina Arredondo Sanchez Lira
Graduate Teaching Fellow
Global Studies
Office: PLC 316
Office Hours: Monday 12:30 - 1:30
Research Interests: Latin America, Public Health, STI/HIV Prevention, Harm Reduction, Migration, Border issues, social movements
Ray Balstad
Graduate Program Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, OCIAS, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: rbalstad@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2703
Office: 114D Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MTWRF 8:30am - 4:30pm
Research Interests: French, Film, Comics, Foreign Language Acquisition, Botany
Fatima Benhabyb
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Email: fatimab@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2047
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MTWRF 8:30am-4:30pm [Remote Fridays]
Yvonne Braun
Professor
Department Head, Global Studies and Member, Provost's Teaching Academy
Global Studies
Email: ybraun@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5752
Office: 118 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Thursday 11:00-12:45 (by appt)
Research Interests: gender, intersectionality, social inequality, international development, environmental justice, globalization, infrastructural politics, energy politics, social movements, feminist political ecology
Kathie Carpenter
Professor
Global Studies
Email: kathiec@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3898
Office: 356 PLC
Office Hours: Thursday 1-3 PM or contact by email: kathiec@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Childhood in cross-cultural perspective, Children's museums, Southeast Asia
Carly Christensen
Executive Assistant
Global Studies
Email: carlyc1@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1277
Office: College Of Arts And Sciences
Office Hours: 8:00a.m.-4:30a.m.
Annie Christofferson
Undergraduate & Program Coordinator
French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Judaic Studies Program, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Spanish
Email: achrist8@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0746
Office: Friendly 114
Hannah Cutting-Jones
Director of Food Studies
Food Studies, Global Studies
Email: hcutting@uoregon.edu
Phone: 530-327-8479
Office: 315 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 10-12
Research Interests: My research focuses primarily on the impact of colonialism on foodways in the Pacific and North America, and I am also fascinated by how religion and philosophy have shaped humans' relationship with food and the natural world.
Olivia Denton
Faculty Support Coordinator
ASU 1 - School of Global Studies and Languages
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, OCIAS, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: odenton@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1385
Office: 107 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MTWTF 9:00-5:00
Brita Ellis
Academic Programs Manager
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, OCIAS, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Email: bellis5@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9782
Office: Friendly 114E
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
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
Veronica Garcia
Graduate Student and Employee
Global Studies
Email: vbg@uoregon.edu
Office: PLC 304
Research Interests: health care, public health, migration, Latin America, Indigenous
Derrick Hindery
Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies
UO Study Abroad Programs Committee Member; Provost’s Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies
Email: dhindery@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6106
Office: 345 PLC
Office Hours: on leave in Fall 2023
Research Interests: Neoliberal and "post-neoliberal" models of economic "development" on communities and environment in Latin America and the U.S. Sustainable community projects in Indigenous territories in Bolivia (e.g. collectives producing medicinal oils and handicrafts)
Will Johnson
Adjunct Instructor
Assistant Vice Provost for International Affairs
Global Studies
Email: williamj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4713
Office: 300W Oregon Hall
Office Hours: Winter 2018: Thursdays 5-360pm or by appointment
Research Interests: Human Rights; Transitional justice and post-conflict peace building; corruption; international development
Jonathan Knight
Operations Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Native American Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: jknight6@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0951
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: 8-4:30 M-F
Susanna Lim
Associate Professor of Literature, Russian Studies, and Korean Studies
Director of REEES Graduate Studies
College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Global Studies, Korean, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: susannal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0691
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 101
Research Interests: Korean Studies, Korean Literature, Korean Popular Culture, Race Studies, Race in South Korea, Russian Studies, Koryo Saram, Diaspora, Post-colonialism
Robbie Marshall
Graduate Coordinator | ASU 1
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, OCIAS, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Email: robertm1@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0195
Office: 114D | Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Monday - Friday | 8:30 am - 4:30 pm | Thursdays Virtual
Galen Martin
Senior Instructor II of Global and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Food Studies, Global Studies
Email: gmartin@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9178
Office: 346 PLC
Office Hours: Tu 11:30-12:30, Th 4:00-5:00 or F by appointment
Research Interests: global food security, sustainable development, political ecology, conflict resolution, Latin America, Europe
Joel Matheson
GE
Global Studies
Email: jmathes2@uoregon.edu
Office: Friendly 30
Research Interests: Agriculture Development, Food Studies, Nonprofit Management, Social Movements, Agroecology, Water Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Diplomacy
David Meek
Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, Global Studies
Email: dmeek@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5128
Office: Virtual
Office Hours: Not on campus Fall 22; available for virtual meetings; please contact at dmeek@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Political ecology, social movements, popular education, food sovereignty
McRae Naayers
Faculty Support Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Judaic Studies Program, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Yamada Language Center
Email: mnaayers@uoregon.edu
Phone: 5413460171
Office: Friendly 107
Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-5:00
Barrett Niblock
Graduate student/GE
Global Studies
Email: bniblock@uoregon.edu
Office: Friendly 30
Office Hours: Monday/Wednesday 10:00am-11:30am
Research Interests: Development Studies, Indigenous Studies, Language Revitalization, American Studies
Melissa Palma
Intercultural Experience and Career Readiness Coordinator, School of Global Studies and Languages
College of Arts and Sciences ASU 1
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Yamada Language Center
Email: mpalma3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9780
Sanaz Riahi
Ms.
Global Studies
Email: sriahi2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 4582101194
Office: PLC 316
Office Hours: 12-1.30 pm Thursdays, 9-10.30 Am Fridays
Research Interests: Global mental health, depression, suicide
Andrea Romero Dugarte
Executive Support Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Judaic Studies Program, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-4007
Office: Friendly Hall 114
Lisa Ross
Associate Director
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, OCIAS, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: lgillis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4005
Office: 107 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M-F 8-5
Joanna Schlegelmilch
GE
Global Studies
Email: jschleg3@uoregon.edu
Office: PLC 314
Office Hours: Wednesday 3:30-5
Marci Viano-Davis
Operations Manager
ASU 1 - School of Global Studies and Languages
College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, OCIAS, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: marcid@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4019
Office: 116 Friendly
Office Hours: 9-3 M-F
Anita Weiss
Professor Emerita
Global Studies, Religious Studies
Email: aweiss@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3245
Office: 307 PLC
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1-3 pm & by appointment
Research Interests: Pakistan: development, women's rights, political Islam
Stephen Wooten
Associate Professor
Provost's Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies
Email: swooten@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5434
Office: 354 PLC
Office Hours: Mondays 2-3:00 pm and Thursdays 9-10 am on Zoom, or by appointment.
Research Interests: Food studies, local-global dynamics, agrarian change, expressive culture
Kristin Yarris
Associate Professor, Global Studies and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Disability Studies, Global Studies, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: keyarris@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1363
Office: 313 PLC
Office Hours: Sp 2024: Tu 3-4 (Cafe Verso, Knight Library); Th 2-3 (remote, in Teams)
Research Interests: transnational migration, immigrant rights, social movements, mental health, health equity, wellbeing & social care