Global Studies
Mahnoor Ahmed
Graduate Employee
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: mahnoor@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays, 2pm-3pm
Research Interests: Sustainable and Participatory Development
Aneesh Aneesh
Executive Director, School of Global Studies and Languages
Interim Director, Middle East and North African Studies
German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: edsgsl@uoregon.edu
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Globalization, technology, labor, migration, citizenship, theory
Serena Archila
Graduate Employee
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: sarchila@uoregon.edu
OYEINTARIMOBOERE AZEBI
MISS
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: azebi@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: TUESDAYS 1PM - 2PM
Smadar Ben-Natan
Assistant Professor
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, College of Arts and Sciences
Email: smadar@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Monday 3:30-5:30, by appointment, email me to schedule
Research Interests: International iaw, human Rights, armed conflict, criminal justice, incarceration, colonialism, citizenship, Israel/Palestine
Fatima Benhabyb
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, 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: 106 Agate Hall, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: MTWRF 8:30am-4:30pm [Remote Fridays]
Research Interests: International education & diplomacy, soft power & cultural influence, global governance & policy, neocolonialism & power structures, postcolonial & decolonial theory, regional focus: MENA, identity & elite formation.
Yvonne Braun
Professor
Department Head, Global Studies and Member, Provost's Teaching Academy
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: ybraun@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5752
Office: 118 Friendly Hall, 1245 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1245
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Thursday 10:15-12:15 in Agate Hall 202A or by Teams/Zoom, or by appointment
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, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: kathiec@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3898
Office: 356 PLC, 5206 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5206
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
Grecia Chirinos Delgado
Assistant Teaching Professor
Global Studies, Latin American Studies, Latinx, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Email: chirinos@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Tues/Thurs 1:00-2:00pm and by appointment
Research Interests: U.S. Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Education, Critical Language Awareness, Sociolinguistics, Critical Pedagodies
Annie Christofferson
Undergraduate & Program Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Global Health Program, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: achrist8@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0746
Hannah Cutting-Jones
Assistant Professor
Food Studies, Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: hcutting@uoregon.edu
Office: 105E Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 10-12
Research Interests: Food and colonialism, history of Christian missions in the Pacific, Pacific Islands food culture, food history, nutritional science
Zahra Dehnavi
Graduate Employee
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: zdehnavi@uoregon.edu
Office: 30 Friendly hall
Office Hours: Mondays & Wednesdays 2:30-3:30
Research Interests: Global health, Mental health, Disease prevention , Psychiatry, Depression & Anxiety
Olivia Denton
Faculty Support Coordinator
ASU 1 - Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, 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
Office Hours: MTWTF 9:00-5:00
Chanda Diekotto
Global Studies GE, Masters of Nonprofit Management Student
Global Studies, PPPM
Email: diekotto@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9780
Office: Global Studies, 114 Friendly Hall, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Mondays 10-11 a.m.
Research Interests: Languages, Outdoors, Management, Social and Environmental Justice, Human Rights
Brita Dye
Academic Programs Manager
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, European Studies, Global Health Program, Judaic Studies Program, Latin American Studies, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: bellis5@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9782
Office: 1787 Agate Street, Suite 110, 1245 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
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
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
Derrick Hindery
Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies
UO Study Abroad Programs Committee Member; Provost’s Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: dhindery@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6106
Office: 345 PLC, 5206 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5206
Office Hours: by appointment (please email dhindery@uoregon.edu) on Zoom at: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/7684792837 <br />
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)
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, 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: 106 Agate Hall, 1787 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 8:30-5, M-Th