School of Global Studies and Languages

Oluwakemi "Kemi" Balogun

Associate Professor
Director of African Studies
African Studies, Black Studies, IRES, School of Global Studies and Languages, Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-0558
Office: 311 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays & Tuesdays 10 - 11am and by appointment
Research Interests: Globalization, Nationalism, Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, Embodiment, Africana Studies

Ray Balstad

Graduate Program Coordinator
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, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-2703
Office: 114D Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MTWRF 8:30am - 4:30pm
Research Interests: French, Film, Comics, Foreign Language Acquisition, Botany

Omar Barahona Barahona

Graduate Employee, PhD Student
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Office: Friendly 27
Office Hours: Wed 2:00-4:00 PM or by appointment

Judith Baskin

Philip H. Knight Professor Emerita in Humanities
Judaic Studies Program, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies

Magela Baudoin Teran

Graduate Employee, Spanish, PhD Candidate
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-852-5628
Office: 192K Esslinger Hall
Research Interests: Latin American literature from the mid-20th to the 21st centuries, Writing as Creative Laboratories, Aesthetic and Political Performances, Auto-fiction in Modern Literature, Women and Gender Studies, Decolonial Studies.

Diane Baxter

Senior Lecturer 1
Pro Tem Instructor
Law, Middle East and North African Studies
Phone: none
Office: none
Office Hours:

Martha Bayless

Professor, English
Director, Folklore and Public Culture
English, Folklore Program, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-3930
Office: 344 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024, available by email every weekday
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies

Erin Beck

Associate Professor
CLLAS, Latin American Studies, Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4483
Office: 914 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 24: Wednesday 11:00-2:00
Research Interests: Latin American Politics, Development, Gender, NGOs, Microfinance, Collective Action

Mathilde Bégu

Career Instructor of French and 2nd-year French Language Program Supervisor
French, Romance Languages
Phone: Teams
Office: 201 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Thursday 2:30-4:30pm
Research Interests: Teaching French as a second language, Teaching francophone literature, Ecofeminism, Decolonial literature

Smadar Ben-Natan

Assistant Professor
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 407 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Monday 3:30-5:30
Research Interests: Law, International Law, Human Rights, Criminal Justice, Armed Conflict, 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
Phone: 541-346-2047
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MTWRF 8:30am-4:30pm [Remote Fridays]

Aurélie Bertin

Graduate Student
Romance Languages
Office: 30 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Teaching French and Pedagogy, Language Teachings Studies, Linguistics, Cinema Studies, Translation Studies, 17th century French literature.

Mokaya Bosire

Senior Instructor
African Studies, Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3916
Office: 377 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Mon/Wed 3:30p-4:30p or by appt.
Research Interests: Swahili, Sheng, African languages & Urban vernaculars

Lindsay Frederick Braun

Associate Professor
African Studies, History
Phone: 541-346-4838
Office: 365 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: FT 2024: 1-3 Tuesdays ABA (MTW)
Research Interests: Southern Africa 1750-1950, East Africa 1850-1960, Comparative Colonialism, Environmental History, History of Science and Technology (esp. geography)

Yvonne Braun

Professor
Department Head, Global Studies and Member, Provost's Teaching Academy
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-5752
Office: 118 Friendly Hall, 1245 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1245
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesday 12:00-1:50 (by Zoom or by appt)
Research Interests: gender, intersectionality, social inequality, international development, environmental justice, globalization, infrastructural politics, energy politics, social movements, feminist political ecology

Carrie Brown Reiily

Spanish Instructor
Romance Languages
Phone: 541-346-4207
Office: 20 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday 3 pm - 4:30 pm 193 ANS

Daniel Buck

Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, Geography, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-2353
Office: 109 Condon Hall
Office Hours: W 1-3 or by appointment
Research Interests: Geography/Asian Studies, Economic Geography, Development, Political Economy, Environment/Society, East Asia and China.