Global Studies and Languages

Cynthia Vakareliyska

Professor Emerita
Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-5922
Office: 275 Straub Hall

Salma Valadez-Marquez

Graduate Employee, PhD Candidate
Romance Languages

Arafaat A. Valiani

Associate Professor
Graduate Faculty in the Department of Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies and Global Health
Global Health Program, History, IRES
Phone: 541-346-5763
Office: 301 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, (on zoom) Wednesday 3:15-5:00 p.m., Thursday 3:00-4:00 p.m. and by appt

Alejandro Vallega

Professor of Philosophy
German & Scandinavian, Philosophy Department
Phone: 5419537528
Office: 248 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2022: Thursdays from 12:00-1:50 PM
Research Interests: Continental Philosophy: Deconstruction, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics. Latin American Thought and Decolonial Theory. Ancient Greek Philosophy. Aesthetic Philosophy.

Daniela Vallega-Neu

Professor of Philosophy
German & Scandinavian, Philosophy Department
Phone: 541-346-5549
Office: 240 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2022: Thursdays from 12-2:00 PM
Research Interests: 19th and 20th Century European Thought (especially Nietzsche, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Contemporary French thought); Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Deconstruction; Ontology related to issues of body.

Jessica Vasquez-Tokos

Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
IRES, Latin American Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5165
Office: 715 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30
Research Interests: Family Life Course and Society, Race and Ethnicity, Qualitative Approaches

Javier Velasco

GE Spanish. PhD candidate
Romance Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-4497
Office: 198B Esslinger Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:00 to 11:50
Research Interests: Marxist theory, postcolonial studies, performance studies, aesthetics of art and politics

Claudia Ventura

Senior Instructor II of Italian
Second Year Supervisor
Italian, Romance Languages
Phone: 541-346-4039
Office: 216 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Mondays, Fridays and Wednesdays 11-11:45 AM in MCK 175

Andrew Verner

Director of PhD Program
Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-3251
Office: 398C Anstett Hall

Marci Viano-Davis

Travel and Accounts Coordinator
College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, OCIAS, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-4019
Office: 116 Friendly
Office Hours: 9-3 M-F

Yosa Vidal-Collados

Graduate Employee, Spanish, PhD Candidate
Spanish-French
Romance Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-4497
Office: 198C Esslinger Hall
Office Hours: M-W 12:00-12:50
Research Interests: Latin American literature, aesthetics and politics, cartoons and political humor, creative writing.

José Jesús Vilches Aguado

Graduate Employee, Spanish, PhD student
Romance Languages
Phone: 6812859016
Office: 192K Esslinger Hall
Office Hours: Mondays and Thursdays 1-2 pm
Research Interests: Latin American literature

Matthias Vogel

Senior Instructor II and Language Coordinator
Faculty in Residence, Global Scholars Hall and Director of Undergraduate Studies German
German & Scandinavian, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-9112
Office: 105 GSH & Friendly 208
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Tuesdays 9:00 AM to 1 PM
Research Interests: German language, culture, and pedagogy; Globalization and Global Engagement Issues; Study Abroad; Identity Discourses and Multiculturalism; Food Studies; Higher Education Organizational Leadership; Academic Residential Communities and Residential Life