Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Lisa Hoeller

Instructor
German & Scandinavian
Phone: 541-346-4051
Office: 117 Friendly Hall

Katya Hokanson

Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Director of Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Head, Department of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-3947
Office: 357 PLC, 1249 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesdays from 2:30 to 3:30 and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. and by appointment.
Research Interests: 19th-century Russian literature, women's writing, and Russian colonialism.

David Hollenberg

Professor
Arabic and Islamic Studies
Arabic Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies
Phone: 541-346-8096
Office: 349 Susan Campbell Hall, 1294 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1294
Office Hours: Thursday 12:00pm-1:00pm and by appointment

Xan Holt

Assistant Professor
German & Scandinavian
Office: 265 PLC, 1250 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 11:30-1:30 Thursdays and by appointment
Research Interests: Environmental humanities, discard studies, migration and diaspora studies, transnational and world literature, television and new media, critical theory.

Bassem Hosny

Program Director, Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies, Advisor, Assistant Teaching Professor in Hebrew and Judaic Studies.
Judaic Studies Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Office Hours: MW 10:50 - 11:50 and by appointment
Research Interests: Modern Hebrew language and literature, Medieval Hebrew language and literature, Judeo-Arabic, Comparative literature, and Semitic studies.

Elizabeth Howard

Career Instructor
German & Scandinavian, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:30-4:30pm
Research Interests: Folklore & Fairytales, Scandinavian Literature, Queer Theory, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Comparative World Literature, Translation: Theory and Practice, Francophone Literature, British Literature, Romanticism, Poetry & Poetics, Children's Literature

Kelley Howarth

Teaching Professor in Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Latinx, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 103 PLC
Office Hours: Mon & Thur 2-3pm and by appt.
Research Interests: Spanish language contact and variation, heritage language pedagogy, critical pedagogies

Habib Iddrisu

Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Dance
Director, Dema Dance Ensemble
African Studies, Black Studies, Dance, Folklore Program, IRES, Music
Phone: 541-346-4062
Office: 164 Gerlinger Annex
Research Interests: Dance, West Africa, cultural studies, post-colonial independence history, political economy, oral history, African diaspora, new internationalism

Kaori Idemaru

Professor, Japanese Linguistics
East Asian Languages and Literature, Department Head
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Language Teaching Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 302 Friendly Hall, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: 4:00-5:00 Monday<br /> 1:00-2:00 Wednesday

Rika Ikei

Teaching Professor of Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 408 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Monday 3-4 PM, WF 10:30-11:30 AM, or by appointment

Mary Jaeger

Professor, Graduate Advisor
Classics, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-4068
Office: 335 Susan Campbell Hall, 1267 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1267
Office Hours: By appointment only

Fatemeh Jafariaghdam Mehrabani

PHD student
Graduate employee
French, Italian, Romance Languages
Office: Friendly, room 27
Office Hours: Wednesdays 12:30 to 14: 30
Research Interests: Feminism in contemporary French literature, feminist theories, history of feminism, colonialism, French grammar

Jon Jaramillo

Career Instructor of Spanish, Ph.D.
College of Arts and Sciences, Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4497
Office: 201 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Mondays 2 to 4 pm. Or, by appointment https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/8747897222
Research Interests: Politics, Post colonial Studies, Philosophy, SLAT, Queer Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, Poetry, Cinema, Translation Studies, Memory Studies, Transfeminism

Zhuo Jing-Schmidt

Professor
East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4023
Office: 318 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Tuesday 2:00-3:30PM and by appointment
Research Interests: Cognitive Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics

Bre Jones

Spanish PhD Candidate, Graduate Student, Graduate Employee
College of Arts and Sciences, Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: N/A
Office: MacArthur 102
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:00-2:00pm<br /> Wednesdays 1:00-2:00pm<br /> McArthur Court 102
Research Interests: Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), Pedagogy, Applied Linguistics, Translation and Interpretation (Theory and Practice of Medical Spanish T and I), Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Heritage Languages (Spanish and American Sign Language), Heritage Language Pedagogy, Service Learning, Affective Filter, Emotion, Gamification, Game-based learning, Deliberate Play.

Ryan Tucker Jones

Professor
Ann Swindells Chair, Department Head, Department of History
Asian Studies, History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4859
Office: 383 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours:
Research Interests: Russia, The Pacific, Global Environment

Yeojin Jung

PhD student
GE, teaching Korean
East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 305 Friendly Hall, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Foreign-accented speech perception, Second language acquisition, Psycho-/neurolinguistics

Nicole Kaminski

Graduate Employee Teaching Assistant
Global Studies

Alexander Kashirin

Professor pro tempore
Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Research Interests: Russia, European History

Harper Keeler

Associate Teaching Professor
Director of the Urban Farm Program
Food Studies, Landscape Arch
Office: 212 Lawrence Hall, 5234 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5234
Research Interests: Civic Agriculture, Local Food Systems, Food Equity