Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Barrett Niblock
Graduate student/GE
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: bniblock@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Monday 10:00am-12:00 noon
Research Interests: Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Language Revitalization, Indigenous Methods and Ethics, Global Studies, Critical Development Studies, American Studies
Kari Marie Norgaard
Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Climate Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Native American Studies, Sociology
Email: norgaard@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8615
Office: 634 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 2-4
Research Interests: Gender, Place and Environment, Social Psychology and Interaction, Sociology of Culture, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches
Yoko O'Brien
Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: yobrien@uoregon.edu
Office: 116 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MW 2:30-4:00
Alex O'Ryan
Graduate Employee, Spanish, MA
Romance Languages
Email: aoryan@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1359
Office: 30 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Second Language Pedagogy, Linguistics, Sociolinguistics
Dorothee Ostmeier
Professor of German, and Folklore and Public Culture
Folklore Program, German & Scandinavian, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: ostmeier@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4145
Office: 204D Agate Hall, 1250 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Tue/Thu 1:20 to 2 PM GSH 103 Afterwards Villard until 3:30 PM and by appointment
Research Interests: German literature and culture of the 18th through 20th century
Doris Payne
Professor Emerita
African Studies, Arabic Studies, Linguistics
Email: dlpayne@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3894
Office: 271 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: By appointment only, please email to set up appt.
Eleanor Paynter
Assistant Professor
Italian, Migration, and Global Media Studies
School of Global Studies and Languages, Romance Languages, Italian
Email: epaynter@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 11:30-1:30
Research Interests: media and politics of migration, asylum and migrant rights, Africa-Europe migration, transnational Italy, race in Europe, comparative border studies, social movements, and testimony via critical refugee studies, media studies, ethnography, and oral history.
Helmut Plant
Associate Professor Emeritus
German & Scandinavian, SAIL
Email: hplant@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-344-0748
Office Hours: by appointment
Géraldine Poizat-Newcomb
Senior Instructor II of French
French, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: gpoizat@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4049
Office: 25 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: MW 11-11:50
Lauren Polak
Graduate Employee
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: lpolak@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: indexicality, role language, language ideology, media depictions of language, linguistic perception
Lauren Ponisio
Associate Professor
Biology, Environmental Studies, Food Studies
Email: lponisio@uoregon.edu
Office: 386 Onyx Bridge, 1210 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Kylie Yihua Post
Assistant Director, Chinese Flagship Program
East Asian Languages
Email: kpost@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5068
Office: 110 Gerlinger Hall, 1246 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Amanda Powell
Senior Lecturer II Emerita of Spanish
Poet & translator
Romance Languages, Spanish
Email: apowell@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0953
Research Interests: Early modern Hispanic women writers: secular & religious, literary translation studies (theory & practice), queer theory, creative writing, our next conversation in class!
Jenifer Presto
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: presto@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-485-7400
Office: 346 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wed. and Fri. 10:50-11:50 a.m. or by appt.
Research Interests: Modernism, Gender Studies, Environmental Criticism, Visual Culture, Digital Humanities, Russian-Italian Cultural Interactions, and Immigrant Arts
Gina Psaki
Professor Emerita of Italian
Professor, Romance Languages
Comparative Literature, Medieval Studies, Romance Languages
Email: rpsaki@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4042
Office: 224 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Research Interests: Italian and French literature of the Middle Ages; comparative medieval literature; medieval lyric and romance; Dante; Boccaccio; translation; medieval feminist scholarship; discourse analysis; metadisciplinary issues in medieval literary study; history of
Heather Quarles
Teaching Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Latinx
Email: hquarles@uoregon.edu
Phone: No UO phone
Office: PLC 103
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 3:30-4:30pm or by appointment
Research Interests: Translanguaging, Critical Language Awareness, Sociolinguistics, US Spanish, Critical Pedagogies
Daniel Quintero Plata
PhD Student
German & Scandinavian, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: danielq@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4084
Office: 202 Friendly Hall, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10:00 - 11:00 pm
Research Interests: Daniel’s research interests also include 20th-century German literature, the representation of technology in literature and film, and the exploration of memory narratives. He has also worked on German Romanticism and the cultural transformations of the Weimar Republic. He is especially interested in how these periods reflect and respond to evolving concepts of human identity, autonomy, and memory, shaped by technological advancements.
Damian Radcliffe
Professor of Practice, Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism
Middle East and North African Studies, SOJC, SOJC-Journalism, SOJC-Journalism Master's
Email: damianr@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7643
Office: 201 Allen Hall, 1275 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1275
Research Interests: digital trends, social media, technology, the business of media, evolution of journalism, Middle East tech, media policy
Lara Ravitch
Senior Instructor II
Russian Language Coordinator & Director of Undergraduate Studies
Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: ravitch@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4077
Office: 427 Friendly Hall, 1262 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By appointment