Humanities

Max Backderf

M.A.
Philosophy
Office: 11B Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:00-3:00pm
Research Interests: Pragmatism, Philosophy of Science, Feminist Epistemology

Abbas Bagwala

PhD
GE and Promising Scholar
Philosophy
Office: 221 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: 1000 - 1200 on Fridays
Research Interests: philosophy of machine learning, philosophy of science, epistemology, political philosophy, Marxist thought, pragmatism

Heather Bair

Costume Shop Manager
Theatre Arts
Office: 123A MTC (Miller Theatre Complex)
Research Interests: Costume History, Period and Modern Construction and Tailoring Techniques, Illustration, Art History, Owls

Monique Balbuena

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-2311
Office: 345 PLC
Research Interests: Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies, Sephardic Languages, Ladino, Poetry, French and Francophone Literatures, Latin American 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

Faith Barter

Assistant Professor
Black Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-1510
Office: 320 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: TR 4-5pm (in person or Zoom); W 1:30-2:30 (Zoom only). You must sign up at dr-barter.youcanbook.me
Research Interests: African American Literary and Cultural Studies, 19th-Century American Literary Studies, Cultural Studies

Robert Barton

Professor Emeritus
Theatre Arts
Phone: 541-346-4177
Office: 105 Villard Hall

Josiah Basaldua

English Graduate Student / GE
English
Phone: 541-346-0529

Judith Baskin

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

Trisha Bates-Wickman

Business Manager and Events Coordinator
American English Institute
Phone: 541-346-0243
Office Hours: Currently On Leave
Research Interests: All contracts, building and equipment maintenance, payroll and financial issues, special events

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.

John Baumann

Alumni
Folklore Program
Research Interests: Religion and Ecology, Native Studies, Environmentalism, Music

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

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

Guillem Belmar Viernes

Assistant Professor
Linguistics
Office: Straub 279
Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 10:30-11:30
Research Interests: Language revitalization, language maintenance, language rights, minoritized languages, endangered languages, language documentation, minority multilingualism, Minoritized Languages and (Social Media), Minoritized Language Translation, cont.

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]

Carolyn Bergquist

Senior Lecturer
English
Phone: 541-346-2695
Office: 243 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024, checking email regularly until mid-May

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.

Matthew Bicakci

English Pro Tem
English
Phone: 541-346-3938
Office: 222 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: TR 12-1:30pm

Louise Bishop

Associate Professor Emeritus of Literature
Clark Honors College, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-0733
Office: 212 Chapman Hall
Research Interests: Medieval Literature, especially Middle English literature; Medievalism

Tali Bitton

Ph.D.
GE
IRES, Philosophy
Office Hours: By Appointment

Doug Blandy

Professor Emeritus
Folklore Program, PPPM
Phone: 541-346-3397
Office: 147D Hendricks Hall

Kieran Blokhuis

Graduate Employee
English, Folklore Program
Office: PLC 465
Office Hours: Monday 11:30 - 2:30
Research Interests: transgender, werewolf, art, social media, tumblr, monster, autism, narrative, film

Elizabeth Bohls

Professor
English, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5484
Office: 263 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: MW 12:15-1:45pm & by appt.
Research Interests: Colonial, Settler Colonial, and Postcolonial Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity, Cultural Studies, Feminism Studies, Restoration and 18th Century Literary Studies, Travel Writing

Alexandra Bonds

Professor Emeritus
Professor Emerita
Asian Studies, Theatre Arts
Phone: 541-346-4194
Office: 205 Villard Hall

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

Lara Bovilsky

Associate Professor
College Scholars, English, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-1309
Office: 246 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 9:30-11am, R 10-11am & by appt.
Research Interests: Renaissance/Early Modern Literary Studies, Race Ethnicity and Indigeneity, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Poetry and Poetics, Drama and Performance Studies

Lowell Bowditch

Professor, Classics Department Head
Classics
Phone: 541-346-4306
Office: 337 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: By Appointment

Melissa Bowers

Associate Director, Academic Support
Classics, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature Journal, Digital Humanities, Disability Studies, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Phone: 541-346-1506
Office: 124 PLC
Office Hours: (if needed, please contact me via email for an appointment, walk-ins are not guaranteed) Mon. -Wed. 8:30 a.m.-Noon and 1- 5 p.m. (118 PLC) 541.346.1506, Thursday and Friday remote 8am-5pm

Bradley Branam

Associate Professor
Theatre Arts
Phone: 541-346-4185
Office: B11E MacArthur Court
Research Interests: Technical Direction, Projection Design, Sound Design

Mike Bray

Career Instructor
Art, Cinema Studies
Office: Millrace 2
Research Interests: Art and Technology

Steven Brence

Distinguished Teaching Professor & Pre-Law Advisor
Director of Ethics Minor
Philosophy
Office: 250D Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesdays from 3-5 pm or by Appointment.
Research Interests: Social/Political, Ethics, Philosophy of Film, Pragmatism, 19th and 20th Century German

Marcel Brousseau

Courtesy Assistant Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-3967
Office: 317 PLC

Audrey Brown

PhD
GE
Philosophy
Office: 11A Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Thursdays from 12-3 pm
Research Interests: History of philosophy, American philosophy, Religious Philosophy, Decolonial Philosophy

Dakota Brown

English Graduate Student/ GE
English

Jason B. Brown

Professor
Director of Creative Writing
Creative Writing Program
Phone: 541-346-0510
Office: 208 Alder Bldg

Kirby Brown

Associate Professor, English
Director, Native American and Studies (NAIS)
English, Native American Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5819
Office: 330 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2024: M: 3-5 pm, W: 9-10 am, and by email appt. (or schedule here: https://calendly.com/kirbybrown/officehours)
Research Interests: Native American and Indigenous Literary and Cultural Studies; Race, Ethnicity, & Indigeneity; Cultural Studies; Modernism Studies; Genre Studies

Lily Brown

English Graduate Student
English

Steven Brown

Professor of Comparative Literature
Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-4016
Office: 354 PLC
Research Interests: posthumanism, horror cinema, Surrealist film and animation, sound design in film, Japanese popular culture, and critical theory.

Irie Browning

Philosophy Graduate Student
Philosophy
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10-12
Research Interests: Virtue ethics, American Pragmatism (especially John Dewey), Philosophy of Education

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

Katherine Brundan

Senior Instructor I
Comparative Literature, Disability Studies, English, Humanities Program, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-0934
Office: 363 PLC
Research Interests: 19th century European novel, translation studies, philology, history of the novel, the Gothic, gender, technology

Kristy Bryant-Berg

Senior Instructor
Associate Director, Compostion Program
English
Phone: 541-346-3975
Office: 343 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Summer term: WED 9:30-11:00 or by appt. via Zoom

Mattie Burkert

Associate Professor
Director, Minor in Digital Humanities
Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-0272
Office: 235 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays, 1-4pm (schedule an appointment at https://tinyurl.com/burkert-office-hours)
Research Interests: Digital Humanities, New Media, Theater and Performance Studies, Restoration and 18th Century Literature and Culture, Histories of Science and Technology, Economic History and Criticism, Gender and Sexuality, Disability

Brooke Burns

Ph.D.
Philosophy
Office: 221 Susan Campbell Hall
Research Interests: Feminist philosophy, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Genealogy (esp. Michel Foucault and Bernard Williams)

John Busch

Instructor
American English Institute
Phone: 541-346-3945
Office: 215 Agate Hall

Gonzalo Bustamante-Moya

Ph.D. & GE
Managing Editor Hypatia Reviews Online | Undergraduate Advisor
Philosophy
Office: Susan Campbell Hall Room 11B
Office Hours: Tuesdays from 11:30-13:30 at 11B Susan Campbell Hall or by appointment
Research Interests: Political and Social Philosophy (esp. critiques of capitalism), Epistemology, Feminist Philosophy, Early Analytic Philosophy (Wittgenstein), German Idealism, Critical Theory

Megan Butler

English Graduate Student / GE
English
Phone: 541-346-0050
Office: 219 PLC
Office Hours: Fall Term: F 11:00 am-2:00 pm
Research Interests: 20th and 21st Century African American Literature