Humanities
Amanda Powell
Comparative Literature Graduate Student/ GE
PhD Candidate
Comparative Literature
Email: apowell3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0050
Office: 304 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 12-1:30pm, W 3:30-5pm
Research Interests: mad studies, 20th-21st century Latinx poetry, British modernism;
Dissertation: Madness as a Disease of Language
Scott L. Pratt
Professor of Philosophy
Department Head
Philosophy
Email: spratt@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5971
Office: 239 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Mondays, from 1:00 until 3:00 Pacific Time in 211C Susan Campbell Hall. To schedule an appointment (in person or virtual) during office hours, use this link (https://calendly.com/spratt-9/office-hours). Email spratt@uoregon.edu to schedule an appointment outside office hours.
Research Interests: American Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Logic, Philosophy of Education
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
Sarah Preston
Career Instructor
Dr.
English
Email: spreston@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1520
Office: 210 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring term: MON 2pm-4pm; TUES 11:15am – 12:15pm, or by appt.
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
Forest Pyle
Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, English
Email: trespyle@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3928
Office: 270 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Research Interests: 19th Century British Literary Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, Poetry and Poetics, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Visual Culture