Humanities
Lisa Ross
Associate Director
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: lgillis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4005
Office: 107 Agate Hall
Office Hours: M-F 8-5
William Rossi
Professor Emeritus
English
Email: rossiw@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3955
Office: 363 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Andrew Rothgery
Teaching Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish, College of Arts and Sciences, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: andyr@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4057
Office: UO Annex, Ste 6, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Tues & Wed, 3-4pm
Research Interests: Social justice; indigenous languages and cultures; the Maya; testimonial; Guatemala; Mexico; creative writing; argumentative writing; subversive literature, music and film; protest music; guitar; languages and cultures in contact; heritage languages; Chicano literature; literature; oral histories; stories; human intelligence; humanism.
Camisha Russell
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Department Head of Philosophy
Disability Studies, Philosophy
Email: camishar@uoregon.edu
Office: 211A Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Fall 2026: Wednesdays 11:30am-1:30pm
Research Interests: Critical Philosophy of Race, Ethics (esp. Bioethics), African American Philosophy, Feminist Theory, Blackness & Indigeneity
Stephen Rust
Teaching Professor
English, Cinema Studies
Email: srust@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0058
Office: 239 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2026
Mondays and Wednesdays 10:15-11:45
PLC 239 and via Zoom
Email srust@uoregon.edu to schedule
Research Interests: Media and Environment, Cinema Studies, Composition
Cheyney Ryan
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Law
Philosophy
Email: cryan@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Social and Political Philosophy; Philosophy of Law; Peace Studies and Philosophy of Conflict Resolution; Philosophy of Film
Riki Saltzman
Lecturer Emerita, Folklore and Public Culture
Retired, Executive Director, Oregon Folklife Network
Folklore Program
Email: riki@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3820
Office: 242 Knight Library, 6204 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-6204
Research Interests: Folklore, Foodways, American Folklore, British Folklore, Festival, Ritual, Folk Drama, Public Protest
Shama Jan Sama
English Graduate Student / GE
English
Email: shamaj@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall Term: Wednesday 9:00 am- 12:00 pm
Maria 'Bene' Santos
Senior Instructor II of Portuguese
Portuguese Language Supervisor
Portuguese, Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: benballe@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4052
Office: 411 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:00 to 2:50
Ben Saunders
Professor
Director, Comics and Cartoon Studies Minor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, English, Clark Honors College
Email: ben@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0062
Office: 257 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2026, Wednesdays 11am-noon and 1-3pm or by appointment
Research Interests: Early Modern Poetry and Drama, Comics Studies, Anglo-American Poetry and Poetics, Critical Theory (Marxism, Queer Theory, Genre Theory), Genre Fictions (Crime, Horror, and Science Fiction)
Grace Saxton
MA Student
Graduate Employee
Romance Languages, French, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, College of Arts and Sciences
Email: gsaxton@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: M 12:00-13:50
Research Interests: Languages in contact, creolization, creole identities, orality
Gordon Sayre
Professor
English, Folklore Program
Email: gsayre@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1313
Office: 472 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall term 2024: Tuesdays 1-3 pm; Wednesdays 2-3 pm
Research Interests: Folkore, Environmental Humanities, Colonial American Literature, Automobility and Car Cultures, Indigenous Studies
Augie Schiano
Ph.D.
Philosophy
Email: aschian4@uoregon.edu
Office: Susan Campbell 11A
Research Interests: Phenomenology, Ontology, Ethics, Aesthetics, and Feminist Philosophy. My current research is on touch, intimacy, and love.
Peter Schlachte
MFA Student
Creative Writing Program
Email: pschl@uoregon.edu
Office: 201 McKenzie Hall, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Taylor Schmidt
English
Email: tayls@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: 18th- and 19th-century literature, Romantic poetry and prose, the essay, Environmental Humanities, American public lands and wilderness
David Schmunk
Interim Faculy Support Coordinator, ASU #3
Classics, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Philosophy
Email: schmunkd@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5053
Office: PLC 311, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Jack Schneiger
Philosophy
Email: jschneig@uoregon.edu
Office: SCH 221
Research Interests: Continental Philosophy (esp. Heidegger, Derrida, and Nietzsche); Hermeneutics; Phenomenology; Deconstruction.
Jeff Schroeder
Associate Professor
Kawasaki Fellow in Japanese History; Religious Studies Advisor
Religious Studies
Email: jschroe9@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4165
Office: 332 Susan Campbell, 1294 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1294
Office Hours: Thurs 1:00-3:00 pm
Research Interests: history of Buddhism in 19th- and 20th-century Japan; Buddhism and World War II; Buddhism, science, and philosophy; democratization of Buddhist institutions; Buddhist feminism; lay Buddhist movements; religion in the modern world