Humanities

Stephen Shoemaker

Professor; Department Head, Religious Studies
History of Christianity
Humanities Program, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4998
Office: 348 Susan Campbell Hall, 1294 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1294
Office Hours: By appointment only

Rebeca Silva Rivera

English Graduate Student
College of Arts and Sciences, English
Phone: 541-346-8867
Office: 401B Tykeson Hall, 1245 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1245

Carol Silverman

Professor Emeritus
Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Folklore Program, Judaic Studies Program, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Office Hours:
Research Interests: Arts and human rights, music, Balkans, Roma, gender, ritual

Sherwin Simmons

Professor Emeritus
History Art & Arch, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-2080

Emily Simnitt

Teaching Professor
Director, WSCR Minor
Digital Humanities, English, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-3517
Office: 301E Tykeson Hall, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: MW 2-3 in office; T 3-4 (on Zoom)
Research Interests: digital rhetoric, civic engagement, first-year writing

Jean-Baptiste Simonnet

Comparative Literature Graduate Student/ GE
Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-0054
Office: 234 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: F 9-12

Nathaniel Sims

Assistant Professor
Linguistics
Office Hours: Tue 8:00am-10:00am
Research Interests: language documentation and revitalization, historical linguistics, Trans-Himalayan languages

André Sirois

Instructor
Multimedia Supervisor
Cinema Studies
Office: 263 Knight Library, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-6223
Research Interests: Intellectual Property Law, Subcultural Studies, Pop Culture, and Hip Hop Studies

Bjorn Smars

Associate Teaching Professor
Assistant Department Head of English
English
Phone: 541-346-3977
Office: 223 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter Term 2025: MW in person & on Zoom 9:00am-11:30am; or by appointment

Daria Smirnova

Comparative Literature Graduate Student/GE
Linguistics
Office Hours: Winter 2020: M 11-12 & W 2-3
Research Interests: 19th- and 20th-century Russian literature and its intersections with European literary traditions in French, English and German; intertextuality and translation

Alexa Smith

College of Arts and Sciences, Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: NA
Office: 102 Mac Court
Office Hours: WR 11 am - 12 pm
Research Interests: Spanish-English bilingualism, political science, women's studies, English

Bennet Smith

Assistant Teaching Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-1588
Office Hours: Fall Term: TR 9 a.m. - 10 a.m.; W 9 a.m. - 10 a.m. (Zoom); and by appointment.

Lou Smith

English Graduate Student/ GE
English
Office Hours: Thursdays 2-4pm and Fridays 10-11am

Rosa Smith

English Graduate Student / GE
English
Phone: 541-346-0529
Office: 261 PLC

Helen Southworth

Professor
Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-3940
Office: 275 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024
Research Interests: Modernism, Virginia Woolf, Life-Writing, Archives, Digital Humanities, Book History, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Visual Culture, Comics and Cartoon Studies

Sophia Spangler

PhD Student
Philosophy
Office Hours: 11-12 TR
Research Interests: Critical Phenomenology, Philosophy of Psychology, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, Simone de Beauvoir Studies

David Spiegelman

Graduate Student in Environmental Studies/ Philosophy
Philosophy

Ilse Spiropoulos

Philosophy Graduate Student
Philosophy
Research Interests: Disability philosophy, phenomenology, aesthetics. Aside from philosophy I also have interests and expertise in rhetoric and argument/debate structures.

Cecelia Staggs

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 161 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Tues 1-3

Beata Stawarska

Professor of Philosophy
(On a sabbatical leave Winter-Spring 2026)
Black Studies, Philosophy
Office: 247 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Research Interests: Contemporary European Philosophy (Phenomenology, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism), Feminism, African and Africana Philosophy, Philosophy of Language (broadly construed).