Humanities
Corbett Upton
Teaching Professor
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
English
Email: cupton@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3961
Office: 375 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2026 Office Hours: <br />
Tuesdays and Thursdays in 375 PLC from 2:30-4:00pm and by appointment. Email cupton@uoregon.edu to schedule appointments.
Cynthia Vakareliyska
Professor Emerita
Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: vakarel@uoregon.edu
Salma Valadez-Marquez
Folklore Graduate Student/ GE
PhD Candidate
Folklore Program
Email: svaladez@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Náhuatl foodways, Mexican storytelling traditions and Indigeneity
Alejandro Vallega
Professor of Philosophy
Committee on Diversity & Inclusiveness
Philosophy
Email: avallega@uoregon.edu
Office: 248 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:30-4:30
Research Interests: Continental Philosophy (Deconstruction, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics); Latin American Thought; Ancient Greek Philosophy. Aesthetic Philosophy. World philosophies.
Daniela Vallega-Neu
Professor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Studies
Philosophy
Email: dneu@uoregon.edu
Office: 240 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Winter 2026: <br />
Wednesday from 3:30-5:30 pm <br />
By appointment on zoom<br />
Research Interests: 19th and 20th Century European Thought (especially Nietzsche, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Contemporary French thought); Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Deconstruction; Ontology related to issues of body.
Jonathan Van Belle
Ph.D. & GE
Philosophy
Email: vanbelle@uoregon.edu
Office: 221 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday 3:00-5:00pm, or by appointment
Research Interests: Indigenous North American philosophy, anti-colonial thought, degrowth, anti-civilization, and animal ethics
Kiley Vasquez
Graduate Student in Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: kvasquez@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Thursday & Friday 11-12
Research Interests: Critical Race Theory, Decolonial Aesthetics, Latin American Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Psychoanalysis.
Claudia Ventura
Senior Instructor II of Italian
Second Year Supervisor
Italian, Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: vencla@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4039
Office: 216 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Mondays, Fridays and Wednesdays 11-11:45 AM in MCK 175
Marci Viano-Davis
Operations Manager
ASU 1 - Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, OCIAS, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: marcid@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4019
Office: 116 Friendly, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 9-4 M-F
Alejandra Vidal
Pro Tem Instructor
Linguistics
Email: avidal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0259
Office Hours: Thurs 1-3
Research Interests: Language Teaching Studies, Language Documentation & Description
Yosa Vidal
Assistant Teaching Professor
Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: yosav@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4497
Office: 198C Esslinger Hall, 1525 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1525
Office Hours: T-Th 10:00-10:50
Research Interests: Latin American Literature, Aesthetics and Politics, Comic Studies, Creative Writing.
Robert Voelker-Morris
Instructor, Arts & Admin
Arts & Admin, Comics and Cartoon Studies
Email: rmorris1@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1934
Office: 58 PLC, 1258 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1258
Matthias Vogel
Senior Instructor II and Language Coordinator
Director of Undergraduate Studies, German and Faculty Fellow, Yasui Hall
German & Scandinavian, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: matvogel@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-337-2634
Office: 117 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tue/Thu 9:00 AM to 9:50 AM and by appointment
Research Interests: German language, culture, and pedagogy; Globalization and Global Engagement Issues; Study Abroad; Identity Discourses and Multiculturalism; Food Studies; Higher Education Organizational Leadership; Academic Residential Communities and Residential Life
Lily Vuong
Associate Professor
Religious Studies, Medieval Studies
Email: lvuong@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4904
Office Hours: M/W 9:30-10:30 or by appointment.
Research Interests: Early Christianity, Early Judaism, Christian Apocryphal and Pseudepigraphal writings, Representations of Women and the Construction of Gender in the Ancient World, Jewish and Christian Identities and Relations in Late Antiquity, Literary and Feminist Approaches to Biblical Interpretation.
David Wacks
Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Medieval Studies
Email: wacks@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4029
Office: 105C Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Tuesday 11:30-1:30 and by appointment
Research Interests: Medieval Iberian literature and culture, Sephardic studies, Mediterranean Studies
Angela Waddell
Assistant Teaching Professor
English
Phone: Email is best
Office: TYK 301 D
Office Hours: Check current Canvas site
Research Interests: Rhetoric, Composition, Community Teaching
Eleanor Wakefield
Associate Teaching Professor
Director of Composition Program Writing Lab
English
Email: ewakefie@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0055
Office: 301B Tykeson Hall, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesdays 1:00-2:30, Thursdays 2:00-3:30, and by appointment
Sarah D. Wald
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & English
English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx
Email: sdwald@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office Hours: M/W, 1:20-3pm (PLC 443 or Zoom)<br />
*1:20-1:45pm reserved for in person meetings for ENG 230 students (w/o appointment)<br />
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Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Environmental Humanities, Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies, Latinx Literary and Cultural Studies, Food Studies, Farmworker Justice, Immigration/Migration, 20/21st Century US Literature, American Studies