Humanities
Tiffany Thomas
Folklore Graduate Student/ ENG GE
Folklore Program, English
Email: tifft@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Mon. 12:45-13:45, Wed. 15:00-16:00, & Fri. 15:00-16:00 or by appointment. If a Zoom meeting is preferred, please email me in advance to arrange.
Jalen Thompson
Instructor
English
Email: jalent@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: reality television | media studies | film studies | black feminism | black studies | gender and sexuality/masculinity studies | queer theory
Courtney Thorsson
Professor of English
English
Email: thorsson@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1473
Office: 244 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: https://courtneythorsson.youcanbook.me/
Research Interests: African American Literary and Cultural Studies
Avinnash P. Tiwari
Associate Teaching Professor
English
Email: apt@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0061
Office: 318 PLC
Office Hours: Fall Term 2026: T, R noon to 1330; W 1400-1530; and by appointment
Research Interests: Black Studies, Writing Composition and Rhetoric, Education Studies.
Christopher Toon
Office Generalist
Classics, College of Arts and Sciences, Comparative Literature, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Email: ctoon@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2497
Office Hours: M/T/W 8:30a-3:30p (in person)|Th/F 8:30a-3:30p (Remote)
Research Interests: B.S. Urban / Rural Sociology, Applied Anthropology
Brian Trapp
Senior Instructor
Director of Disability Studies; Kidd Creative Writing Workshops Program Director
Creative Writing Program, Disability Studies
Email: trapp@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0508
Office: 108 Alder Bldg, 5243 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 26: Mondays 1:30-3:30 pm & by appointment over Zoom
Research Interests: creative writing, disability studies, fiction, creative nonfiction, literary editing, comedy, contemporary literature, history of the novel
Ben Travers
English Graduate Student / GE
English
Email: btravers@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1513
Office: 20 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter Term: F 10am-1pm
Nathan Travis
Graduate Student in Philosophy
PhD Student and Graduate Employee (GE)
Philosophy
Email: ntravis@uoregon.edu
Office: 211 Campbell, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Winter 2026: Friday from 9:30am-11:30am; otherwise, by appointment
Research Interests: Philosophy and history of food; food, animal, and environmental ethics; philosophies of/from the Americas; history of American philosophy; philosophy of religion; history of religions (esp. American and British Christianities); and (inter)religious-secular dialogue and conflict as they intersect with issues of race, sexuality, and oppression.
Noelle Trejo
English Graduate Student/ GE
English
Email: noelletr@uoregon.edu
Office: Prince Lucien Campbell Hall (PLC) 321
Office Hours: MWF 3:00-4:00PM
Research Interests: Medieval Literature, Hagiography, Biblical Studies, Early Modern Poetry, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, Psychoanalysis
Matthew Tuten
PhD Student
Graduate Employee
Philosophy
Email: mtuten@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Political philosophy, pragmatism, philosophy of race (esp. W.E.B. Du Bois)
Janne Underriner
Research Professor Emerita
Director, Northwest Indigenous Language Institute, retired 2026
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics, Native American Studies
Email: jlu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0722
Office: 1629 Moss St Rm 102, 1290 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Mark T. Unno
Professor of Religious Studies
East Asian Religions, Japanese Buddhism, Classical Japanese Buddhism, Early Chinese Thought, Comparative Ethics, Buddhism and Psychotherapy
Asian Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies
Email: munno@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4973
Office: 334 Susan Campbell Hall, 1294 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1294
Office Hours: Mondays 4:30pm-5:15pm on Zoom, Tuesdays 1:00pm-1:45pm on Zoom and by appointment
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: Fall 2026 Office Hours:
Mondays and Wednesdays in 375 PLC from 1:30-3:00pm 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.