Italian
Sarah Agou
Graduate Employee, RL
French, Italian, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Email: sagou@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Monday & Wednesday, 10-11am
Research Interests: Indigenous Literature, Caribbean Literature, Feminist Theory, Women's Writing, Decolonial Studies
Fatima Benhabyb
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Email: fatimab@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2047
Office Hours: MTWRF 8:30am-4:30pm [Remote Fridays]
Nadia Ceccacci
Senior Instructor II of Italian
Italian
Email: ceccacci@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0952
Office: 106A Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Tuesdays: 10:30-12:20, zoom meetings
Research Interests: Language Pedagogy, Contemporary Italian Literature and Culture
Annie Christofferson
Undergraduate & Program Coordinator
French, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Italian, Judaic Studies Program, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Spanish
Email: achrist8@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0746
Robert Davis
Professor of Spanish
Interim Head, Dept. of Romance Languages
College of Arts and Sciences, Language Teaching Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romance Languages
Email: rldavis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0956
Office: 209 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Book a visit here: https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/bookingsrldavisofficehours@uoregon.edu/bookings/
Research Interests: second language teaching and learning, technology in second language learning, Romance linguistics
Olivia Denton
Faculty Support Coordinator
ASU 1 - Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, OCIAS, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: odenton@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: MTWTF 9:00-5:00
Lauretta De Renzo-Huter
Senior Instructor II
First Year Italian Supervisor
Italian, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: derenzo@uoregon.edu
Phone: n/a
Office: 175 MCK
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:00-3:50
Brita Dye
Academic Programs Manager
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, European Studies, Global Health Program, Judaic Studies Program, Latin American Studies, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: bellis5@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9782
Office: 1787 Agate Street, Suite 110, 1245 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Diana Garvin
Assistant Professor of Italian, Mediterranean Studies
ON MATERNITY LEAVE FALL 2026
Food Studies, Italian, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: dgarvin@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6984
Research Interests: Transnational Italian Studies (East Africa, Brazil), Fascism and Neo-Fascism, Food Studies, Environmental Humanities, Medical Humanities
Nathalie Hester
Giustina Family Associate Professor
French, Italian, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: nhester@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4058
Office: 222 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays 1-3pm
Fatemeh Jafariaghdam Mehrabani
PHD student
Graduate employee
French, Italian, Romance Languages
Email: jafaj@uoregon.edu
Office: Friendly, room 27
Office Hours: Wednesdays 12:30 to 14: 30
Research Interests: Feminism in french modern literature, feminism theories, colonialism, French grammar
Harinder Khalsa
Senior Instructor II of Italian/YLC Self Study Language Program Coordinator
College of Arts and Sciences, School of Global Studies and Languages, Romance Languages, Italian, Yamada Language Center
Email: harinder@uoregon.edu
Office: MCK 161
Office Hours: MW 13:00-13:45 PM or by appointment
Research Interests: Italian language and culture, Turkish language and culture, Less Commonly Taught Languages, second language acquisition, teaching and teacher training.
Jonathan Knight
Operations Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Native American Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: jknight6@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0951
Office: 106 Agate Hall, 1787 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 8-4:30 M-F
Massimo Lollini
Professor Emeritus of Italian
Comparative Literature, Italian, Romance Languages
Email: maxiloll@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0957
Office: 325 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Research Interests: Humanisms, More-than-Human-Humanism and Ecocriticism, Digital Culture and New Media, Digital Philology, Mediterranean Studies, Italian and European literature and theory.
Cristina Manning
Graduate Employee
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Italian, Spanish
Email: cman@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Mackenzie 175 Mondays and Tuesdays 1-2 pm
Research Interests: Migration Studies, Global South Studies, Migration Narratives, Transnational Italy
Jordan Morris
Office Generalist, ASU 1
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: jmor@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2579
Office Hours: 8:00a - 4:30p
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, OCIAS, 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 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M-F 8-5
Claudia Ventura
Senior Instructor II of Italian
Second Year Supervisor
Italian, Romance Languages, 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, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: marcid@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4019
Office: 116 Friendly, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 9-4 M-F