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Guillem Belmar Viernes

Assistant Professor
Linguistics, Language Teaching Studies, Latinx
Office Hours: Thursdays 11 to 12 & Fridays 10 to 11 @ Straub 261 (Language Revitalization Lab)
Research Interests: Language revitalization; language maintenance; language rights; language documentation; minority multilingualism; Minoritized Languages and (Social Media); Minoritized Language Translation; Indigenous diaspora; Mesomerica; Otomanguean Languages (Mixtec); P'urhépecha; Basque; Catalan

Don Daniels

Associate Professor
Linguistics
Office: 275 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Winter 2026: Tuesdays, 11:30-1:30
Research Interests: language change, comparative reconstruction, morphosyntax, Papuan languages, fieldwork

Spike Gildea

Professor
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3906
Office: 381 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Spring Term 2026: Wednesdays 1:00-2:00, Thursdays 1:30-2:30
Research Interests: Amazonian Languages, Language Documentation, Language Revitalization, Linguistic Typology, Historical Syntax, Werikyana (Cariban)

Nika Jurov

Assistant Professor
Linguistics
Research Interests: speech, computational cognitive science, psycholinguistics, neuroscience

Vsevolod Kapatsinski

Professor
Department Head
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3923
Office: 367 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: M 2:00p-4:00p, in person (STB 367) W 10:00a-11:50a, in person (STB 367) Zoom by appointment
Research Interests: computational learning theory, constituency, unitization, frequency effects, probabilistic morphophonology, inferential statistics, usage-based linguistic theory, mechanisms of language change

Kris Kyle

Associate Professor
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3808
Office: 273 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: By appointment

Trish Pashby

Teaching Professor
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3945
Office: 169 Straub Hall
Office Hours: June 23-July 30 Tuesdays/Thursdays 4:00-5:00 PM and by appointment

Tom Payne

Research Associate
Linguistics
Research Interests: Typological morphology and syntax. Mother-tongue based multi-lingual education. Philippine languages and Manchu languages.

Gabriela Pérez Báez

Associate Professor
Linguistics, Language Teaching Studies, Latinx
Office: 263 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Thursdays 10am - 12pm (or by appointment) Please sign up for a time slot here: https://tinyurl.com/5n77s5dw
Research Interests: Linguistic diversity, multi/plurilingualism, linguistic rights, Indigenous languages, language revitalization

Melissa (Lisa) Redford

Professor
Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3818
Office: 379 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: suprasegmental sound patterns; speech planning & production; child language acquisition

Nathaniel Sims

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

Julie Sykes

Professor
Director of Center for Applied Second Language Studies
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-5699
Office: 277 Straub Hall, 5290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By appointment only

Allison Taylor-Adams

Research Associate
Linguistics
Office: 161 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Wed 11-1 or by appt. (email for appt)
Research Interests: Language revitalization and language teaching

Rachel Weissler

Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Linguistics and Interdisciplinary Cognitive Sciences
Black Studies, Linguistics
Office: Straub Hall 375
Office Hours: Use Dr. Weissler's booking link or email Dr. Weissler to set up a meeting
Research Interests: sociolinguistics, emotion perception, neurolinguistics, language experience, language ideologies, raciolinguistics, language and social justice

Keli Yerian

Distinguished Teaching Professor
Director, Language Teaching Studies MA Program, Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Certificate
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-4302
Office: 167 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Wed 11am -1pm (in-person Straub 167 or Zoom) or by appointment
Research Interests: Language teacher education; pedagogy; curriculum and program development; Open Pedagogy and Open Educational Resources; generative AI and pedagogical choices; gesture studies; interactional discourse analysis. PhD program applicants: Please note that Dr. Yerian does not advise PhD dissertations.