Philosophy
Melody Allison
PhD Student, TA, Environmental Justice Fellow
Graduate Studies Committee
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Email: melodya@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursdays from 3-4 pm Columbia Hall 254A
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Pragmatism, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Epistemology, Worldviews and Paradigm Shifts, Human-Nature Relationships, the Degrowth Movement, and Food Systems.
Ramón Alvarado
Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Data Science Initiative
Data Ethics Coordinator/Graduate Placement Committee/Colloquium & Events Committee
Philosophy
Email: ralvarad@uoregon.edu
Office: 245 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Fall 2022: Mondays and Wednesdays from 10:00-11:00 AM
Julie Anderson
Faculty Support Coordinator
Arabic Studies, Classics, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Disability Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Email: jlanders@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1504
Office: 124 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Monday: 9:00a-4:30p<br />
Tuesday: 9:00a-4:30p<br />
Wednesday: 9:00a-11:30a<br />
Thursday: Remote<br />
Friday: Remote
Max Backderf
M.A.
Philosophy
Email: mbackder@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:00-3:00pm
Research Interests: Pragmatism, Philosophy of Science, Feminist Epistemology
Abbas Bagwala
PhD
GE and Promising Scholar
Philosophy
Email: abagwala@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: 1000 - 1200 on Fridays
Research Interests: philosophy of machine learning, philosophy of science, epistemology, political philosophy, neopragmatism and pragmatism
Melissa Bowers
Associate Director, Academic Support
Classics, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature Journal, Digital Humanities, Disability Studies, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Arabic Studies
Email: bowersm@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1506
Office: 124 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: (if needed, please contact me via email for an appointment, walk-ins are not guaranteed) Mon. -Wed. 8:30 a.m.-Noon and 1- 5 p.m. (118 PLC) 541.346.1506, Thursday and Friday remote 8am-5pm
Steven Brence
Distinguished Teaching Professor of Philosophy
Pre-Law Advisor
Philosophy
Email: brences@uoregon.edu
Office: 250D Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Fridays from 12:00-2:00pm, or by Appointment.
Research Interests: Social/Political, Ethics, Philosophy of Film, Pragmatism, 19th and 20th Century German
Mackenzie Brinn
Graduate Student in Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: mbrinn@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall Term: Wednesdays 2:30-4:30pm in SCH 221
Research Interests: Philosophy of Technology (i.e., AI, algorithms, and social media), Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Language, Phenomenology, Ethics, Feminist Philosophy and Queer Studies, Foucault, and Marcuse.
Audrey Brown
PhD
GE
Philosophy
Email: asaltar2@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Thursdays from 12-3 pm
Research Interests: History of philosophy, American philosophy, Religious Philosophy, Decolonial Philosophy
Irie Browning
Philosophy Graduate Student
Philosophy
Email: irieb@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10-12
Research Interests: Virtue ethics, American Pragmatism (especially John Dewey), Philosophy of Education
Brooke Burns
Ph.D.
Program Assistant and Digital Humanities Coordinator, New Media and Culture Certificate
Philosophy
Email: bburns8@uoregon.edu
Office: 221 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Thursday 4-6 and by appointment
Research Interests: Feminist philosophy, Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Genealogy (esp. Michel Foucault and Bernard Williams)
Gonzalo Bustamante-Moya
Ph.D. & GE
Managing Editor Hypatia Reviews Online | Undergraduate Advisor
Philosophy
Email: gonzalob@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays from 11:30-13:30 at 11B Susan Campbell Hall or by appointment
Research Interests: Political and Social Philosophy (esp. critiques of capitalism), Epistemology, Feminist Philosophy, Early Analytic Philosophy (Wittgenstein), German Idealism, Critical Theory
Asher Caplan
PhD Candidate
Philosophy
Email: acaplan@uoregon.edu
Office: 11B Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Mondays 2-4pm
Research Interests: Philosophy of Technology, Pragmatism, Applied Ethics (esp. data ethics, bioethics, AI ethics)
Massimo Cisternino
Ph.D.
GE
Philosophy
Email: mcistern@uoregon.edu
Office: 221 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Tuesdays from 10:30am-12:30pm
Research Interests: History of Philosophy, American and Continental Philosophies, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Experience, Political Philosophy
Hunter Clark
MA
Philosophy
Email: huntercl@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Metaphysics; Logic; Epistemology; Metaethics; Philosophy of Science
Kit Connor
Ph.D.
Philosophy
Email: kconnor@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Email only
Research Interests: applied feminism, critical phenomenology, philosophy of language, trauma studies, disability theories
William E. Davie
Associate Professor Emeritus
Philosophy
Email: wdavie@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: ethics, Wittgenstein, history of philosophy