Philosophy GE and Graduate Student
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.
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
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.
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
Joseph Dillabough
Graduate Student
Philosophy
Email: jdillabo@uoregon.edu
Office: 221 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: 1:00-2:00 on Monday & Wednesday.
Research Interests: American Philosophy & Pragmatism (esp. Charles S. Peirce & Josiah Royce); Phenomenology, Categories, Semiotics, Metaphysics, & History of Philosophy.
Eris Donohue
MA
Philosophy
Email: erisd@uoregon.edu
Office: Susan Campbell Hall, Room 11
Office Hours: MON 1:30-3:30
Research Interests: Trans Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, 20th-21st Century Continental Thought (esp. Poststructuralism), Nietzsche, Aesthetics
Amanda Dubrule
Ph.D. Student
GE
Philosophy
Email: adubrule@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Mondays 1-2:50 PM
Research Interests: Pragmatism, Philosophy of Film, Political Theory
Puja Ghosh
ABD
GE & Promising Scholar
Philosophy
Email: pghosh@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9591
Office: 221 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Winter 2024: 3:20-5:20PM
Research Interests: Continental Philosophy; Social and Political Philosophy; South Asian Marxism & Critical Caste Studies; Critical Phenomenology; Political Decolonial Ecologies; Feminist Philosophy & Queer Studies; Indian Philosophical Traditions; De/Postcolonial Thought
Ale Gutiérrez
MA
Philosophy
Email: agut@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Anti-Colonial/Decolonial Theory, Philosophy of Race and Gender, Philosophy of Emotion, Queerness, Bio/Necro-Politics, and State-Sponsored Violence
Orlando Hawkins
Ph.D. Student
Raymund Fellow & Promising Scholar
IRES, Philosophy
Email: ohawkin2@uoregon.edu
Office: 221 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Thursday 4:00pm-5:00pm and Friday 9:45am-10:45am (SCH)
Research Interests: Existentialism, Black Feminist Philosophy, Philosophy of Race, Black Marxism and Political philosophy
Rugile Kasperiunaite
Ph.D.
Philosophy
Email: rkasperi@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 3-5 PM
Research Interests: Language, Logic, Philosophy of Technology, Pre-Qin Chinese and Ancient Greek Philosophy
Bjørn Ralf Kristensen
ABD Ph.D.
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Email: brk@uoregon.edu
Office: 144 COL, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5223
Office Hours: By appointment only during Summer 2025
Research Interests: Multispecies Studies, Animal Ethics, Medical and Public Health Ethics, Environmental Philosophy, Hermeneutics, American Pragmatism (John Dewey), Ecofeminism (Val Plumwood), Development Studies, Water and Sanitation, Informal Settlements
Rhiannon Lindgren
Ph.D.
GE & GTFF Steward 2021.2022
Philosophy
Email: rlindgr3@uoregon.edu
Office: 11C Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Thursdays 10-11:50 am in 11B (basement) of SCH. 1-1:50pm in SCH 11B Wednesday 4-4:50 pm in SCH 11B
Research Interests: Marxist Feminism, Historical Materialism, Social Reproduction, Political Theory, Social Theory, Queer Politics, and Wages for Housework
Edgar Mauricio Llamas
Ph.D.
GE & Promising Scholar (2022-23)
Philosophy
Email: ellamas@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays/Thursdays from 12-1:30pm (Fall 2024)
Research Interests: European phenomenology (esp. Heidegger), continental philosophy, philosophy of religion, aesthetics, Latin American philosophy
John Montani
Ph.D.
GE
Philosophy
Email: jmontani@uoregon.edu
Office: 11 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Fall 2021 TBA
Research Interests: Continental Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy
Skyler Outler
Philosophy Graduate Student
Philosophy
Email: soutler@uoregon.edu
Office: Susan Campbell Hall 211, Eugene OR 97403
Xiao Ouyang
Ph.D.
GE
Philosophy
Email: xiaoo@uoregon.edu
Office: 11 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2021 TBA
Research Interests: The later philosophy of Heidegger in a cross-cultural context
Daniel Peres Santos
PhD
GE
Philosophy
Email: danper@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: 19th and 20th Century German Philosophy, 20th Century Portuguese Philosophy, Nihilism, Classics, Logic, Pragmatism
Sanjula Rajat
PhD
GTFF Steward 2023-2025
Philosophy, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: srajat@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays 12-2pm
Research Interests: Feminist Theory; Decolonial and Postcolonial Theory; Philosophy of Race; Queer Theory; Trans Studies; Anti-Caste Studies
Trenity Rosenberg
MA
Philosophy
Email: trenityr@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Monday: 2 - 4 pm
Research Interests: Latin American Philosophy, Decolonial/Anti-Colonial Theory, Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics
Augie Schiano
Ph.D.
Philosophy
Email: aschian4@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7352
Office: Susan Campbell 11A
Research Interests: Phenomenology, Ontology, Ethics, Aesthetics, and Feminist Philosophy. My current research is on touch, intimacy, and love.
Chelsea Schwartz
MA
Philosophy
Email: chels@uoregon.edu
Phone: 3174881161
Research Interests: Philosophy of Technology, Data Ethics, Philosophy of Mind, Phenomenology
Christopher Shambaugh
Ph.D. Candidate
GE
Philosophy
Email: cshambau@uoregon.edu
Office: 11 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Fall 2024, 1-3 PM Friday
Research Interests: 19th Century German Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Biology
Ilse Spiropoulos
Philosophy Graduate Student
Philosophy
Email: ilse@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Disability philosophy, phenomenology, aesthetics. Aside from philosophy I also have interests and expertise in rhetoric and argument/debate structures.
Matthew Stone
Ph.D.
GE
Philosophy
Email: mattjs@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Pragmatism (esp. John Dewey ), Environmental Philosophy, Ecofeminism, Phenomenology
Shunji Ukai
Ph.D.
GE
Philosophy
Email: shunjiu@uoregon.edu
Office: 11 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Spring 2022 By Appointment on Fridays 3-5 PM at SCH221
Research Interests: John Dewey's later naturalism, Charles S. Peirce, Hannah Arendt
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
Kirstin Waldkoenig
ABD Ph.D.
Philosophy
Email: kirstinw@uoregon.edu
Phone: n/a
Office: Zoom only 2024-2025
Office Hours: by request
Research Interests: Environmental philosophy, feminist philosophy, body & materiality, ethics
Maia Wellborn
Ph.D.
Philosophy
Email: mwellbor@uoregon.edu
Phone: na
Office: Susan Campbell Hall 11B
Office Hours: Mondays 10:00AM-12:00PM
Research Interests: Critical Phenomenology, Feminist Philosophy, Queer and Trans Studies, Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy
Julie Williams-Reyes
Graduate Student
GE
Philosophy
Email: jvw@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Law School Library, Mondays 10:00–11:50am
Research Interests: feminisms, environmental philosophy, critical theory, social-political philosophies