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.
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
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: Spring 2026: MW 11-12
Research Interests: Environmental philosophy, ecofeminism (Plumwood), American pragmatism (Dewey), virtue ethics, philosophy of education
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
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, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: adubrule@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Winter 2026: 11-1 pm or by appointment
Research Interests: Pragmatism, Philosophy of Film, Political Theory
Diego Gordon Romero
Graduate Student in Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: dgo@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays from 11:30 AM to 1:30 PM or by appointment.
Research Interests: Heidegger, Nietzsche, Metaphysics, Phenomenology, Philosophy of History, History of Philosophy
Chris Johnson
PhD Student
Philosophy
Email: chrisjoh@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Summer 2026: by appointment only via Zoom
Research Interests: 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, 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: On leave for the 25/26 AY
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
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
Skyler Outler
Philosophy Graduate Student
Philosophy
Email: soutler@uoregon.edu
Office: Susan Campbell Hall 211, Eugene OR 97403
Daniel Peres Santos
PhD
GE
Philosophy
Email: danper@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fridays, 12-00pm-2:00pm. SCH 211B.
Research Interests: 19th and 20th Century European Thought, Ancient Philosophy, Logic, Philosophy of Religion, Lusophone Philosophy