Philosophy GE and Graduate Student
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
Michael Lee
Philosophy
Email: miclee@uoregon.edu
Office: SCH 221
Office Hours: Th. 10:00~12:00 (by appintment)
Research Interests: Moral Epistemology, Pragmatism, Later Wittgenstein and the Social Dimensions of Language, Philosophy of Information and Technology, Digital Epistemology and Algorithmic Mediation (AI, Codes, Data, and Algorithms as Social Agents), Digital Humanities
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
Charlotte Mazzei
Philosophy
Email: chrm@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: philosophy of technology, critical phenomenology, feminist 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: M-W, 2:50 - 3:50. SCH, 11A.
Research Interests: 19th and 20th Century European Thought, Ancient Philosophy, Logic, Philosophy of Religion, Lusophone Philosophy
Leopold Poulain
Philosophy
Email: lpoulain@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays from 10:00-12:00 in Susan Campbell Hall (room 221).
Research Interests: Pre-analytic American philosophy (esp. William James's early psychology, thematization of the stream of consciousness, and his later philosophy of radical empiricism).
Phenomenology (esp. Maurice Merleau-Ponty's account of perceptual experience and critique of the Cartesian ontology of the object).
Film (esp. Pasolini, Cassavetes, and Truffaut).
Sanjula Rajat
PhD
GTFF Steward 2023-2025
Philosophy, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: srajat@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: online, by appointment (Summer)
Research Interests: Feminist Theory; Decolonial and Postcolonial Theory; Philosophy of Race; Queer Theory; Trans Studies; Anti-Caste Studies
Augie Schiano
Ph.D.
Philosophy
Email: aschian4@uoregon.edu
Office: Susan Campbell 11A
Research Interests: Phenomenology, Ontology, Ethics, Aesthetics, and Feminist Philosophy. My current research is on touch, intimacy, and love.
Jack Schneiger
Philosophy
Email: jschneig@uoregon.edu
Office: SCH 221
Research Interests: Continental Philosophy (esp. Heidegger, Derrida, and Nietzsche); Hermeneutics; Phenomenology; Deconstruction.
Chelsea Schwartz
MA
Philosophy
Email: chels@uoregon.edu
Phone: 3174881161
Research Interests: Philosophy of Technology, Data Ethics, Epistemology, Applied Ethics
Sophia Spangler
PhD Student
Philosophy
Email: sophiasp@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: 11-12 TR
Research Interests: Critical Phenomenology, Philosophy of Psychology, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, Simone de Beauvoir Studies
David Spiegelman
Graduate Student in Environmental Studies/ Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: dvs@uoregon.edu
Matthew Stone
Ph.D.
GE
Philosophy
Email: mattjs@uoregon.edu
Office: Susan Campbell Hall 11C
Office Hours: By appointment or Tuesdays 11am-1pm
Research Interests: Pragmatism (esp. John Dewey and Josiah Royce), Environmental Philosophy, Ecofeminism, Phenomenology, Derrida, Social and Political Philosophy
Nathan Travis
Graduate Student in Philosophy
PhD Student and Graduate Employee (GE)
Philosophy
Email: ntravis@uoregon.edu
Office: 211 Campbell, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Winter 2026: Friday from 9:30am-11:30am; otherwise, by appointment
Research Interests: Philosophy and history of food; food, animal, and environmental ethics; philosophies of/from the Americas; history of American philosophy; philosophy of religion; history of religions (esp. American and British Christianities); and (inter)religious-secular dialogue and conflict as they intersect with issues of race, sexuality, and oppression.
Matthew Tuten
PhD Student
Graduate Employee
Philosophy
Email: mtuten@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Political philosophy, pragmatism, philosophy of race (esp. W.E.B. Du Bois)
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
Kiley Vasquez
Graduate Student in Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: kvasquez@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Thursday & Friday 11-12
Research Interests: Critical Race Theory, Decolonial Aesthetics, Latin American Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Psychoanalysis.
Maia Wellborn
Doctoral Candidate
Philosophy
Email: mwellbor@uoregon.edu
Phone: na
Office: Susan Campbell Hall 11B
Office Hours: Mondays 10:30AM-12:30PM
Research Interests: Critical Phenomenology, Feminist Philosophy, Queer and Trans Studies, Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy