Philosophy
Camisha Russell
Associate Professor of Philosophy
2024-2025 Mellon Foundation New Directions Fellow
Disability Studies, Philosophy
Email: camishar@uoregon.edu
Office: 211A Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Winter 2026: Mondays 2:00-4:00 or by appointment
Research Interests: Critical Philosophy of Race, Ethics (esp. Bioethics), African American Philosophy, Feminist Theory, Blackness & Indigeneity
Cheyney Ryan
Emeritus Professor of Philosophy and Law
Philosophy
Email: cryan@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Social and Political Philosophy; Philosophy of Law; Peace Studies and Philosophy of Conflict Resolution; Philosophy of Film
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.
David Schmunk
Interim Faculy Support Coordinator, ASU #3
Classics, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Philosophy
Email: schmunkd@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5053
Office: PLC 311, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 7:30 am to 4:00 pm
Chelsea Schwartz
MA
Philosophy
Email: chels@uoregon.edu
Phone: 3174881161
Research Interests: Philosophy of Technology, Data Ethics, Epistemology, Applied Ethics
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
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
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.
Beata Stawarska
Professor of Philosophy
(On a sabbatical leave Winter-Spring 2026)
Black Studies, Philosophy
Email: stawarsk@uoregon.edu
Office: 247 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Research Interests: Contemporary European Philosophy (Phenomenology, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism), Feminism, African and Africana Philosophy, Philosophy of Language (broadly construed).
Matthew Stone
Ph.D.
GE
Philosophy
Email: mattjs@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Pragmatism (esp. John Dewey ), Environmental Philosophy, Ecofeminism, Phenomenology
Christopher Toon
Office Generalist
Classics, College of Arts and Sciences, Comparative Literature, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Email: ctoon@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2497
Office: 118 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: M/T/W 8:30a-3:30p (in person)|Th/F 8:30a-3:30p (Remote)
Research Interests: B.S. Urban / Rural Sociology, Applied Anthropology
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)
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
Alejandro Vallega
Professor of Philosophy
Committee on Diversity & Inclusiveness
Philosophy
Email: avallega@uoregon.edu
Office: 248 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:30-4:30
Research Interests: Continental Philosophy (Deconstruction, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics); Latin American Thought; Ancient Greek Philosophy. Aesthetic Philosophy. World philosophies.
Daniela Vallega-Neu
Professor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Studies
Philosophy
Email: dneu@uoregon.edu
Office: 240 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Winter 2026: <br />
Wednesday from 3:30-5:30 pm <br />
By appointment on zoom<br />
Research Interests: 19th and 20th Century European Thought (especially Nietzsche, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Contemporary French thought); Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Deconstruction; Ontology related to issues of body.
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.