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)
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
Philosophy
Email: dneu@uoregon.edu
Office: 240 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Winter 2026:
Wednesday from 3:30-5:30 pm
By appointment on zoom
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.
Peter A. Warnek
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: warnek@uoregon.edu
Office: 246 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Tuesday, 2-4 pm.
Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy, 19th-20th Century Continental Philosophy, Kant, Philosophy of Nature, Myth, Tragedy, History of Philosophy
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
Julie Williams-Reyes
Graduate Student
GE
Philosophy
Email: jvw@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall 2026: Thursdays 10am-11:50am in the Design Library, Lawrence Hall Room 200
Research Interests: feminisms, environmental philosophy, Frankfurt School critical theory, phenomenology, social-political philosophy
David Yorgesen
Operations Manager, ASU 3
Classics, Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature Journal, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Environmental Studies
Email: yorgesen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1539
Office: 338 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: In the office: 7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Monday - Wednesday. Remote office: 7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Thursday. 7:30 am – 4 pm, Friday