Romance Languages

Brita Dye

Academic Programs Manager
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Spanish, European Studies, Global Health Program, Judaic Studies Program, Latin American Studies, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-9782
Office: 1787 Agate Street, Suite 110, 1245 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Paula Ellister

Supervisor, First-year Spanish
Teaching Professor
Romance Languages, College of Arts and Sciences, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: n/a Please contact me via email
Office: Mac Court 28
Office Hours: 11-12:50 Thursdays and by appointment

Cecilia Enjuto Rangel

Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-4045
Office: UO Annex 110, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fridays 1pm-3pm and by appt at UO Annex 110 (*I need to make appointments for my office hours because I need to open the door to the UO Annex)

Pedro García-Caro

Professor of Spanish
Senator
Romance Languages, Spanish, Translation Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-5813
Office: 110 UO Annex
Office Hours: By appointment. Zoom or Teams
Research Interests: I welcome honors and graduate students pursuing research on the cultural histories of empire, nation, and environmental change; U.S. Hispanic, Mexican, and transatlantic literatures; border cultures; comparative American studies; satire and performance; translation; and the politics of knowledge and academic freedom.

Leonardo Garcia-Pabon

Professor Emeritus of Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-0950
Office Hours: N/A

Diana Garvin

Assistant Professor of Italian, Mediterranean Studies
Food Studies, Italian, Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-6984
Office: Agate Hall 222B
Office Hours: Tuesdays 11:30–1:30pm
Research Interests: Transnational Italian Studies (East Africa, Brazil), Fascism and Neo-Fascism, Food Studies, Environmental Humanities, Medical Humanities

Amalia Gladhart

Professor Emerita
Spanish, College of Arts and Sciences, Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4021
Research Interests: Translation Studies (theory and practice), Latin American theater, literary translation

Evlyn Gould

Professor Emerita
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor in Humanities
Comparative Literature, French, Judaic Studies Program, Romance Languages
Research Interests: nineteenth century French studies,Jewish studies,European studies,interdisciplinary studies in literature, music, dance

Devin Grammon

Associate Professor of Spanish Sociolinguistics
Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4070
Office: PLC 271, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Sociocultural Linguistics, Second Language Studies, Linguistic Ethnography, Language Contact, Quechua and Andean Spanish, Linguistic Landscapes

Viana Hara

PhD Graduate Candidate , Romance Languages
Spanish Instructor
IRES, Romance Languages, Spanish, Yamada Language Center
Office Hours: Fall 2026, Mac Court 113. Thursday, 9- 11 a.m.
Research Interests: Race and Gender Studies; Visual Culture; Panamanian Literature (novela canalera); U.S. White women's travel writing during the Panama Canal Construction and the Panama Canal Zone establishment; West Indian literature, particularly Guadeloupean literature and the works of Maryse Condé; representations of the West Indian Black woman in Panama; Jim Crow narratives beyond the United States; representations of the Mammy figure in the U.S. South; postcards, photography, and ekphrasis; and contemporary collage and visual art by Panamanian West Indian women artists.

Paulo Henriquez

Senior Instructor of Spanish
Second Year Supervisor
Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-3153
Office: McArthur Court 029B, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00-12:00 # 029B McArthur Court, additional appointments available by email.

Gina Herrmann

Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-654-2705
Office Hours: Monday 10-12 via Zoom, please text in advance Join Zoom Meeting https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/95826149988 Meeting ID: 958 2614 9988
Research Interests: Communist and Leftist Studies, Holocaust Studies, Spanish Memory Studies

Nathalie Hester

Giustina Family Associate Professor
French, Italian, Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4058
Office: McArthur Court 112A, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Thursdays 2-3:30pm or by appointment

Kelley Howarth

Teaching Professor in Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, College of Arts and Sciences, Latinx, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 103 PLC
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10-12 & by appt.
Research Interests: Spanish language contact and variation, heritage language pedagogy, critical pedagogies, art.

Fatemeh Jafariaghdam Mehrabani

PHD student
Graduate employee
French, Italian, Romance Languages
Office: Friendly, room 27
Office Hours: Wednesdays 12:30 to 14: 30
Research Interests: Feminism in contemporary French literature, feminist theories, history of feminism, colonialism, French grammar

Jon Jaramillo

Assistant Teaching Professor of Spanish
College of Arts and Sciences, Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4497
Office: 220 Agate Hall
Office Hours: Mondays 12 to 1 pm. Or, by appointment https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/8747897222
Research Interests: Politics, Post colonial Studies, Philosophy, SLAT, Queer Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, Poetry, Cinema, Translation Studies, Memory Studies, Transfeminism, Applied Artificial Intelligence

Bre Jones

Spanish PhD Candidate, Graduate Student, Graduate Employee
College of Arts and Sciences, Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Phone: N/A
Office: MacArthur 102
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:00-3:00pm Wednesdays 2:00-3:00pm McArthur Court 102 Sign up for a time: https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/d5a8683aa12848499c462f1d3de87cc2@uoregon.edu/meetingtype/nvFGTQtzwEacaFPqtvKbXQ2?anonymous&ep=mlink
Research Interests: Second Language Acquisition and Teaching (SLAT), Pedagogy, Applied Linguistics, Translation and Interpretation (Theory and Practice of Medical Spanish T and I), Sociolinguistics, Psycholinguistics, Heritage Languages (Spanish and American Sign Language), Heritage Language Pedagogy, Service Learning, Affective Filter, Emotion, Gamification, Game-based learning, Deliberate Play.

Harinder Khalsa

Senior Instructor II of Italian/YLC Self Study Language Program Coordinator
College of Arts and Sciences, Romance Languages, Italian, Yamada Language Center, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: MCK 161
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:00-2:30 or by appointment
Research Interests: Italian language and culture, Turkish language and culture, Less Commonly Taught Languages, second language acquisition, teaching and teacher training.

Jonathan Knight

Operations Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Native American Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-0951
Office: 106 Agate Hall, 1787 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 8:30-5, M-Th

Andryxs Leal Graterol

College of Arts and Sciences, Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Office Hours: Thursdays 12:00-2:00 pm McArthur Court 102. Drop-in time or by appointment on Zoom.
Research Interests: Historical novel, narratives of resistance against authoritarian regimes in Venezuela during the 20th and 21st centuries, Latin American studies.