Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Ray Balstad
Graduate Program Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, OCIAS, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: rbalstad@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2703
Office: 114D Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MTWRF 8:30am - 4:30pm
Research Interests: French, Film, Comics, Foreign Language Acquisition, Botany
Fatima Benhabyb
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Email: fatimab@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2047
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MTWRF 8:30am-4:30pm [Remote Fridays]
Roy Chan
Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
Director of Graduate Studies, East Asian Languages & Literatures
Comparative Literature, East Asian Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: rbc@uoregon.edu
Office: 426 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Mondays 2:00pm-4:00 pm (email in advance appreciated)
Research Interests: Modern Chinese and Russian Literatures, Critical Theory, Formalism, Affect Studies, Sociolinguistic Literary Criticism
Olivia Denton
Faculty Support Coordinator
ASU 1 - School of Global Studies and Languages
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, OCIAS, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: odenton@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1385
Office: 107 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MTWTF 9:00-5:00
Brita Ellis
Academic Programs Manager
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, College of Arts and Sciences, 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, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Email: bellis5@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9782
Office: Friendly 114E
Heghine Hakobyan
Slavic Librarian
REEES Instructor
Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: heghineh@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1858
Office: 121 Knight Library, 1299 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: 11.00am-12.30pm Fridays
Julie Hessler
Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies in History
History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: hessler@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4857
Office: 351 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Fall 2024 Tues 10-11, Thurs 3:30-4:30
Katya Hokanson
Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature
Director of Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, Head, Department of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: hokanson@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3947
Office: 357 PLC, 1249 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Mondays from 10-12, Thursdays from 12-2 and by appointment.
Research Interests: 19th-century Russian literature, women's writing, and Russian colonialism.
Ryan Tucker Jones
Professor
Ann Swindells Chair, Department Head, Department of History
Asian Studies, History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: rtj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4859
Office: 383 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours:
Research Interests: Russia, The Pacific, Global Environment
Alexander Kashirin
Professor pro tempore
Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: akashiri@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Russia, European History
Alan Kimball
Professor Emeritus
History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: kimball@uoregon.edu
Office: 340V McKenzie Hall
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, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: jknight6@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0951
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: 8-4:30 M-F
Nessie Kurganova
GE Russian Language Instructor
Graduate student
Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: nessiek@uoregon.edu
Office: Friendly 30
Office Hours: M 2-3 & T 10-11 or by appt
Research Interests: Language pedagogy, gender discourse
Susanna Lim
Associate Professor of Literature, Russian Studies, and Korean Studies
Director of REEES Graduate Studies
College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Global Studies, Korean, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: susannal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0691
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 101, 1293 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1293
Research Interests: Korean Studies, Korean Literature, Korean Popular Culture, Race Studies, Race in South Korea, Russian Studies, Koryo Saram, Diaspora, Post-colonialism
Chutong Liu
Comparative Literature Graduate Student/ ENG GE
Comparative Literature, English, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: chutongl@uoregon.edu
Office: 21 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: MW 1-2pm
Research Interests: Russian literature and ballet in the second half of the 19th-century, Silver Age of Russian poetry, 20th-century Soviet and Chinese Socialist Realism
Jordan Morris
Office Generalist, ASU 1
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: jmor@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2579
Office: FR 107
Office Hours: 8:00a - 4:30p
Mikhail Myagkov
Professor
Political Science, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: myagkov@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4868
Office: 931 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Research Interests: Russian Politics, Comparative Politics, Formal Political Theory, Statistical Methods, Experimental Design, Game Theory
McRae Naayers
Faculty Support Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Yamada Language Center
Email: mnaayers@uoregon.edu
Phone: 5413460171
Office: Friendly 107
Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8:30-5:00
Julia Nemirovskaya
Senior Instructor I
Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: nemro@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4001
Office: 271 PLC, 1262 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1262
Office Hours: by appointment
Jenifer Presto
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Clark Honors College
Email: presto@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-485-7400
Office: 346 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Mon. and Wed. 3:30-4:30 p.m. or by appt.
Research Interests: Modernism, Gender Studies, Environmental Criticism, Visual Culture, Digital Humanities, Russian-Italian Cultural Interactions, and Slavic Immigrant Art
Lara Ravitch
Senior Instructor II
Russian Language Coordinator & Director of Undergraduate Studies
Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: ravitch@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4077
Office: 427 Friendly Hall, 1262 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By appointment
Lisa Ross
Associate Director
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, OCIAS, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: lgillis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4005
Office: 107 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M-F 8-5
Stephen Shoemaker
Professor
History of Christianity
Humanities Program, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: sshoemak@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4998
Office: 348 Susan Campbell Hall, 1294 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1294
Office Hours: By appointment only
Carol Silverman
Professor Emeritus
Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Folklore Program, Judaic Studies Program, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: csilverm@uoregon.edu
Office Hours:
Research Interests: Arts and human rights, music, Balkans, Roma, gender, ritual
Sherwin Simmons
Professor Emeritus
History Art & Arch, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: ssimmons@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2080
Alina Turygina
GE Russian Instructor
Graduate student
Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: alint@uoregon.edu
Phone: +1-(541)-636-88-01
Office: Friendly 30
Office Hours: Mon & Wed 2-3 pm
Research Interests: Russian émigré literature, russophone literature of the 20th-21st centuries, cultural anthropology, myth studies, topos, autobiography/autofiction, Nina Berberova
Cynthia Vakareliyska
Professor Emerita
Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: vakarel@uoregon.edu
Marci Viano-Davis
Operations Manager
ASU 1 - School of Global Studies and Languages
College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, OCIAS, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Email: marcid@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4019
Office: 116 Friendly
Office Hours: 9-3 M-F