Schnitzer School Affiliate Faculty
Monique Balbuena
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature
Email: balbuena@uoregon.edu
Office: 345 PLC, 1249 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies, Sephardic Languages, Ladino, Poetry, French and Francophone Literatures, Latin American Studies
Yvonne Braun
Professor
Department Head, Global Studies and Member, Provost's Teaching Academy
Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: ybraun@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5752
Office: 202A Agate Hall, 1245 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2026: Thursday 11:00-1:00 or by appointment; in person or via Teams/Zoom
Research Interests: gender, intersectionality, social inequality, international development, environmental justice, globalization, infrastructural politics, energy politics, social movements, feminist political ecology
Robert Elliott
Director, Northwest Indian Language Institute and Yamada Language Center
Language Teaching Studies, SAIL, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-0732
Office: 211 Pacific Hall
Dennis Galvan
Professor
Dean and Vice Provost, Division of Global Engagement
Global Studies, Political Science, SAIL
Email: dgalvan@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5851
Office: 310 Oregon Hall, 5209 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5209
Research Interests: Culture and Development, Culturally Sustainable Development, Identity and Community, Political Legitimation, Multiple Forms of Modernity, Primary Field Work: West Africa, Secondary Field Work: Indonesia
Melissa Graboyes
Professor
Director of Global Health Program
History
Email: graboyes@uoregon.edu
Office: 369 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:30pm. Or by appointment.
Luke Habberstad
Associate Professor
History, Religious Studies, East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-4006
Research Interests: Pre-modern China and East Asia; ancient empires; political history; cultural history
Dorothee Ostmeier
Professor of German, and Folklore and Public Culture
Folklore Program, German & Scandinavian, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: ostmeier@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4145
Office: 204D Agate Hall, 1250 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Tue/Thu 1:20 to 2 PM GSH 103 Afterwards Villard until 3:30 PM and by appointment
Research Interests: German literature and culture of the 18th through 20th century
Craig Parsons
Professor
Political Science
Email: cap@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4402
Office: 930 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursday 11-12 and 1:30-3:30
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, European Politics
Jenifer Presto
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: presto@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-485-7400
Office: 346 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2026: Tues. and Thurs. 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. or by appt.
Research Interests: Modernism, Gender Studies, Environmental Criticism, Visual Culture, Digital Humanities, Russian-Italian Cultural Interactions, and Immigrant Arts
Yugen Wang
Professor of Chinese Literature, Chinese Sector Head
East Asian Languages, Medieval Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: ygwang@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3503
Office Hours: Fall 2026 TUE 3-5 pm on Zoom
Lesley Jo Weaver
Professor
Global Studies
Email: ljweaver@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: My Fall 2026 office hours are scheduled (not drop-in!) from 10:30-11:30 Mon and Wed in Pacific Hall 12, or via Zoom. Please make an appointment for a 30-min time slot at https://calendly.com/ljweaver/dr-weaver-office-hours. When you book at this link, you can also choose your preferred location (Zoom or Pacific Hall). If the available meeting times don’t work for you, please email me to set something up .
Research Interests: medical anthropology; mental health; race; chronic diseases; food insecurity; health disparities; Brazil; India; USA; global health
Juan Eduardo Wolf
Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology
Director of Latin American Studies; Coordinator, UO World Music Series & Ethnomusicology
Folklore Program, Music, SAIL, Latinx
Email: ewolf2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2852
Office: 126 Frohnmayer Music Bldg, 1225 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1225
Research Interests: Latin America, decolonial thought, ethnography, folkloristics