Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Schnitzer School Faculty

Maria Licia Aldana Rogers

Teaching Professor of Spanish

Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: aldanaro@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4497

Office: UO Annex 220, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Monday 9:00-9:50 In person and Wednesday 9:00-9:50 ZOOM link CANVAS

Research Interests: Transatlantic studies. Women and memory, and Bolivian and Latin America Literature. Writing short stories.

Aneesh Aneesh

Executive Director, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Interim Director, Middle East and North African Studies

German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Latin American Studies

Email: aaneesh@uoregon.edu

Office: 202B Agate hall

Research Interests: Globalization, technology, labor, migration, citizenship, theory

Rafael Arias

Teaching Professor of Spanish

Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, College of Arts and Sciences

Email: rarias@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4106

Office: Mac Court, Rm. 114

Office Hours: MW 4:00-4:50

Oluwakemi "Kemi" Balogun

Associate Professor

Director of African Studies

African Studies, Black Studies, IRES, Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: kbalogun@uoregon.edu

Office: 311 Hendricks Hall

Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesdays 1 - 3pm www.calendly.com/kbalogun

Research Interests: Globalization, Nationalism, Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, Embodiment, Africana Studies

Mathilde Bégu

Assistant Teaching Professor of French

French, Romance Languages, College of Arts and Sciences, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: mbegu@uoregon.edu

Office Hours: Wednesday from 1 to 3pm in my office (PLC101) or on Zoom, or at a different time by appointment.

Research Interests: Language Pedagogy, Curriculum Design, Teaching French as a second language, Relational Pedagogies

Smadar Ben-Natan

Assistant Professor

Global Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: smadar@uoregon.edu

Office: Agate Hall 209, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Mondays 3:00-5:00, on zoom only, schedule here: https://calendly.com/smadar-uoregon/officehours?back=1&month=2026-01

Research Interests: Human rights, international law, Palestine/Israel, armed conflict, military courts, criminal justice, incarceration, colonialism, citizenship.

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

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, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: rbc@uoregon.edu

Office: on leave 2026-2027

Office Hours: On leave 2026-2027

Research Interests: Modern Chinese and Russian Literatures, Critical Theory, Formalism, Affect Studies, Sociolinguistic Literary Criticism

Miriam Chorley-Schulz

Assistant Professor and Mokin Fellow of Holocaust Studies

German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: miriams@uoregon.edu

Office: 221 Agate Hall, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: by appointment

Research Interests: Jewish/Yiddish Studies, Holocaust and Genocide Studies, Fascism Studies, Race, Critical Theory, Psychoanalysis

Stacey Christian

Assistant Teach Professor of Spanish

Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: schristi@uoregon.edu

Office: McArthur Court 004A, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: 12-1:50 Wed or email to make an appointment

Research Interests: Spanish Language Teaching, Translation, Second Language Acquisition

Amy Costales

Teaching Professor of Spanish

College of Arts and Sciences, Latinx, Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: acostale@uoregon.edu

Phone: Contact via e-mail or Teams

Office: 4A McArthur Court, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: 4A Mac Court T/Th 12:30-1:30 or by appt. Teams or in-person.

Research Interests: U.S Spanish, Linguistics, Border expression, Latino experience in U.S., K-12 education, children's literature, LatCrit, CRT

Hannah Cutting-Jones

Assistant Professor

Food Studies, Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: hcutting@uoregon.edu

Office: 105E Friendly Hall

Office Hours: Tuesdays, 10-12

Research Interests: Food and colonialism, history of Christian missions in the Pacific, Pacific Islands food culture, food history, nutritional science

Liliana Darwin López

Teaching Professor of Spanish and Spanish Heritage Language

Profesora de español como segunda lengua y lengua de herencia

Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Latinx, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: ldarwin@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4104

Office: UO Annex 220, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: TTh 3:30-4:30 p.m. and by appt. (Fall 2026)

Research Interests: Latines in the U.S., Latine Literature, Estudios culturales

Robert Davis

Professor Emeritus of Spanish

College of Arts and Sciences, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, French, Italian, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Latinx

Email: rldavis@uoregon.edu

Research Interests: second language teaching and learning, technology in second language learning, Romance linguistics

Lauretta De Renzo-Huter

Teaching Professor

Italian, Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: derenzo@uoregon.edu

Phone: n/a

Office: 220 UO Annex

Office Hours: Wednesdays, 3:00-4:50

Research Interests: Second Language Pedagogy, The Italian American Experience,

Connie Dickey

Teaching Professor of French

French, Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: cldickey@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4025

Office: 204A Agate Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Mon. 2:00-3:00 pm (in Yamada Lg Center--175 MCK), Th. 10:30-11:30 (in 204A Agate), & by apptmt

Research Interests: 2nd-language learning and teaching; French phonetics, grammar, historical Romance linguistics, & medieval Romance literatures, especially French & Occitan.

Rachel DiNitto

Professor, Japanese Literature

Director, Center for Asian and Pacific Studies

East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: rdinitto@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4012

Office: 102 PLC, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: M 3:30-4:30; W 11:00-11:50 or by appointment in PLC 102 or by former arrangement via Zoom Online signup: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mDp8hAmIUM2vCvwJFFsMz6HjwKBk2mwgZGQaJYS1YuA/edit?usp=sharing

Research Interests: Japanese literature, nuclear issues, environmental humanities