Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Schnitzer School Faculty

Abdulrahman Eissa

Instructor, Arabic Studies

Arabic Studies

Email: aeissa@uoregon.edu

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

Paula Ellister

Supervisor, First-year Spanish

Teaching Professor

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

Email: ellister@uoregon.edu

Phone: n/a Please contact me via email

Office: Mac Court 28

Office Hours: 11-12:50 Thursdays and by appointment

Hanan Elsherif

Arabic Coordinator, Arabic Studies

Arabic Studies

Email: hahmad@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4980

Office: 338 Susan Campbell Hall, 5273 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5273

Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2:15pm-3:15pm

Cecilia Enjuto Rangel

Professor of Spanish

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

Email: enjuto@uoregon.edu

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)

Maram Epstein

Professor, Chinese Literature

VP, United Academics

Chinese, East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Korean

Email: maram@uoregon.edu

Office: 217 Agate Hall, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Thursdays 10:20-12:30 and by appointment https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/95260593675

Research Interests: Late imperial Chinese literature and culture, gender, history of emotions,

Alisa Freedman

Professor, Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender

Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, East Asian Languages, Translation Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: alisaf@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-979-7794

Office Hours: Fridays, 10:00 am -12:00 pm on Zoom, before and after classes, and by appointment. Please email me to make an appointment (alisaf@uoregon.edu)

Research Interests: Cross-cultural,transnational Asian Studies; cultural studies; intersectional gender studies; popular culture; media studies; biographies & memoirs; youth culture; modern Japanese literature; digital culture; urban studies; translation; academic publishing UO College of Arts and Sciences, "Office Hours," Video Introduction - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G56ElZcmWcU

Yukari Furikado-Koranda

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language

East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: furikado@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4002

Office: PLC 106, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: M/W 1:30pm-3pm or by appointment

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

Pedro García-Caro

Professor of Spanish

Senator

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

Email: pgcaro@uoregon.edu

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.

Diana Garvin

Assistant Professor of Italian, Mediterranean Studies

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

Email: dgarvin@uoregon.edu

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

Denise Gigliotti

Teaching Professor, Chinese Language

East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: dhg@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-3552

Office: 220 UO Annex

Office Hours: M/T/Th 12:00-12:20PM and 3:00-3:30PM

Research Interests: Chinese language pedagogy, Chinese language, literature, media, danmei/BL, foreign languages

Devin Grammon

Associate Professor of Spanish Sociolinguistics

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

Email: grammon@uoregon.edu

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

Alison Groppe

Associate Professor, Chinese Literature

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: amgroppe@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-7015

Office: Remote during Friendly Hall renovations

Office Hours: Fall 2026: Mondays 11am-12pm, Wednesdays 10am-11am, and by appointment.

Gantt Gurley

Associate Professor

Faculty Fellow, CHC

Clark Honors College, Folklore Program, German & Scandinavian, Judaic Studies Program, Medieval Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: gantt@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4055

Office: Agate 217

Office Hours: Fall 2026: MW 1:45–3:45 Zoom Room: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/8083501600

Research Interests: Ancient and medieval song culture, Indo-Iranian philology, historical linguistics, contemporary Israeli art, minority Jewish communities, the birth of the Jewish novel, history of antisemitism, Jewish narrative and legend, Tel-Aviv school of narratology, 19th century literature, the Wandering Jew, comparative mythology and theory of myth, Long Romanticism, Old Norse literature, the lyrical mode, Hans Christian Andersen, Franz Kafka, and notions of religiosity in the Danish Golden Age.