Schnitzer School Faculty
Derrick Hindery
Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies
UO Study Abroad Programs Committee Member; Provost’s Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: dhindery@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6106
Office: McArthur Court 027, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: by appointment (please email dhindery@uoregon.edu) on Zoom at: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/7684792837
Research Interests: Neoliberal and "post-neoliberal" models of economic "development" on communities and environment in Latin America and the U.S. Sustainable community projects in Indigenous territories in Bolivia (e.g. collectives producing medicinal oils and handicrafts)
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, Schnitzer 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: Fall 2026: Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30-11 a.m. and by appointment.
Research Interests: 19th-century Russian literature, women's writing, and Russian colonialism.
David Hollenberg
Professor
Arabic and Islamic Studies
Arabic Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies
Email: dbh@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8096
Office: 349 Susan Campbell Hall, 1294 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1294
Office Hours: Thursday 12:00pm-1:00pm and by appointment
Xan Holt
Assistant Professor
German & Scandinavian
Email: xan@uoregon.edu
Office: 265 PLC, 1250 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 11:30-1:30 Thursdays and by appointment
Research Interests: Environmental humanities, discard studies, migration and diaspora studies, transnational and world literature, television and new media, critical theory.
Bassem Hosny
Program Director, Harold Schnitzer Family Program in Judaic Studies, Advisor, Assistant Teaching Professor in Hebrew and Judaic Studies.
Judaic Studies Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: bhosny@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: M 1:20 -2:20 pm
Th 11:50 am -12:50 pm and by appointment
Research Interests: Modern Hebrew language and literature, Medieval Hebrew language and literature, Judeo-Arabic, Comparative literature, and Semitic studies.
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
Email: khowarth@uoregon.edu
Office: 103 PLC
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10-12 & by appt.
Research Interests: Spanish language contact and variation, heritage language pedagogy, critical pedagogies, art.
Kaori Idemaru
Professor, Japanese Linguistics
East Asian Languages and Literature, Department Head
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Language Teaching Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: idemaru@uoregon.edu
Office: Agate Hall 202D, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 4:00-5:00 Monday
1:00-2:00 Wednesday
Rika Ikei
Teaching Professor of Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: rika@uoregon.edu
Office: PLC 105, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: M 3:00-4:30 PM, W 10:15-11:45 AM, or by appointment
Joana Jansen
Associate Director, Northwest Indian Language Institute
Senior Research Associate II
College of Arts and Sciences, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: jjansen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-914-5143
Office: 1629 Moss St, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Indigenous Language Revitalization/Reclamation, Ichishkíin, Sahaptian, teacher development
Jon Jaramillo
Assistant Teaching Professor of Spanish
College of Arts and Sciences, Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: jonj@uoregon.edu
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
Zhuo Jing-Schmidt
Professor
East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: zjingsch@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4023
Office Hours: Tuesday 4:00-5:00PM on zoom and by appointment
Research Interests: Cognitive Linguistics, Emotion in Language; Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
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
Email: harinder@uoregon.edu
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.
Jina Kim
Associate Professor, Korean Literature & Culture
East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: jinak@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall 2026: Wednesdays 11:30-1:30, Global Scholars Hall 105, And by Appointment
Research Interests: Modern Korean literature and cultural history, Comparative literature, Sound and Radio studies, Science and Technology, Transmedia, Korean diaspora, Women and Gender Studies
Martin Klebes
Associate Professor
Head, Department of German & Scandinavian
German & Scandinavian, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: klebes@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2818
Office: 202C Agate Hall, 1250 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: MW 12 noon - 1 p.m., and by appointment
Research Interests: 18th- through 21st-century German and French literature, philosophy and critical thought.
Jeffrey S. Librett
Professor of German & Scandinavian
German & Scandinavian, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: jlibrett@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0649
Office: 204B Agate Hall, 1250 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2026 -- By appointment -- jlibrett@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: German, French, and English letters; Jewish Studies; Enlightenment, Counter-enlightenment, Romanticism, and Modernism; literature, philosophy, critical theory, inter-arts discourse, psychoanalysis, film
Susanna Lim
Associate Professor of Literature, Russian Studies, and Korean Studies
Director of REEES Graduate Studies
College of Arts and Sciences, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, East Asian 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
Sergio Loza
Associate Professor of Spanish Linguistics
Director of the Spanish Heritage Language Program
Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Latinx
Email: sloza@uoregon.edu
Office: UO Annex 228, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Email me for details
Research Interests: Spanish heritage language education, Spanish heritage language pedagogy, linguistics, sociolinguistics, U.S. Spanish, critical language awareness
Ali Malik
Assistant Professor
Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Food Studies
Email: alimalik@uoregon.edu
Office: Agate Hall 209, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2024: By appointment
Research Interests: Political economy of globalization, socio-legal studies, critical agrarian studies, science and technology studies, third world approaches to international law, digital agriculture, South Asia
Dawn Marlan
Teaching Professor
COLT Director of Undergraduate Studies
Comparative Literature, German & Scandinavian, SAIL
Email: damarlan@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0934
Office: 363 PLC, 1249 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Interests: History and theory of the novel in Europe and the US, comparative modernism, contemporary fiction, visual culture, and creative writing, specifically literary nonfiction and fiction.
David Meek
Associate Professor
Director, Food Studies
Asian Studies, Food Studies, Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: dmeek@uoregon.edu
Office: Agate Hall 205, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Not on campus Fall 22; available for virtual meetings; please contact at dmeek@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Political ecology, social movements, popular education, food sovereignty