Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Donella-Elizabeth Alston Cleveland

Faculty Support Specialist, Academic Support Unit 5
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-0901
Office: 275 McKenzie

Liz Anderson

Executive Support Coordinator, Academic Support Unit 5
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Office: McKenzie 275

Oluwakemi "Kemi" Balogun

Associate Professor
Director of African Studies; Interim director of Black Studies
African Studies, Black Studies, IRES, School of Global Studies and Languages, Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office: 311 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays & Tuesdays 10 - 11am and by appointment
Research Interests: Globalization, Nationalism, Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, Embodiment, Africana Studies

Emily Beatty

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 817 PLC
Office Hours: SP 24: Thursday 10:30-11:30
Research Interests: American Political Development; Democratic Theory; Critical Phenomenology; Queer and Trans Studies; Social movements

Jamie Bufalino

Senior Instructor
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Arts and Sciences
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5904
Office: 320 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Please email faculty using your UO email account or use Canvas if enrolled in a course with the professor.
Research Interests: Gender & sexuality in U.S. history; history of feminism; U.S. consumer culture; U.S. racial politics

Yu-Fang Cho

Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-1304

Emily J. Cornell

Graduate Program Specialist
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-8293
Office: 201 McKenzie Hall

Carolyn Craig

Instructor
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-1845
Office: 677 E 12th Ave., Ste 500
Office Hours: Winter 2023: by appointment only

Cia Crowe

Operations Specialist
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-2305
Office: 275 McKenzie Hall

Rosie Dillon

Executive Support Specialist
Black Studies, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-1405
Office: 275 McKenzie Hall

Michele Drake

ASU5 Accounting Technician
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-1378

Will Fabro

Office Generalist, Academic Support Unit 5
Black Studies, Cinema Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office: 275 McKenzie Hall

Javay Frye-Nekrasova

Doctoral Student
Graduate Teaching Fellow
SOJC, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office: 312 Allen
Research Interests: Sexuality & Media, Sex Work, Kink & BDSM

Linda Fuller

Professor Emerita
Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies

Reese Haller

M.A.
GE for Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office Hours: Please email GEs using your UO email account or use Canvas if enrolled in a course.
Research Interests: Social and Political Philosophy, Marxism, Ideology, Identity, Critical Philosophy of Race, Feminism

Andrea Herrera

Pro Tem Instructor
Faculty Director, LGBTQIA+ Scholars | Social Change & Collective Liberation Group
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-8709
Office Hours: By appointment, remotely

Sabrina Kaufelt

Graduate Employee
GE for Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-0900
Office: 303 Alder Bldg
Office Hours: Please email GEs using your UO email account or use Canvas if enrolled in a course.

Finn Koval

Graduate Programs Assistant
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-0192
Office: 201 McKenzie Hall

Ana-Maurine Lara

Associate Professor
William and Susan Piché Faculty Fellow
Black Studies, IRES, Latinx, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5032
Office: 322 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2022 – by appointment; Winter & Spring 2023 – 10am -12pm
Research Interests: Afro Latino/a Identities, Black Queer Aesthetics, Vudú in the Dominican Republic, and Afro-Dominicanidad and the Struggle Against Xenophobia in the Dominican Republic

Nadia Loan

Instructor
In Memoriam 1968 - 2017
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies

Nanosh Lucas

Graduate Employee
History, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office: 406 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday 11:50-1:50
Research Interests: U.S. History, African American History, Race, Black Power Studies

Gabriela Martínez

Professor
CLLAS, SOJC, SOJC-Journalism, SOJC-Journalism Master's, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-1997
Office: 315 Hendricks Hall / 237 Allen Hall
Office Hours: Please email faculty using your UO email account or use Canvas if enrolled in a course with the professor.
Research Interests: Areas of Media Studies and Journalism

Fela McWhorter

Operations Manager, Academic Support Unit 5
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-5902
Office: 275B McKenzie Hall

Tom Mertes

Academic Programs Manager
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-1060
Office: 273A McKenzie Hall

Isabel Millán

Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
CLLAS, IRES, Latinx, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office Hours: See course syllabi or email for an appointment
Research Interests: Queer, Transnational Feminist, and Critical Race Theories; Latinx/Chicanx Studies; Children's Literature, Television, and Film; Comics; Science Fiction and Fantasy

Josie Mulkins

Business Manager
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5529

Lauren C. Pinchin

Associate Director, ASU5
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-4806
Office: 275B McKenzie Hall

Barbara Pope

Professor Emerita
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies

Judith Raiskin

Professor
Disability Studies, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office Hours: Please email faculty using your UO email account or use Canvas if enrolled in a course with the professor.
Research Interests: Post-colonial literature and cultural studies focusing on gender and comparative feminist theory; Caribbean; Disability Studies; LGBTQ studies; and sexuality.

Sanjula Rajat

PhD
GTFF Steward 2023-2025
Philosophy, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office: Student Campbell Hall 11
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1-3pm
Research Interests: Feminist Theory; Decolonial and Postcolonial Theory; Philosophy of Race; Queer Theory; Trans Studies; Anti-Caste Studies

Yvette Saavedra

Associate Professor
WGSS Director of Graduate Studies; Convener Women of Color Faculty Project
IRES, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5521
Office: 218 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Please email for appointment.
Research Interests: Chicanx History and Studies; Chicana Lesbian Feminist Theory; U.S.-Mexico Borderlands History and Studies; History of U.S. West; 19th and 20th century U.S History; California History; 19th and 20th century gender and sexuality in the U.S.

Keya Saxena

Doctoral Candidate
SOJC, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office: 312 Allen Hall
Research Interests: Global Communications and Social Change, Media Activism and Social Justice, Gender

Annalyse Steele

Academic Programs Assistant
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-1075
Office: 201 McKenzie Hall

Leticia Stival

Events and Communications Coordinator
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-0188
Office: 201 McKenzie Hall

Joe Sussi

Graduate Employee
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-3675
Office: La 254

Amy Swanson

Assistant Professor of Dance Studies, Theory, and History
Dance, Music, African Studies, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5605
Office: 173 Gerlinger Annex
Research Interests: contemporary African dance, public performance, transnational Senegal, queer African studies, queer theory

Sofía Vicente-Vidal

Doctoral Candidate
Anthropology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5109
Office: Hendricks Hall 218B
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Fridays 12:30 - 2:30 pm

Alohi Wright

Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-9736
Office: 201B McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: Coonhounds, butter mochi, decorating for the holidays, remembering what life was like when I had hobbies, thinking about reading all the books on my nightstand, and Schitt's Creek.

Michelle Wright

Media Coordinator
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-8261
Office: 275 McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: Graphic design; communications; website, newsletter, and social media content and updates

Jinsun Yang

Graduate Employee
Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 621 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Thursday 2:00pm-4:00pm
Research Interests: Queer theory, Feminism, Gender Policy, Sociology of Sport, Queer Geopolitics, Colonialism

Kristin Yarris

Associate Professor, Global Studies and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Department Head of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Disability Studies, Global Health Program, Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-1363
Office: Hendricks Hall 218A, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wed 5:30-6:30pm GSH Cafe area; Th 4-5pm (remote, in Teams)
Research Interests: transnational migration, immigrant rights, social movements, mental health, health equity, wellbeing & social care