Schnitzer School
Alison Groppe
Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
Chinese Sector Representative
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.
Xiangchen Gu
graduate student
Chinese, East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: xgu7@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: 3-4pm, R
Research Interests: Early China
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.
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
Heghine Hakobyan
Slavic Librarian
REEES Instructor
Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: heghineh@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1858
Office: 121 Knight Library, 1299 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: 11.00am-12.30pm Fridays
Viana Hara
PhD Graduate Candidate , Romance Languages
Spanish Instructor
IRES, Romance Languages, Spanish, Yamada Language Center
Email: vhara@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall 2026, Mac Court 113. Thursday, 9- 11 a.m.
Research Interests: Race and Gender Studies; Visual Culture; Panamanian Literature (novela canalera); U.S. White women's travel writing during the Panama Canal Construction and the Panama Canal Zone establishment; West Indian literature, particularly Guadeloupean literature and the works of Maryse Condé; representations of the West Indian Black woman in Panama; Jim Crow narratives beyond the United States; representations of the Mammy figure in the U.S. South; postcards, photography, and ekphrasis; and contemporary collage and visual art by Panamanian West Indian women artists.
Reiko Hashimoto
Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: rhashimo@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4089
Office: PLC 106, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: MW 1:00 - 2:30 pm
William Hatungimana
Assistant Professor
Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: whatu@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: African Politics, Immigration, Africa China Relations, Democracy and Political Legitimacy
Michelle Hefner
Admin Program Assistant
FLIS Day Coordinator
Yamada Language Center
Email: mhefner@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2189
Office: 160 McKenzie Hall, 1236 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1236
Kenneth Helphand
Participating Faculty
Professor Emeritus
Judaic Studies Program, Landscape Arch
Email: helphand@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-206-8959
Paulo Henriquez
Senior Instructor of Spanish
Second Year Supervisor
Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: pauloh@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3153
Office: McArthur Court 029B, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11:00-12:00 # 029B McArthur Court, additional appointments available by email.
Gina Herrmann
Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: gah@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-654-2705
Office Hours: Monday 10-12 via Zoom, please text in advance
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Meeting ID: 958 2614 9988
Research Interests: Communist and Leftist Studies, Holocaust Studies, Spanish Memory Studies
Julie Hessler
Associate Professor
History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: hessler@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4857
Office: 351 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: On sabbatical Spring 2026.
Nathalie Hester
Giustina Family Associate Professor
French, Italian, Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: nhester@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4058
Office: McArthur Court 112A, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Thursdays 2-3:30pm or by appointment
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, Middle East and North African 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.