African Studies Faculty
Akwasi B. Assensoh
Courtesy Professor
African Studies
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office: 275 McKenzie Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
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: info@uoregon.College
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
Lindsay Frederick Braun
Associate Professor
African Studies, History
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-4838
Office: 365 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: FT 2026: Not teaching. Meetings by appointment, Tuesdays 1100-1500.
Research Interests: Southern Africa 1750-1950, East Africa 1850-1960, Comparative Colonialism, Environmental History, History of Science and Technology (esp. geography and mapping)
Stephen Frost
Professor
African Studies, Anthropology
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-5161
Office: 353 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: By appointment
Dennis Galvan
Professor
Dean and Vice Provost, Division of Global Engagement
African Studies, Global Studies, Political Science, SAIL
Email: info@uoregon.College
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
Habib Iddrisu
Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Dance
Director, Dema Dance Ensemble
African Studies, Black Studies, Dance, Folklore Program, IRES, Music
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-4062
Office: 164 Gerlinger Annex
Research Interests: Dance, West Africa, cultural studies, post-colonial independence history, political economy, oral history, African diaspora, new internationalism
Allison McGuffie
Associate Teaching Professor
African Studies, Cinema Studies
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office: 321 Villard Hall, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Email for current hours and appointments
Research Interests: Film Theory and History, African Cinemas, Gender on Film, Trans* and Cinema, International Non-Profit Media Industries, Health Communication Media, Political Economy of International Aid, Transnational Feminist Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Ethnographic Film, Third World Cinema, Ideology and Cinema
Lanie Millar
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
African Studies, Black Studies, Comparative Literature, IRES, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Spanish, College of Arts and Sciences, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-4031
Office: Agate Hall 202E, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring, 2026:
Thursdays, 2-4:00pm in Agate 202e, and by appointment.
Research Interests: 20th-21st Century Caribbean Literature, Latin American Literature, African Literature, Lusophone Literatures, Global South Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Race and Blackness, Critical Theory
Amy Swanson
Assistant Professor of Dance Studies, Theory, and History
Dance, Music, African Studies
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-5605
Office: 173 Gerlinger Annex, 1214 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: contemporary African dance, public performance, transnational Senegal, queer African studies, queer theory
Stephen Wooten
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Global Studies
Provost's Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Folklore Program, Food Studies
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-5299
Office: Agate Hall 205, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Tuesdays 12- 2pm or by appointment. Please email to request a time.
Research Interests: Food studies, local-global dynamics, agrarian change, expressive culture