English Faculty
Helen Southworth
Professor
Digital Humanities, English
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-3940
Office: 275 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024
Research Interests: Modernism, Virginia Woolf, Life-Writing, Archives, Digital Humanities, Book History, Cultural Studies, Gender Studies, Visual Culture, Comics and Cartoon Studies
Michelle Stuckey
Director of Composition
Associate Teaching Professor
English
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-1250
Office Hours: Mondays 2:30-3:30 and by appointment.
Please email me to indicate preference for in-person or on Zoom.
Email: info@uoregon.College
Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/my/mastuckey
Research Interests: Rhetoric and Composition, Writing Program Administration, Digital Pedagogy, Feminist Theory, Disability Studies
Laurel Sturgis O'Coyne
Instructor of Composition
English
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-0934
Office: 310 Villard Hall
Office Hours: Not teaching in ENG Spring 2024
Research Interests: Hemispheric American literatures, Eco-criticism and environmental literatures, Indigenous studies, translation studies, women and gender studies, post-colonial theory and literatures, food studies, memory and temporality.
Thomas Tasker
Teaching Professor
English
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-1596
Office Hours: Winter Term 2026: MW 11:30 - 1:00
Jalen Thompson
Instructor
English
Email: info@uoregon.College
Research Interests: reality television | media studies | film studies | black feminism | black studies | gender and sexuality/masculinity studies | queer theory
Courtney Thorsson
Professor of English
Faculty Fellow, Clark Honors College
English
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-1473
Office: 244 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2026: Please email me at info@uoregon.College for an appointment to meet in person or via Zoom.
Research Interests: African American Literary and Cultural Studies
Avinnash P. Tiwari
Associate Teaching Professor
English
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-0061
Office: 318 PLC
Office Hours: Winter Term 2026: Thursdays noon to 1330, 1600-1730, and by appointment
Research Interests: Black Studies, Rhetoric and Writing Composition, Education Studies.
Noelle Trejo
English Graduate Student/ GE
English
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office: Prince Lucien Campbell Hall (PLC) 321
Office Hours: MWF 3:00-4:00PM
Research Interests: Medieval Literature, Hagiography, Biblical Studies, Early Modern Poetry, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, Psychoanalysis
Corbett Upton
Teaching Professor
Associate Director of Undergraduate Studies
English
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-3961
Office: 375 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2026 Office Hours:
Tuesdays and Thursdays in 375 PLC from 2:30-4:00pm and by appointment. Email info@uoregon.College to schedule appointments.
Angela Waddell
Assistant Teaching Professor
English
Phone: Email is best
Office: TYK 301 D
Office Hours: Check current Canvas site
Research Interests: Rhetoric, Composition, Community Teaching
Eleanor Wakefield
Associate Teaching Professor
Director of Composition Program Writing Lab
English
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-0055
Office: 301B Tykeson Hall, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesdays 1:00-2:30, Thursdays 2:00-3:30, and by appointment
Sarah D. Wald
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & English
English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office Hours: M/W, 1:20-3pm (PLC 443 or Zoom)
*1:20-1:45pm reserved for in person meetings for ENG 230 students (w/o appointment)
Sign Up for Office Hours: https://goo.gl/ZUocxh
Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Environmental Humanities, Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies, Latinx Literary and Cultural Studies, Food Studies, Farmworker Justice, Immigration/Migration, 20/21st Century US Literature, American Studies
Mark Whalan
Robert D. and Eve E. Horn Professor of English
Head of English
English, Black Studies
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-3926
Office: 118 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Modernist studies; American literary and cultural studies, 1900-1950; First World War Studies; Harlem Renaissance; African American Literary Studies
Elizabeth (Betsy) Wheeler
Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Disability Studies, English
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office: 238 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Research Interests: Disability Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, American Studies, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
Jenée Wilde
Associate Teaching Professor of English
CSWS Dissemination Specialist
English
Phone: 541-346-8033
Office: 331 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Tues 3:30–4:30, Thurs 10-11 & 3:30–4:30, or by appointment
Research Interests: gender and sexuality studies, queer studies, science fiction, folklore, popular culture, creative nonfiction writing
Emma Wilson
Pro Tem Instructor, CAS English
English
Office Hours: Mondays 10-11:30AM
Tuesdays 11:30AM-1PM
Research Interests: Francophone Literature, Queer Studies, Decolonial Studies
John Witte
Senior Instructor Emeritus
English
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office Hours: Checking email intermittently
Daniel Wojcik
Professor
English, Folklore Program
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-3946
Office: 463 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall Term: Wednesday, 2:30-4:00 pm, and Thursday, 3:00-4:30 pm
Research Interests: Artistry & Expressive Culture, Ethnology & Folklore Studies, Mythology & Religious Culture
Harry Wonham
Professor
English
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-3266
Office: 454 Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: No office hours; available by email