Philosophy
Sophia Spangler
PhD Student
Philosophy
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office Hours: 11-12 TR
Research Interests: Critical Phenomenology, Philosophy of Psychology, Feminist Theory, Queer Theory, Simone de Beauvoir Studies
David Spiegelman
Graduate Student in Environmental Studies/ Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: info@uoregon.College
Beata Stawarska
Professor of Philosophy
(On a sabbatical leave Winter-Spring 2026)
Black Studies, Philosophy
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office: 247 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Research Interests: Contemporary European Philosophy (Phenomenology, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism), Feminism, African and Africana Philosophy, Philosophy of Language (broadly construed).
Matthew Stone
Ph.D.
GE
Philosophy
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office: Susan Campbell Hall 11C
Office Hours: By appointment or Tuesdays 11am-1pm
Research Interests: Pragmatism (esp. John Dewey and Josiah Royce), Environmental Philosophy, Ecofeminism, Phenomenology, Derrida, Social and Political Philosophy
Christopher Toon
Office Generalist
Classics, College of Arts and Sciences, Comparative Literature, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-2497
Office Hours: M/T/W 8:30a-3:30p (in person)|Th/F 8:30a-3:30p (Remote)
Research Interests: B.S. Urban / Rural Sociology, Applied Anthropology
Nathan Travis
Graduate Student in Philosophy
PhD Student and Graduate Employee (GE)
Philosophy
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office: 211 Campbell, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Winter 2026: Friday from 9:30am-11:30am; otherwise, by appointment
Research Interests: Philosophy and history of food; food, animal, and environmental ethics; philosophies of/from the Americas; history of American philosophy; philosophy of religion; history of religions (esp. American and British Christianities); and (inter)religious-secular dialogue and conflict as they intersect with issues of race, sexuality, and oppression.
Matthew Tuten
PhD Student
Graduate Employee
Philosophy
Email: info@uoregon.College
Research Interests: Political philosophy, pragmatism, philosophy of race (esp. W.E.B. Du Bois)
Alejandro Vallega
Professor of Philosophy
Committee on Diversity & Inclusiveness
Philosophy
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office: 248 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:30-4:30
Research Interests: Continental Philosophy (Deconstruction, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics); Latin American Thought; Ancient Greek Philosophy. Aesthetic Philosophy. World philosophies.
Daniela Vallega-Neu
Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office: 240 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Winter 2026:
Wednesday from 3:30-5:30 pm
By appointment on zoom
Research Interests: 19th and 20th Century European Thought (especially Nietzsche, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Contemporary French thought); Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Deconstruction; Ontology related to issues of body.
Jonathan Van Belle
Ph.D. & GE
Philosophy
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office: 221 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday 3:00-5:00pm, or by appointment
Research Interests: Indigenous North American philosophy, anti-colonial thought, degrowth, anti-civilization, and animal ethics
Kiley Vasquez
Graduate Student in Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office Hours: Thursday & Friday 11-12
Research Interests: Critical Race Theory, Decolonial Aesthetics, Latin American Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Psychoanalysis.
Peter A. Warnek
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office: 246 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Tuesday, 2-4 pm.
Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy, 19th-20th Century Continental Philosophy, Kant, Philosophy of Nature, Myth, Tragedy, History of Philosophy
Maia Wellborn
Doctoral Candidate
Philosophy
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: na
Office: Susan Campbell Hall 11B
Office Hours: Mondays 10:30AM-12:30PM
Research Interests: Critical Phenomenology, Feminist Philosophy, Queer and Trans Studies, Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy
Julie Williams-Reyes
Graduate Student
GE
Philosophy
Email: info@uoregon.College
Office Hours: Fall 2026: Thursdays 10am-11:50am in the Design Library, Lawrence Hall Room 200
Research Interests: feminisms, environmental philosophy, Frankfurt School critical theory, phenomenology, social-political philosophy
David Yorgesen
Operations Manager, ASU 3
Classics, Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature Journal, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Environmental Studies
Email: info@uoregon.College
Phone: 541-346-1539
Office: 338 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: In the office: 7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Monday - Wednesday. Remote office: 7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Thursday. 7:30 am – 4 pm, Friday