Faculty & Staff

Directors

Magalí Rabasa

Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies, Director of Ethnic Studies
Miller Center for the Humanities 309
503-768-7482
Office Hours:

Wednesday 9:00-9:30am (drop-in Miller 309)
Thursday 1:00-2:00pm (on zoom by appointment)

Kimberly Brodkin

Director of Gender Studies Symposium, Director of Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies, Professor with Term of Humanities
Miller Center 418
503-768-7678

Staff

Lisa Wilson

Lisa Wilson

Administrative Coordinator
Miller 330
503-768-7378

Sponsoring Faculty

Sepideh Bajracharya

Assistant Professor of Anthropology with Term
Medical anthropology, ethics, subjectivity, politics of care, sensory and reflexive ethnography
JR Howard 345
503-768-7659
Office Hours:

Mon/Wed/Fri by appointment (email)

Andrew Bernstein

Professor of History
Japanese History, Environmental History
Miller Center 427
503-768-7453
Office Hours:

Fall 2025: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 11:20-1 & by appointment

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Maryann Bylander

Professor of Sociology, SOAN Department Chair
Migration, Development, Debt/Indebtedness, Microfinance
JR Howard 365
503-768-7617
Office Hours:

Wednesday: 12:30-2:00pm / and by appointment 

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Kim Cameron-Domínguez

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Black Diaspora
JR Howard 363
503-768-7609
Office Hours:

Tuesday: 12:00-1:00pm / Wednesday: 3:30-4:00pm / and by appointment

David Campion

Associate Professor of History
Modern Britain & Ireland, British Empire, South Asia
Miller Center 409
503-768-7435
Office Hours:

Spring 2026: Monday, Wednesday, 12:00-3:00 pm & by appointment.

Kundai Chirindo

Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies, Department Chair
JRH 361
503-768-7666
Office Hours:

Monday & Friday 1:00-2:00pm / and by appointment

Rachel Cole

Associate Professor of English
American Literature
Miller 413
503-768-7408
Office Hours:

Fall 2025: Thursdays 12-5 and by appointment

Kristin Fujie

Associate Professor of English and Department Chair
20th-century American Literature
Miller 411
503-768-7353
Office Hours:

Fall 2025: Tuesdays 1:10-2:30 & Thursdays 10-11:20 (Google calendar sign-up required). Drop-in hours are Friday 9-10 or by emailing to arrange.

Nancy O. Gallman

Assistant Professor of History
Early North America, Borderlands, Law
Miller Center 407
503-768-7436
Office Hours:

Fall 2025: Mondays 5-6, Wednesdays 1-2, by appointment

Jean-Philippe Gourdine

Jean-Philippe Gourdine

Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Olin 223
503-768-7531

Maureen Healy

Associate Professor of History
Modern Europe
Miller Center 406
503-768-7449
Office Hours:

Returning Spring 2026

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Kabir Mansingh Heimsath

Assistant Professor with Term of Anthropology, Director of Asian Studies
Tibet and Himalayan studies; space/place and visual theory; borderlands; experiential learning
JR Howard 371
503-768-7662
Office Hours:

Tuesday drop-in from 1:00pm-3:00pm / other times by appointment only

Reiko Hillyer

Professor of History and Department Chair
U.S. South, African American History, the built environment, prison studies.
Miller Center 410
503-768-7407
Office Hours:

Fall 2025: Wednesdays 9-12 by appointment

Matthew Johnston

Assistant Professor of Art History
Fields Center 208
503-768-7389

Oren Kosansky

Associate Professor of Anthropology
JR Howard 366
503-768-7661
Office Hours:

Tuesday 12:30 - 1:30pm / Wednesday 2:00 - 3:00pm / and by appointment 

Diana Leonard

Assistant Professor
Social and Political Psychology
Biology-Psychology 240
503-768-7731

Kaley Mason

Associate Professor of Music, Area Coordinator for World Music
Evans Center 15
503-768-7417

Aine Seitz McCarthy

Associate Professor of Economics
Economic Development, Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Demography, Econometrics
John R. Howard 325
503-768-7624
Suhaila Meera

Suhaila Meera

Assistant Professor of Theatre
Fir Acres Theatre 102
503-768-7496
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Bruce Podobnik

Associate Professor of Sociology
JR Howard 362
503-768-7664
Office Hours:

Mon: 3:00-4:00pm / Wed: 3:00-4:00pm / Please sign up on my online calendar

Kayla Puente

Kayla Puente

Assistant Professor
Educational Psychology
Biology Psychology 243
503-768-7528

Mitch Reyes

Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies
JRH 367
503-768-7619
Office Hours:

Mon: 12:30-1:30pm & 4:30-5:00pm / Wed: 12:30-1:30pm & 4:30-5:00pm / Or by appointment

Pauls Toutonghi

Professor of English
Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Writing
Miller 425
503-768-7404
Office Hours:

Fall 2025: Available by appointment.

Freddy Vilches

Professor of Hispanic Studies, Section Head Hispanic Studies
Miller Center for the Humanities 312
503-768-7431
Office Hours:

Mondays and Wednesdays 11:30-12:30pm or by appointment 

Sarah Warren

Executive Director of Community Partnerships, Associate Professor of Sociology
JR Howard 372
503-768-7667

Elliott Young

Professor of History
Latin America
Miller Center 424
503-768-7454
Office Hours:

Returning Spring 2026

Yueping Zhang

Associate Professor of Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience
Biology-Psychology 232
503-768-7646

Rishona Zimring

Professor of English
British and Irish Modernism, Postcolonial Literature, Literature and Visual/Performing Arts
Miller 423
503-768-7409
Office Hours:

Fall 2025:  Wednesday 1-3, and by appointment.

Emeriti Faculty

Deborah Heath

Professor Emerita of Anthropology