Faculty Directory
Jesse Abdenour
Associate Professor
Email: jabdenou@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7640
Office: 137 Franklin Building
City: Eugene
Research Interests: journalism studies, news quality, news audiences, documentary film, investigative journalism, broadcast journalism, copyright law
Shan Anderson
Instructor
Email: shand@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6618
Office: 311A Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Steven Asbury
Instructor
Email: sasbury@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3546
Office: 311A Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Thomas Bivins
Professor, John L. Hulteng Chair in Media Ethics & Responsibility
Email: tbivins@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3740
Office: 311B Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Mark Blaine
Professor of Practice
Email: mblaine@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3515
Office: 110B Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Mitchell Block
Professor of Documentary & Film Studies, Jon Anderson Chair
Email: mwblock@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2528
Office: 238 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Derek Brandow
Instructor
Email: dbrandow@uoregon.edu
Phone:
Office: 323 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Confidence, Vulnerability, Belonging, Public Speaking, Presenting, Connection
Charlie Butler
Instructor
Email: cbutler3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2008
Office: 135 Franklin Building
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Narrative journalism, sports writing, business journalism
Dayna Chatman
Assistant Professor
Affiliated Departments: Clark Honors College, IRES
Email: dchatman@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3594
Office: 147 Franklin Building
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Gender, Race, Media
Christopher Chávez
Carolyn Silva Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising
Interim Director, Advertising and Brand Responsibility Program; Director, Center for Latina/o and Latin American Studies
Affiliated Departments: IRES, Latinx
Email: cchavez4@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9141
Office: 207 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Advertising, TV Commercials, Communication Theory, Persuasive Communication, Cultural Studies, Gender and Race In Media, Media and Diversity, Popular Culture, Media Studies and Globalization
Alex Segrè Cohen
Assistant Professor of Science and Risk Communication
Email: asegreco@uoregon.edu
Phone:
Office: 143 Franklin Building
City: Eugene
Diego Cortes
Assistant Professor of Media Studies
Email: dcortes@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0915
Office: 139 Franklin Building
City: Eugene
Nicole Dahmen
Professor
Snowden Program Co-Coordinator
Email: ndahmen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2588
Office: 311D Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Donna Davis
Associate Professor
Director, Immersive Media Communication Master’s Program & Oregon Reality (OR) Lab
Email: dzdavis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-412-3658
Office: 405 OR Lab, White Stag Building
City: Portland
Research Interests: virtual worlds, identity, avatars, metaverse, digital ethics
Charlie Deitz
Instructor
Email: cdeitz@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3563
Office: 133 Franklin Building
City: Eugene
Andrew DeVigal
Director, UO-SOJC's Agora Journalism Center
Endowed Chair in Journalism Innovation and Civic Engagement; Professor of Practice
Email: adevigal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-412-3677
Office: 366E White Stag Building
City: Portland
Research Interests: community-centered journalism, multimedia storytelling
Nikki Dunsire
Oregon Reality Lab Manager
Instructor
Email: ndunsir5@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-412-3799
Office: 366B White Stag Building
City: Portland
Research Interests: Immersive media development (VR, AR, MR), game design, 3D production, film, advertising, motion graphics
Troy Elias
Associate Professor
UO Associate Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion
Email: telias@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2020
Office: 235 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
David Ewald
Professor of Practice
Director, Allen Hall Advertising
Email: dewald2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-926-2072
Office: 155 Franklin Building
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Design, Brand Responsibility, Advertising, Technology, Ethics
Maxwell Foxman
Assistant Professor
Email: mfoxman@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3615
Office: 131 Franklin Building
City: Eugene, Portland
Torsten Kjellstrand
Professor of Practice
Email: torstenk@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8907
Office: 141 Franklin Building
City: Eugene, Portland
Dave Koranda
Professor of Practice
Interim Director, Advertising Program
Email: dkoranda@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3754
Office: 238 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Kathryn Kuttis
Senior Instructor I
Email: kuttis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4891
Office: 310 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Peter Laufer
Professor, James N. Wallace Chair of Journalism
Affiliated Departments: European Studies
Email: laufer@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2109
Office: 203 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Regina Lawrence
Associate Dean, SOJC Portland
Research Director, Agora Journalism Center
Email: rgl@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-412-3659
Office: 341 White Stag Building
City: Portland
Research Interests: journalism norms and practices, political communication, engaged journalism, civic engagement
Seth Lewis
Professor and Shirley Papé Chair in Emerging Media
Director, Journalism Program
Email: sclewis@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7342
Office: 231 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: digital journalism, journalism studies, emerging media, algorithms, artificial intelligence, media sociology, media work, social media, communication research
Sally Lim
Assistant Professor of Cultural Diversity and Brand Responsibility
Email: hslim@uoregon.edu
Phone:
Office: 236 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Ed Madison
Associate Professor
Interim Director, Journalism Master's Program
Affiliated Departments: Education Research and Outreach
Email: madison2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9140
Office: 324 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Gabriela Martínez
Department Head of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Professor
Affiliated Departments: Climate Studies, CLLAS, Latin American Studies
Email: gmartine@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1997
Office: 237 Allen Hall
Research Interests: Areas of Media Studies and Journalism
Kelli Matthews
Senior Instructor 1
Email: kmatthew@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3565
Office: 321 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Tom McDonnell
Professor of Practice
Email: tomm@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2087
Office: 222 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Dan Miller
Associate Professor
Email: drmiller@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3747
Office: 309B Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Juan-Carlos Molleda
Edwin L. Artzt Dean and Professor
Email: jmolleda@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3602
Office: 217A Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Dan Morrison
Professor of Practice
Email: danmor@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2793
Office: 322 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Deb Morrison
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Affairs
Professor
Email: debmor@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1797
Office: 215 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Dean Mundy
Associate Professor
Director, Public Relations Program
Email: dmundy@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2079
Office: 232 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Courtney Munther
Senior Instructor
Email: cmunther@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3550
Office: 321 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Bryce Newell
Associate Professor of Media Law and Policy
Director, SOJC Honors Program
Email: bcnewell@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3843
Office: 330 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Surveillance; Privacy; Law, Technology, and Society; Information Ethics and Politics; Social Informatics; Information Behavior; Information Studies; Cybercrime, Policing, Immigration
Julianne Newton
Professor
Director, Communication and Media Studies Master's and PhD Programs
Email: jhnewton@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2167
Office: 206 Allen Hall
City: Eugene, Portland
Research Interests: visual ethics, journalism, visual journalism, visual behavior, cognitive theory
S. Senyo Ofori-Parku
Associate Professor
Affiliated Departments: African Studies
Email: ofori@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2338
Office: 327 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Sung Park
Senior Instructor 1
Email: spark@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8458
Office: 326 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Ellen Peters
Philip H. Knight Chair and Professor
Director, Center for Science Communication Research (SCR)
Email: ellenpet@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3828
Office: 110A Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Science Communication, Judgment and Decision Making, Numeracy, Affect and Emotion, Adult Aging
Lisa Peyton
Immersive and Strategic Communications Instructor
Email: lisa.peyton@gmail.com
Phone:
Office: 153 Franklin Bldg.
City: Eugene
Whitney Phillips
Assistant Professor of Digital Platforms and Ethics
Email: wphilli2@uoregon.edu
Phone:
Office: 202 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Political communication, digital cultures, media ecologies, media ethics, online ethics, rightwing media cultures, moral panics, conspiratorial belief, narrative and identity
Daniel Pimentel
Assistant Professor of Immersive Psychology
Email: pimend@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-412-3661
Office: 366C White Stag Building
City: Portland
Donnalyn Pompper
Professor, Endowed Chair in Public Relations
Affiliated Departments: Clark Honors College
Email: pompper@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2342
Office: 204 Allen Hall
City: Eugene, Portland
Wes Pope
Associate Professor
Director, Multimedia Journalism Master’s Program
Email: wpope@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-412-3759
Office: 366F White Stag Building
City: Portland
Damian Radcliffe
Professor of Practice, Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism
Affiliated Departments: Middle East and North African Studies, SOJC-Journalism
Email: damianr@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7643
Office: 201 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: digital trends, social media, technology, the business of media, evolution of journalism, Middle East tech, media policy
Bob Rickert
Instructor
Email: brickert@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2519
Office: 126 Franklin Bldg
City: Eugene
Lance Robertson
Part-time Instructor
Email: lancer@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2227
Office: 323 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Attila Schillinger
Professor of Practice
Director, Strategic Communication Master’s Program
Email: attilas@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3511
Office: 325 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Bish Sen
Associate Professor
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Clark Honors College
Email: bsen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2880
Office: 311C Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Autumn Shafer
Associate Professor
Email: ashafer@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7641
Office: 329 Allen Hall
City: Eugene, Portland
Research Interests: Health Promotion
Lori Shontz
Professor of Practice
Email: lshontz@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2347
Office: 328 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Hollie Smith
Associate Professor of Science and Environmental Communication
Affiliated Departments: SOJC
Email: hollies@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0150
Office: 110C Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Gretchen Soderlund
Associate Professor of Media History
Director, Media Studies Program
Email: gsoderlu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8922
Office: 309A Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Leslie Steeves
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor
Affiliated Departments: African Studies
Email: lsteeves@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3751
Office: 209 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Paul Swangard
Instructor of Advertising and Sport Brand Strategy
Email: pswangar@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3262
Office: 309C Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Brent Walth
Associate Professor
Email: bwalth@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7642
Office: 234 Allen Hall
City: Eugene, Portland
Janet Wasko
Professor and Emeritus Knight Chair in Communication Research
Affiliated Faculty, New Media & Culture Program
Affiliated Departments: Cinema Studies Program, Folklore Program
Email: jwasko@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4174
Office: 208 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Henry Wear
Assistant Professor of Sports Communication
Email: hwear@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7254
Office: 232 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Sports Communication, Sport Brand Management, Sport Marketing, Fan Engagement, Public Relations, New Technologies
Kyu Ho Youm
Professor, Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair
Email: youm@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2178
Office: 205 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Will Yurman
Instructor of Journalism
Interim Director, Journalism Master's Program
Email: yurman@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3754
Office: 310 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Documentary, photojournalism, narrative storytelling