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Tenure/Tenure Track Faculty

Roy Chan

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
  • Additional Title: Director of Graduate Studies, East Asian Languages & Literatures
  • Office: 426 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Fall 2023: Thursdays 9:30-11:30 am (email in advance appreciated)
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Comparative Literature
  • Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
  • Interests: Modern Chinese and Russian Literatures, Critical Theory, Formalism, Affect Studies, Sociolinguistic Literary Criticism

Rachel DiNitto

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor, Japanese Literature
  • Additional Title: Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS), East Asian Languages & Literatures
  • Phone: 541-346-4012
  • Office: 301 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00-5:00 via Zoom or by appointment. Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/3687608212
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
  • Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
  • Interests: Japanese literature, nuclear issues, environmental humanities

Maram Epstein

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor, Chinese Literature
  • Additional Title: Director, Center for Asian Pacific Studies
  • Office: 303 Friendly Hall
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Alisa Freedman

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  • Title: Professor, Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender
  • Additional Title: Editor-in-Chief, U.S.-Japan Women's Journal
  • Phone: 541-979-7794
  • Office: 404 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Fridays, 10:30-12:00 on Zoom (Please email for an appointment.)
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies
  • Interests: Modern Japanese literature, popular culture, youth culture, visual media, digital culture, urban studies, and gender

Alison Groppe

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
  • Phone: 541-346-7015
  • Office: 317 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Fall 2021: Tuesday 230-430pm
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Luke Habberstad

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor, Early Chinese Literature and Religion
  • Additional Title: Program Head & Director of Asian Studies Program
  • Phone: 541-346-4006
  • Office: 401 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Thursdays, 2-4 pm
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Kaori Idemaru

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor, Japanese Linguistics
  • Phone: 541-346-4007
  • Office: 302 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: on leave in Fall 22 and Winter 23
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
  • Website: Website

Zhuo Jing-Schmidt

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor
  • Additional Title: PI and Director of Oregon Chinese Flagship Program
  • Phone: 541-346-4023
  • Office: 318 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Wednesday 3-5PM
  • Affiliated Departments: East Asian Languages
  • Programs, Research and Outreach: Secondary Special Education and Transition Program
  • Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
  • Interests: Cognitive Linguistics, Sociolinguistics, Historical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics
  • Research Website: Research

Jina Kim

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor, Korean Literature & Culture
  • Office: 403 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Fall 2023:Friday 12:00 (Noon)-2:00 pm Global Scholars Hall 105
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Clark Honors College
  • Interests: Modern Korean literature, Comparative literature, Sound studies, Transmedia, Korean diaspora

Dong Hoon Kim

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor, Korean Film, Literature and Cultural Studies
  • Phone: 541-346-4108
  • Office: 104 PLC
  • Office Hours: Spring 23: Mondays noon-1:30 p.m. or by appointment
  • Affiliated Departments: East Asian Languages, English

Nayoung Kwon

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Associate Professor, Korean Linguistics
  • Additional Title: Korean Sector Representative
  • Phone: 541-346-4179
  • Office: Friendly Hall 425
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Clark Honors College
  • Website: Website

Glynne Walley

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  • Title: Associate Professor, Japanese Literature
  • Office: 423 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Winter 2024: by appointment
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Translation Studies
  • Research Website: Research
  • Website: Website

Yugen Wang

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  • Affiliation: faculty
  • Title: Professor, Chinese Literature, Department Head
  • Phone: 541-346-3503
  • Office: 304 Friendly Hall
  • Office Hours: Winter 2024, WED 11-1
  • Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Comparative Literature, School of Global Studies and Languages