Media Studies Program Faculty and Staff
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
Mitchell Block
Professor of Documentary & Film Studies, Jon Anderson Chair
Email: mwblock@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2528
Office: 238 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
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
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
Maxwell Foxman
Assistant Professor
Email: mfoxman@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3615
Office: 131 Franklin Building
City: Eugene, Portland
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
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
Dan Miller
Associate Professor
Email: drmiller@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3747
Office: 309B 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
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
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
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
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
Kyu Ho Youm
Professor, Jonathan Marshall First Amendment Chair
Email: youm@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2178
Office: 205 Allen Hall
City: Eugene