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

Dayna Chatman

Media Studies Instructor

Affiliated Departments: Black Studies, Clark Honors College, IRES

Email: dchatman@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-3594

Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 147

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, Latin American Studies, 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

Affiliated Departments: Latin American Studies

Email: dcortes@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-0915

Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 139

City: Eugene

Research Interests: Latin American Media, Alternative/community media, American Christianity, Indigenous People from the Andes

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: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 131

City: Eugene

Research Interests: Game Studies, Game Journalism, Esports, Virtual Reality, Augmented Reality, Immersive Media, Gamification

Justin Francese

Pro Tem Instructor

Email: jfrances@uoregon.edu

Phone:

Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 140

City: Eugene

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

Professor

Affiliated Departments: Climate Studies, CLLAS, Latin American Studies

Email: gmartine@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-1997

Office: 315 Hendricks Hall

City: Eugene

Research Interests: Areas of Media Studies and Journalism

Dan Miller

Associate Professor

Affiliated Departments: Cinema Studies Program

Email: drmiller@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-3747

Office: 309B Allen Hall

City: Eugene

Bryce Newell

Associate Professor

Coordinator, 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 Behavior; Social Informatics; Information/Data Ethics; Information Politics; Cybercrime; Policing and Criminal Procedure; Immigration and Border Enforcement.

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

Research Interests: visual ethics, journalism, visual journalism, visual behavior, cognitive theory

Whitney Phillips

Assistant Professor of Digital Platforms and Ethics

Affiliated Departments: Folklore Program

Email: wphilli2@uoregon.edu

Phone:

Office: 202 Allen Hall

City: Eugene

Research Interests: US politics and popular culture, media ethics, media history, public debate and controversy, humor studies, religion and politics, rightwing media cultures, moral panics, conspiratorial belief, narrative and identity, true crime media