Media Studies Program Faculty and Staff
Jakki Bailey
Assistant Professor of Media Studies
Email: jakkib@uoregon.edu
Phone: 503-412-3663
Office: Innovation Building 325
City: Portland
Thomas Bivins
Professor, John L. Hulteng Chair in Media Ethics & Responsibility
Email: tbivins@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3740
Office: 205 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Dayna Chatman
Senior Instructor I
Media and Intersectionality
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, Fandom
Christopher Chávez
Carolyn Silva Chambers Distinguished Professor of Advertising
Interim Director, Master's in Advertising and Brand Responsibility; 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, 1275 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1275
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
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, AI, media sociology, media work, social media, communication research, news
Gabriela Martínez
Jon Anderson Chair in Journalism and Communication
Professor
Affiliated Departments: Climate Studies, CLLAS, Latin American Studies
Email: gmartine@uoregon.edu
Phone:
Office: 315 Hendricks Hall / 237 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Areas of Media Studies and Journalism
Dan Miller
Associate Professor
Affiliated Departments: Cinema Studies
Email: drmiller@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3747
Office: 309B Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Bryce Newell
The David and Nancy Petrone Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor
Faculty Director, SOJC Honors Program
Email: bcnewell@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3843
Office: 330 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Research Interests: Law and Technology; Surveillance Studies; Information Studies (social informatics, information behavior, information ethics); Privacy and Data Protection Law; Law and Society; Cybercrime; Policing; 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 Information Politics 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
Bish Sen
Associate Professor
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Clark Honors College, Cinema Studies
Email: bsen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2880
Office: 329 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
Co-Director, Catalyst Journalism Project; Co-Director, The Charles Snowden Program for Excellence in Journalism
Email: bwalth@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7642
Office: 234 Allen Hall
City: Eugene
Janet Wasko
Professor, Media Studies Program
Knight Chair in Communication Research Emeritus; Affiliated Faculty, New Media & Culture Program
Affiliated Departments: Cinema Studies
Email: jwasko@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4174
Office: 208 Allen Hall
City: Eugene