Education

My name is Laurie Hurtado Vessely and I am a retired physician (endocrinologist). While I hardly used French in my career, I am still happy to have gotten a French degree. Now that I am retired, I am immersed in language study, taking multiple classes weekly in both French and Spanish and listening ...

Kyle Shernuk is an Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese Literature & Culture at Georgetown University. Since completing his MA degree at UO in 2012, he went on to earn his PhD from Harvard University (2020) and serve as a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University's Council on East Asian Studies (2...

McKenna double majored in Spanish and Education and now uses her degrees to work as a public educator in a Spanish dual language immersion school for Portland Public Schools. Her passion for bilingual education drives my commitment to fostering a diverse and inclusive learning environment. With a fo...

James "Alex" Burns is a U.S. Foreign Service Officer with the U.S. Department of State. As of 2024, he has served in the Philippines and Madagascar. After graduating from the University of Oregon, Alex taught English in South Korea then moved to Washington, D.C. to work at the Foreign Service Instit...

Dr. Jason Houston is Dean of and Gonzaga in Florence and Associate Professor of Italian at Gonzaga University, where he teaches Dante and leads the Gonzaga in Florence campus. He completed his BA in Italian and Medieval Studies at the University of Oregon. He went on to take his M.Phil in Medieval S...

Laura is a Library Media Specialist in Portland Public Schools. She completed her Master’s in Educational Leadership at the University of Oregon. Laura has a strong focus on Information Literacy Teaching and Learning for her students. She is a Board Member on Action 4 Media Education. Laura is curre...

Joe Feldman is an assistant professor of anthropology at the Metropolitan State University of Denver. Much of his research has focused on the memorialization of political violence in Peru. Currently, he teaches courses in cultural anthropology, applied anthropology, and Latin American studies at MSU...

Gerry Meenaghan has been a faculty member and Cooperative Education Coordinator at Lane Community College in Eugene, Oregon since 2012. He is a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Kyrgyz Republic, 2000-1) and alumni of the Japan Exchanges in Teaching (JET) Program (2002-2005). He is an Ironman-distance ...

Scarlett Sañudo Cox is an admissions advisor at IE University. Scarlett has lived in 5 countries, has an LLM in humanitarian law and human rights, and an MA in Peace and Conflict studies. She has focused her studies on capacity building, children’s rights, and peace negotiations. Her philosophy is t...

Hello! My name is Alexandra and I am a recent University of Oregon graduate with degrees in Spanish and Sociology and a minor in Legal Studies. Passionate about social justice and community investment, I believe in the power of understanding diverse experiences. At UO, I contributed to Jocelyn Holla...