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The Robert F. and Evelyn Nelson Wulf
Professorship in the Humanities

The Wulf Professorship supports the development of new or substantially revised undergraduate courses that identify, examine carefully, and respond critically to ethical issues that confront individuals and society. Such issues might include but are not limited to:
• the structure and bases of human values
• the moral development of individuals
• the nature of character and integrity
• the appreciation of individual rights
• the nature of social responsibility

The Wulf Professorship seeks to promote open, critical examination of differing viewpoints and sets of values in an intellectually rigorous setting.

$4,000 Course Enrichment

The Wulf Professorship provides up to $4,000 for:
• curriculum development
• course enrichment
• guest speakers
• instructional materials
• classroom activities
• related research assistance
• other activities related to the approved course

$3,000 Summer Support
Wulf Professors will receive $3,000 (plus OPE) in summer salary support.

Team-Teaching Option
Team-taught courses are eligible for a single Wulf Professorship award of up to $4,000 in course enrichment funds. In the case of a team-taught course, both instructors will receive $3,000 (plus OPE) in summer salary for curriculum development.

For more information, plese contact Julia Heydon at 346-1001 or jheydon@uoregon.edu.

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History
The Wulf Professorship in the Humanities was established in 1993 through an endowment made to the Oregon Humanities Center former OHC Board of Visitors member Robert F. Wulf and Evelyn Nelson Wulf.

Wulf Professorship recipients to date:

1994-95 Don Levi, Philosophy, “Approaches to Death”

1995-96 Robert Grudin, English, “On Interpretation”

1996-97 Ken Liberman, Sociology, “Yoga: Theory and Practice”

1998-99 Joseph Fracchia and Clare Lees, Honors College, “English and Comparative Literature, Embodied Cultures and Cultured Bodies”

2000-01 Judith Raiskin, Women's Studies, “Literatures and Cultures of the Pacific Islands”

2001-02 Deborah Baumgold, Political Science, “Democracy in Theory and Practice”

2002-03 Elizabeth Reis, History, “Religion and Sexuality in American History”

2003-04 Jeffrey Mason, Theatre Arts, “Multicultural Theatre”

2005-06 Mark Unno, Religious Studies, “Dark Self East and West”

2006-07 Evlyn Gould and Karen McPherson, Romance Languages, “Great Romances: The World of Proust”

2006-07 Weiss, Anita, International Studies, “Islam and Global Forces”

2007-08 John Davidson, Political Science, “The Right to Life—Legal, Political, & Philosophic Perspectives”

2008-09 Mark Johnson and John Lysaker, Philosophy, “Sources of the Self”

2009-10 Brendan Bohannan, Biology, and Ted Toadvine, Philosophy, “The Philosophy of Biology—Knowledge of Nature and the Nature of Knowledge”

2009-10 Ellen Herman, History, “Sexual Science, Sexual Politics”

 

2011-12 Fellows

FACULTY RESEARCH FELLOWS

Liz Bohls, English (Moll Professor)
Leonardo García-Pabón, Romance Languages
Robert Haskett, History (Provost’s Senior Humanist Fellowship)
Loren Kajikawa, Ethnomusicology and Musicology
Anne Laskaya, English
Leah Middlebrook, Comparative Literature and Romance Languages (Moll Professor)
Ian McNeeley, History
Scott Pratt, Philosophy (Provost's Senior Humanist Fellow)
Yugen Wang, East Asian Languages and Literatures

FACULTY TEACHING FELLOWS

Cecilia Enjuto Rangel, Romance Languages (Coleman-Guitteau Professor)
Bryna Goodman, History (Coleman-Guitteau Professor)
Colin Koopman, Philosophy (Wulf Professor)
Katharine Meehan, Geography (Coleman-Guitteau Professor)
Daisuke Miyao, East Asian Languages and Literatures
Fabienne Moore, Romance Languages (Coleman-Guitteau Professor)
Elizabeth Reis, Women’s and Gender Studies, and Mary Wood, English (Wulf Professors)
Akiko Walley, Art History

GRADUATE DISSERTATION FELLOWS

Jason Jordan, Philosophy
Christopher McGill, English
Yu Zhang, East Asian Languages and Literatures

GRADUATE RESEARCH SUPPORT FELLOWS

Taylor Donnelly, English
Emily Gilkey, History
Miwako Okigami, East Asian Languages and Literatures