People - All

Name

Field of Interest

Connie standing on the dock, enjoying the sunshine.

Connie Amundson

Alumni

Age Theory/Aging Studies, Drama, Medical & Health Humanities, Norwegian, Performance Studies, Scandinavian Area Studies, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Theater-in-Health

Michael Biggins

Baltic and Nordic Studies Librarian, University Libraries

mbiggins@uw.edu / 206-543-5588

Office Hours: Walk-ins welcome most times M-F 8am-5pm, or by appointment.

132 Suzzallo Library

Russell Black

Lecturer Part-Time

rcblack@uw.edu

RAI 305 Q

Comparative Literature, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Linguistics, Medieval, Old Norse, Philology, Textual Studies, Translation and Interpretation

Stacey Breitberg

Administrative Assistant 2

sbreit13@uw.edu / 206-543-0645

Raitt 318

Caroline Brekkan

Graduate Student

cbrekk@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

RAI 305 S

Applied Linguistics, functional grammar, Icelandic, Linguistics, phonetics, phonology, Scandinavian Area Studies, Second Language Acquisition, Swedish, syntax, Translation and Interpretation

Teresa Bresee

Administrator

teresab@uw.edu / 206-616-0331

RAI 318

Colin Connors

Electronic Media Producer
Lecturer

colingc@uw.edu

Office Hours: by appointment

RAI 305 Q

Digital Humanities, Folklore, Icelandic, Indigenous, Medieval, Norwegian, Old Norse, Public Scholarship

Colin Connors

Electronic Media Producer
Lecturer

colingc@uw.edu

Office Hours: by appointment

RAI 305 Q

Digital Humanities, Folklore, Icelandic, Indigenous, Medieval, Norwegian, Old Norse, Public Scholarship

Inga Daraškienė

Acting Instructor of Lithuanian

ingad@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

RAI 305 W

Lithuanian

Amanda Doxtater

Associate Professor
TA Coordinator
Barbro Osher Endowed Chair of Swedish Studies

doxtater@uw.edu / 206-543-6099

Office Hours: Thursday 11:30-12:30 or gladly by appointment (in person or on zoom)

RAI 305 N

Comparative Literature, Film/Cinema, Literature, Scandinavian Area Studies, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Swedish

Helen Durst

Graduate Student

hdurst@wisc.edu

Danish

Essam Elkorghli

Alumni

eelkorgh@uw.edu

Arabic, Comparative Sociology of Education, Critical Theory, Education, Marxism, Norwegian, Political Sociology of Education, Race and Ethnicity, Radical Pedagogy, Scandinavian Area Studies, Social Justice, Sociology

Michael Faucette

Graduate Student

faucette@uw.edu

RAI 305 S

Karin Filipsson

Graduate Student
Swedish Language TA

kfilip@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesday 11.30-12.30

RAI 305T

Comparative Literature, Critical Theory, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Postcolonial, Race and Ethnicity, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Swedish, Translation and Interpretation

Tova Gritzka

Graduate Student Alumnus

Olivia Noble Gunn

Associate Professor; Graduate Program Coordinator

ogunn@uw.edu

RAI 305 P

Comparative Literature, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Norwegian, Novel/Prose Fiction, Performance Studies, Queer Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Scandinavian Literature and Culture

Ian Gwin

Graduate Student

iangwin@uw.edu

Office Hours: Tuesday / Thursday 2:30 - 3:30 PM or by appointment

RAIT 305 T

Estonian, Finnish, Latvian, Literature, Lithuanian, Philosophy, Poetry and Poetics, Translation and Interpretation

Bradley Harmon

Alumnus

bgh6@uw.edu

Comparative Literature, Ecocriticism, Feminism and Feminist Theory, Film/Cinema, German, Philosophy, Poetry and Poetics, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Swedish

Tapio Hokkanen

Acting Instructor of Finnish

tapioh@uw.edu / 206-616-6697

Office Hours: By appointmet

RAI 305 Y

Finnish, Language Pedagogy, language policies, Linguistics, phonetics, Writing Pedagogy

Lars Jenner

Extension Lecturer (UW Educational Outreach)

larsj5@uw.edu / 206-552-1973

Ethnography, Folklore and Mythology, Race and Ethnicity, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Swedish, Translation and Interpretation

Kaija Kauppinen

Visiting Finnish Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant

kkauppin@uw.edu

Amy King

Graduate Student

swanson@uw.edu

Office Hours: Mondays 12:30-1:20 (Spring 2024)

Raitt 108A

Children's Literature, Education, Folklore and Mythology, History, Indigenous, Journalism, Music, Norwegian, Psychology, Sámi studies, Swedish

Kim Kraft

Assistant Teaching Professor of Swedish

kimkraft@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays and Fridays 1-5 p.m.

RAI 305 X

Culture, Education, Language Pedagogy, Literature, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Social Justice, Swedish

Kim Kraft

Assistant Teaching Professor of Swedish

kimkraft@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays and Fridays 1-5 p.m.

RAI 305 X

Culture, Education, Language Pedagogy, Literature, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Social Justice, Swedish

Kim Kraft

Assistant Teaching Professor of Swedish

kimkraft@uw.edu

Office Hours: Wednesdays and Fridays 1-5 p.m.

RAI 305 X

Culture, Education, Language Pedagogy, Literature, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Social Justice, Swedish

Morten Bøje Stensgaard Larsen

Acting Instructor of Danish

mbsl@uw.edu

RAI 305 S

Aesthetics, Culture, Danish, Literary Criticism, Literature, Philosophy, Scandinavian Literature and Culture

Thea Lund

Research Assistant

thealund@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

RAITT 305 Q

19th Century, 20th Century, Children's Literature, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Norwegian, Postcolonial, Scandinavian Literature and Culture

Dan Mandeville

Nordic Studies Librarian/Assistant Instruction Coordinator

dcman@uw.edu / (206) 685-1446

Office Hours: By appointment, Monday- Thursday

SUZ 139

Danish, Finnish, Linguistics, Norwegian, Political Science, Scandinavian Area Studies, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Swedish

Andy Meyer

Assistant Teaching Professor of Norwegian

meyera@uw.edu / 206-543-6884

Office Hours: Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 9:00 - 10:00, or by appointment

RAI 305 X

Ecocriticism, Norwegian, Poetry and Poetics, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Translation and Interpretation

Līga Miklaševiča

Acting Instructor of Latvian

ligamik@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

RAI 305 W

Baltic Studies, Culture, Digital Humanities, Folklore and Mythology, Latvian

Erik Moe

Graduate Student

moe6@uw.edu

RAI 305 T

Andrew Nestingen

Department Chair, Professor

akn@uw.edu / 206-543-0643

Office Hours: Wed 11-12

RAI 318 C

20th Century, Culture, Film/Cinema, Finnish, Scandinavian Literature and Culture

Andrew Nestingen

Department Chair, Professor

akn@uw.edu / 206-543-0643

Office Hours: Wed 11-12

RAI 318 C

20th Century, Culture, Film/Cinema, Finnish, Scandinavian Literature and Culture

Jan Nielsen

Alumni

jhkn@uw.edu

RAI 108C

Aesthetics, Comparative Literature, Danish, Ecocriticism, Literary Criticism, Philosophy, Poetry and Poetics, Scandinavian Literature and Culture

Lauren Poyer

Undergraduate Adviser
Associate Teaching Professor

lpoyer@uw.edu

Office Hours: (Sp24) Wed 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM ; (Advising) Mon & Thurs 9:00 AM - 11:00 AM

RAI 305 U

Folklore and Mythology, Icelandic, Linguistics, Medieval, Norwegian, Old Norse

Ronja Salo

Finnish Fulbright FLTA

rsalo@uw.edu

Office Hours: By appointment

RAI 305 X

Finnish, Language Pedagogy, Second Language Acquisition, Swedish

Maxine Savage

Graduate Student

savay@uw.edu

Danish, Faroese, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Icelandic, Indigenous, Kalaallisut, Postcolonial, Race and Ethnicity

Guntis Šmidchens

Kazickas Family Endowed Professor in Baltic Studies; Associate Professor of Baltic Studies; Head, Baltic Studies Program

guntiss@uw.edu / 206-616-5224

Raitt 305 R

Baltic Studies, Estonian, Folklore and Mythology, History, Latvian, Lithuanian

Elizabeth Stang

Graduate Student

estang@uw.edu

RAI 305Q

Marianne Stecher-Hansen

Professor

marianne@uw.edu / 206-543-6084

Office Hours: Thursdays 12:30 - 3:30pm or by appointment.

Raitt 305Z

Comparative Literature, Critical Theory, Danish, Historiography, Novel/Prose Fiction, Postcolonial, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Textual Studies

Marianne Stecher-Hansen

Professor

marianne@uw.edu / 206-543-6084

Office Hours: Thursdays 12:30 - 3:30pm or by appointment.

Raitt 305Z

Comparative Literature, Critical Theory, Danish, Historiography, Novel/Prose Fiction, Postcolonial, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Textual Studies

Tiina Toomet

Alumna

tiinat@uw.edu

Danish, Estonian, Folklore and Mythology, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Second Language Acquisition, Translation and Interpretation

Egija Ungure

Graduate Student

David Whitlock

Graduate Student

whitlod@uw.edu / 206-616-4757

Office Hours: Spring 2023: Th 10:30–12:20

20th Century, 21st Century, Critical Theory, Intellectual History, Latvian, Music, Norwegian, Sociology

Emeriti Faculty

Ia Dübois

Senior Lecturer Emerita

idubois@uw.edu

20th Century, 21st Century, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, Race and Ethnicity, Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Swedish

Ann-Charlotte (Lotta) Gavel Adams

Professor Emerita and Barbro Osher Endowed Chair of Swedish Studies

lotta@u.washington.edu

Scandinavian Literature and Culture, Swedish

Christine Ingebritsen

Professor Emerita

Ecology and Sustainability, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, International Studies, Norwegian, Political Science, Scandinavian Area Studies, Scandinavian Literature and Culture

Terje I. Leiren

Professor Emeritus of Scandinavian Studies, Sverre Arestad Endowed Chair in Norwegian Studies

leiren@uw.edu / 206-543-0645

19th Century, 20th Century, Culture, History, Medieval, Norwegian, Scandinavian Area Studies

Henning Sehmsdorf

Associate Professor Emeritus

Scandinavian Literature and Culture

Jan Sjåvik

Professor Emeritus

sjavik@u.washington.edu / 206-685-2551

Critical Theory, Literary Criticism, Scandinavian Literature and Culture

Birgitta Steene

Professor Emerita

Scandinavian Literature and Culture

In Memoriam

People - In Memoriam
Name	Title
Westerberg, Norman	Member, Advisory Board