Leadership & Staff

Chris Poulsen

Tykeson Dean of Arts and Sciences
541-346-3902
Fourth Floor, Tykeson Hall
poulsenc@uoregon.edu
Executive support: Jennifer Crowder

Chris Poulsen oversees the operations of the College of Arts and Sciences, which offers 50 major degree programs in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences, and includes 900 faculty members and more than 2,000 employees. He sits on the Academic Leadership Team and the Dean’s Council. Before coming to the UO, Poulsen was the Associate Dean for Natural Sciences in the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts at the University of Michigan (2018-2022). He is an earth scientist who also served as chair of the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at U-M (2014-2018).

Melissa Baese-Berk

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education
541-346-3899
Fourth Floor, Tykeson Hall
mbaesebe@uoregon.edu
Executive support: Ellen Baldwin

Melissa Baese-Berk is a Professor of Linguistics and the David M. and Nancy L. Petrone Faculty Scholar. She also directs the Speech Perception and Production Laboratory at the University of Oregon. She joined the Dean’s leadership team in summer of 2022. She served as the Director of Undergraduate Studies in Linguistics (2015-2022) and  as the Director of the Second Language Acquisition and Teaching Certificate Program (2015-2020). She also served on the Dean’s Advisory Committee (2019-2020).

 

Jamie Bufalino

Associate Dean for Student Success
541-346-3899
Fourth Floor, Tykeson Hall
bufalino@uoregon.edu
Executive support: Ellen Baldwin

Jamie Mayhew Bufalino is a senior instructor in the department of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies. She also directs the General Social Sciences Program at the University of Oregon. She joined the Dean's Leadership team in the summer of 2022. Prior to her appointment as Associate Dean, she served for two years as the Student Success Liaison for the College of Arts and Sciences
 

 

Sherri Nelson

Associate Dean, Finance and Administration
541-346-8196
Fourth Floor, Tykeson Hall
sherrin@uoregon.edu
Executive support: Stephanie Webster

Sherri Nelson has been the Assistant Dean for Budget and Finance since 2015 and has played key roles in several university-wide projects, as well. As assistant dean, she is the principal fiscal officer for the College. This includes coordinating development, implementation and management of the annual budget process. She also manages ongoing business and financial transactions. Nelson serves as a liaison between the dean and the divisional deans, directors and managers, and the university Budget and Resource Planning office, Business Affairs, Human Resources, the Graduate School and the University of Oregon Foundation.

 

Hal Sadofsky

Divisional Dean, Natural Sciences
541-346-3902
Fourth Floor, Tykeson Hall
sadofsky@uoregon.edu
Executive support: Jules Jones

Hal Sadofsky was appointed Dean for the Natural Sciences in fall of 2014. Immediately before that he spent six years as Mathematics Department Head and served the Mathematics Department as Director of Undergraduate Studies for six years before that.

 

Philip Scher

Divisional Dean, Social Sciences
541-346-5104
Fourth Floor, Tykeson Hall
adsocialsci@uoregon.edu
Executive support: Rebeca Silva Rivera

Philip Scher is a professor of anthropology and folklore and has served as director of the folklore program since 2015. Scher came to the UO in 2002 from George Washington University. He served as the director of undergraduate studies in anthropology (2005-2008) and director of graduate studies (2010-2012), and was the graduate awards committee chair (2012-13). Scher has served on the Faculty Senate and the Deans Advisory Committee.

 

Harry Wonham

Divisional Dean, Humanities
541-346-3266
Fourth Floor, Tykeson Hall
ddhumanities@uoregon.edu
Executive support: Rebeca Silva Rivera

Harry Wonham joined the CAS leadership team in January, 2020 as the Divisional Dean for Humanities. He has been a member of the UO faculty in the Department of English since 1995, serving as its Head from 2006 to 2012. He also served as Head of the Department of Theatre Arts from 2017 through 2019. His wide-ranging service to the university includes membership on the UO Faculty Personnel Committee (chair, 2014-15), the CAS Dean’s Advisory Group, the CAS Curriculum Committee (chair, 2003-04), the Undergraduate Council, and the Oregon Humanities Center Advisory Board.