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Lindsay Frederick Braun

Associate Professor
African Studies, History
Phone: 541-346-4838
Office: 365 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: On sabbatical, AY 2023-2024. By appt only.
Research Interests: Southern Africa 1750-1950, East Africa 1850-1960, Comparative Colonialism, Environmental History, History of Science and Technology (esp. geography)

Yvonne Braun

Professor
Department Head, Global Studies and Member, Provost's Teaching Academy
Global Studies
Phone: 541-346-5752
Office: 118 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesday 12:00-1:50 (by Zoom or by appt)
Research Interests: gender, intersectionality, social inequality, international development, environmental justice, globalization, infrastructural politics, energy politics, social movements, feminist political ecology

Alfredo Burlando

Associate Professor
Co-Director of Master's Studies
African Studies, Economics
Phone: 541-346-1351
Office: 513 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Monday 9:30 - 11:00
Research Interests: Development economics, economics of corruption, savings strategies in developing countries, health and fertility

Andre Djiffack

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies
French, Romance Languages
Phone: 541-346-0958
Office: 210 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Thursdays 3:30 - 5:20 pm

Stephen Dueppen

Associate Professor
Anthropology, Black Studies, Food Studies, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-5525
Office: 252 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Wednesdays from 11:50am-1:50pm

Stephen Frost

Professor
African Studies, Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5161
Office: 353 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 9-10 a.m.

Daphne Gallagher

Assoc Dean Undergrad Studies, Clark Honors College
Senior Lecturer of Anthropology
Clark Honors College
Phone: 541-346-5122
Office: 321 Chapman Hall
Office Hours: Fall 24: Drop-in Tues 1:30-2:30; Drop-in or by appt Tues 2:30-3:30, Thurs 10:00-12:00; email for appt sign-up link or to make appts at other times.
Research Interests: archaeology, West Africa, agriculture, ethnobotany, food culture, museums

Dennis Galvan

Professor
Dean and Vice Provost, Division of Global Engagement
African Studies, Global Studies, Political Science, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5851
Office: 310 Oregon Hall
Research Interests: Culture and Development, Culturally Sustainable Development, Identity and Community, Political Legitimation, Multiple Forms of Modernity, Primary Field Work: West Africa, Secondary Field Work: Indonesia

Ibrahim Gassama

Professor
Frank E. Nash Professor of Law
Phone: 541-346-3831
Office: 306B Knight Law Center

Melissa Graboyes

Associate Professor
Global Health Program, History
Phone: 541-346-2829
Office: 369 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Thursdays 1:30-3:30pm Sign up at https://graboyes-officehours.youcanbook.me/

Rita Honka

Senior Instructor II of Dance
Dance, Music
Phone: 541-346-3379
Office: 166 Gerlinger Annex
Research Interests: Dance

Leigh Johnson

Associate Professor
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-2644
Office: 152 Condon Hall
Office Hours: On Sabbatical 2023-2024
Research Interests: Climate change and environmental risk, political ecology, finance, development studies, East Africa, labor, firefighting

Allison McGuffie

Instructor
African Studies, Cinema Studies Program, Digital Humanities, English
Phone: 541-346-3965
Office: 329 PLC

S. Senyo Ofori-Parku

Associate Professor
SOJC
Phone: 541-346-2338
Office: 327 Allen Hall

Kory Russel

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Landscape Arch
Office: 215 Lawrence Hall
Research Interests: Water, Sanitation, Container-Based Sanitation, Informal Settlements, Design

Jack Snell-Ryan

Professor
Art
Phone: 541-346-2105
Office: 114A Millrace 1
Research Interests: Intermedia Art, Core Studio, Printmaking, Sound, Sculpture, Acoustic Ecology & New Materialism.

Leslie Steeves

Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, Professor
SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD
Phone: 541-346-3751
Office: 214A Allen Hall

Stephen Wooten

Associate Professor
Provost's Teaching Academy Member
Food Studies, Global Studies
Phone: 541-346-5434
Office: 354 PLC
Office Hours: Mondays 2-3:00 pm and Thursdays 9-10 am on Zoom, or by appointment.
Research Interests: Food studies, local-global dynamics, agrarian change, expressive culture