Anthropology Faculty

Scott Blumenthal

Assistant Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-9181
Office: 374 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 4:00-5:00pm, or by appointment
Research Interests: Paleoanthropology, Ecology, Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Erica Bornstein

Professor, Divisional Associate Dean, Humanities
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-9638
Office: 272 Condon Hall, 1212 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1212
Research Interests: Nonprofits and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), voluntary sector regulation, philanthropy, humanitarianism, human rights, economic development and religion, political and legal anthropology, institutional ethnography, Southern Africa, South Asia.

Alison Carter

Associate Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5037
Office: 255 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Winter Term: Office hours by appointment, please email me!
Research Interests: Southeast Asian Archaeology, Compositional analysis of artifacts, bead studies

L. Zachary DuBois

Associate Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5110
Office: 356 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: On sabbatical AY 2025/2026

Stephen Dueppen

Professor
Anthropology, Medieval Studies, Black Studies
Phone: 541-346-5525
Office: 252 Condon Hall, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5275
Office Hours: By Appointment

Maria Fernanda Escallón

Associate Professor
Anthropology, Black Studies
Phone: 541-346-5042
Office: 357 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Fall quarter Thursdays 2:30- 4:30 PM
Research Interests: Race and ethnicity; intangible cultural heritage; social justice and inequality; Latin America; UNESCO and cultural diplomacy;  carework

Scott Fitzpatrick

Professor
Curator for Indo-Pacific Archaeology, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Anthropology, Asian Studies
Phone: 541-346-9380
Office: 272 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: W/F 9:00 - 10:00 AM
Research Interests: Pacific and Caribbean archaeology, historical ecology, exchange systems, seafaring

Stephen Frost

Professor
African Studies, Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5161
Office: 353 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: By appointment

Tim Herrera

Pro Tem Instructor
Anthropology
Office: 365/366 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Fall 2023: 3pm-4pm Mondays & Wednesdays

Lamia Karim

Professor
Anthropology, Asian Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5095
Office: 375 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Wed from 2-3 PM and by appointment and Zoom
Research Interests: women, work, neoliberalism, state, and Islam

Gyoung-Ah Lee

Professor
Anthropology, Asian Studies, Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-5077
Office: 254 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Thur 2-4pm
Research Interests: Environmental archaeology, paleoethnobotany, ethnobotany, origins of agriculture, East Asian archaeology

Leah Lowthorp

Assistant Professor
Co-DGS, Folklore and Public Culture
Anthropology, Folklore Program
Phone: 541-346-5101
Office: 321 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024, Wednesday 12-3pm
Research Interests: Folklore, Performance, Critical Heritage Studies, Online Narratives of Human Biotechnology, South Asia

Katelyn McDonough

Assistant Professor
Curator of Great Basin Archaeology
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-9639
Office: 253 Condon Hall, 1212 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1212
Office Hours: By appointment for Fall 2025
Research Interests: Environmental Archaeology, Foodways, Paleoethnobotany, Palynology, Great Basin Archaeology, Pleistocene-Holocene Transition

Parmida Mostafavi

Assistant Professor
Anthropology
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 2-4 pm, and by appointment.
Research Interests: Iranian diaspora, materiality, racial capitalism, nationalism, commodification, neoliberalism

Hailay Reda

Graduate Student
Anthropology
Office Hours: By appointment over zoom
Research Interests:

Ramón Resendiz

Assistant Professor
Anthropology
Office Hours: By appointment.
Research Interests: Visual Anthropology, Visual Culture, Documentary Media, Resistance, Latinx Indigeneities, Border Studies

Gabe Sanchez

Assistant Professor
Curator of Zooarchaeology, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-9640
Office: 274 Condon Hall, 1212 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1212
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 9 to 11 am or by appointment

Michelle Scalise Sugiyama

Senior Instructor I
Anthropology
Office: 273 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Tues 9:00-11:00 a.m. PST and by appointment
Research Interests: Evolution of cultural transmission, cumulative culture, social learning, and symbolic behavior; evolutionary psychology; hunter-gatherers; oral tradition; traditional ecological knowledge; play; warfare

Josh Snodgrass

Professor; Department Head, Anthropology
Anthropology, Food Studies, Global Health Program
Phone: 541-346-4823
Office: 354 Condon Hall, 1218University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Thursdays 11:30 am - 1:00 pm in Pacific 12 (Global Health Biomarker Lab). Also by appointment

Lynn Stephen

Philip H. Knight Chair, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Anthropology
Graduate Faculty in Ethnic Studies, Participating Faculty in Latin American Studies, Women's and Gender Studies
Anthropology, CLLAS, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5168
Office: 316 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: On sabbatical AY 2025-2026, return Fall of 2026.
Research Interests: Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Migration, Indigenous Peoples, Americas, Legal Pluralism, Social Memory, Testimony, Gender Violence