Anthropology Faculty

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

Kirstin Sterner

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-8614
Office: Pacific Hall Room 10
Office Hours: Tuesdays from 11am to 1pm in PAC10 or by appointment (Fall 2025 Term)
Research Interests: molecular anthropology, epigenomics, aging and aging-related diseases, primate adaptation

Lawrence Sugiyama

Professor
Anthropology
Office: 329 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: