Anthropology

Gabe Sanchez

Assistant Professor
Curator of Zooarchaeology, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Anthropology, Latinx, Native American Studies
Phone: 541-346-9640
Office: 274 Condon Hall, 1212 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1212
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 11 am to noon 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

Carol Silverman

Professor Emeritus
Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Folklore Program, Judaic Studies Program, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Research Interests: Arts and human rights, music, Balkans, Roma, gender, ritual

Paul Simonds

1932-2020
Anthropology

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: Tuesdays 11:00 am - 2:00 pm in Condon 354. Also by appointment (email to arrange)
Research Interests: human biology, biological anthropology, evolutionary medicine, global health, human evolution, human growth and development, epidemiology, public health, nutritional science

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: Fall 2026, Tuesdays in person, 1:30-3:30 in 316 Condon Hall, or by appointment made through email. Zoom appointments are possible.
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 11:30am to 1:30pm in PAC10 or by appointment (Fall 2026 Term)
Research Interests: molecular anthropology, epigenomics, aging and aging-related diseases, primate adaptation

Leticia Stival

Events and Communications Coordinator
Anthropology, Black Studies, Cinema Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, Geography, History, IRES, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies

Lawrence Sugiyama

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

Bryn Sullivan

PhD Student
Anthropology
Research Interests: Pleistocene archaeology, Great Basin archaeology, human-plant interactions, paleoethnobotany, coprolite analysis