Asian Studies South Asia
Aneesh Aneesh
Executive Director, School of Global Studies and Languages
German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: edsgsl@uoregon.edu
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Globalization, technology, labor, migration, citizenship, theory
Erica Bornstein
Professor
Anthropology
Email: ebornste@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9638
Office: 272 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-4pm, 272 Condon and by appointment
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.
Shankha Chakraborty
Professor
Department Head
Asian Studies, Economics
Email: shankhac@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4678
Office: 537 PLC, 1285 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: F24: Tuesday/Thursday by 11:00-12:00
Research Interests: economic growth and development, macroeconomics
Sangita Gopal
Associate Professor of English
Comparative Literature, Cinema Studies
Email: sgopal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5524
Office: 103 PLC, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Postcolonial Theory and Literature, South Asian Visual and Cultural Studies
Lamia Karim
Professor & Department Head
Anthropology, Asian Studies, SAIL
Email: lamia@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5095
Office: 375 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Wed from 2-3 PM and by appointment and Zoom
Research Interests: women, work, neoliberalism, state, and Islam
Leah Lowthorp
Assistant Professor
Co-DGS, Folklore and Public Culture
Anthropology, Folklore Program
Email: lowthorp@uoregon.edu
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
David Meek
Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: dmeek@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5128
Office: Virtual
Office Hours: Not on campus Fall 22; available for virtual meetings; please contact at dmeek@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Political ecology, social movements, popular education, food sovereignty
Eric Pederson
Associate Professor, Retired
Linguistics
Email: epederso@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3900
Office: 375 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Semantic typology, gesture, psycholinguistics, Dravidian linguistics
Bish Sen
Associate Professor
Asian Studies, SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad
Email: bsen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2880
Office: 329 Allen Hall
Arafaat A. Valiani
Associate Professor
Graduate Faculty in the Department of Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies and Global Health
History, IRES
Email: valiani@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5763
Office: 301 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Lesley Jo Weaver
Associate Professor
Global Health Program, Product Design, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: ljweaver@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5089
Office: Friendly 105
Office Hours: 2024-25 academic year: on sabbatical
Research Interests: medical anthropology; mental health; race; chronic diseases; food insecurity; health disparities; Brazil; India; USA; global health
Anita Weiss
Professor Emerita
Global Studies, Religious Studies
Email: aweiss@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3245
Office: 307 PLC, 5206 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5206
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1-3 pm & by appointment
Research Interests: Pakistan: development, women's rights, political Islam