CAS Faculty
Sunny Bai
Assistant Professor
Psychology
Email: sunnybai@uoregon.edu
Phone: 971-352-4016
Research Interests: Clinical, Developmental, stress and coping, emotion regulation, family relationships, peer relationships, depression, suicide prevention, intensive longitudinal methods
Heather Bair
Costume Shop Manager
Theatre Arts
Email: hbair@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Costume History, Period and Modern Construction and Tailoring Techniques, Illustration, Art History, Owls
Laura Bakkensen
Mikesell Professor in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Director of Master's Program
Economics
Email: lbak@uoregon.edu
Office: 529 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Winter 2026: By appointment (email to schedule)
Jagdeep Bala
Co-Director of Undergraduate Studies in Psychology
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Multidisciplinary Science, Psychology
Email: jagdeep@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4953
Office: 225 Straub Hall
Monique Balbuena
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature
Email: balbuena@uoregon.edu
Office: 345 PLC, 1249 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Comparative Literature and Jewish Studies, Sephardic Languages, Ladino, Poetry, French and Francophone Literatures, Latin American Studies
Dare Baldwin
Full Professor
Psychology, Clark Honors College
Email: baldwin@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4964
Office: 467 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Winter 2026: Tuesdays 3:30-5:30 and Wednesdays 10am-12pm in Straub 467 or by separate appointment (please email me to find a time that works for us both)<br />
Zoom link: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/96216457965?pwd=FbrDAADHZFKQWlVbBCWAor9HmDDO1A.1&jst=3<br />
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Please email in advance to let me know when in the office hour window you plan to attend, and to double-check whether Zoom or in person is best.<br />
Looking forward to seeing you!<br />
Research Interests: Development, Language Acquisition, Event Processing, Cognitive and Social-Cognitive Development, Developmental Consequences of Malnutrition, Behavioral Response to Natural Hazards
Oluwakemi "Kemi" Balogun
Associate Professor
Director of African Studies
African Studies, Black Studies, IRES, Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: kbalogun@uoregon.edu
Office: 311 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesdays 1 - 3pm www.calendly.com/kbalogun
Research Interests: Globalization, Nationalism, Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, Embodiment, Africana Studies
Jayanth Banavar
Professor
Institute for Fundamental Science, Physics
Email: banavar@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3214
Office: 177 Willamette Hall, 1274 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1274
Research Interests: Statistical Physics, Ecology, Proteins, Neuroscience, River networks
Matthew Barber
Associate Professor
Biology
Email: mfbarber@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4903
Office: 321 Pacific, 1210 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Nicola Barber
Career Senior Instructor I
Biology
Email: nbarber@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7024
Office: 73A Klamath Hall, 1210 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1210
Faith Barter
Assistant Professor
Black Studies, English
Email: fbarter@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1510
Office: 320 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2026: Monday 2:00-3:30pm; Wednesday 1:00-2:30pm. Sign up at dr-barter.youcanbook.me
Research Interests: African American Literary and Cultural Studies, 19th-Century American Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Legal Studies
Diane Baxter
Senior Lecturer 1
Pro Tem Instructor
Law, Middle East and North African Studies
Email: dbaxter@uoregon.edu
Phone: none
Office: none
Office Hours:
Martha Bayless
Professor, English
English, Folklore Program, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Email: mjbayles@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3930
Office: 344 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter term 2026: Tuesdays 1-2 and 3:30-4:30; Thursdays 3:30-4:30
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies
Erin Beck
Associate Professor
CLLAS, Latin American Studies, Political Science
Email: beck@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4483
Office: 914 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 9:30-12:30 via zoom (https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97590591398), email to reserve a time.
Research Interests: Latin American Politics, Development, Gender, NGOs, Microfinance, Collective Action
Steven Beda
Associate Professor
History
Email: sbeda@uoregon.edu
Office: 307 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Winter 23, Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-12:30 and by appointment
Research Interests: 20th Century US History, Labor History, Environmental History,
Mathilde Bégu
Assistant Teaching Professor of French and 1st-year French Language Program Supervisor
French, Romance Languages, College of Arts and Sciences, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: mbegu@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday from 2 to 3pm in my office (PLC101) or on Zoom, or at a different time by appointment. Schedule a 15-minute appointment with me by clicking the link in my email signature.
Research Interests: Language Pedagogy, Teaching French as a second language, Social justice in lower proficiency classrooms
Ted Bell
Assistant Teaching Professor
Psychology, SAIL
Email: tbell1@uoregon.edu
Office: 385 Straub Hall, 1227 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1227
Research Interests: Memory, Attention, Educational Applications of Cognitive Science
Guillem Belmar Viernes
Assistant Professor
Linguistics, Language Teaching Studies
Email: gbelmar@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 9.30 to 11.30 @ Straub 279
Research Interests: Language revitalization; language maintenance; language rights; language documentation; minority multilingualism; Minoritized Languages and (Social Media); Minoritized Language Translation; Indigenous diaspora; Mesomerica; Otomanguean Languages (Mixtec); P'urhépecha; Basque; Catalan
Smadar Ben-Natan
Assistant Professor
Global Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: smadar@uoregon.edu
Office: 209 Agate Hall
Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:00-5:00, by appointment, schedule here: https://calendly.com/smadar-uoregon/officehours
Research Interests: Human rights, international law, Palestine/Israel, armed conflict, military courts, criminal justice, incarceration, colonialism, citizenship.
Arkadiy Berenshtein
Professor
Mathematics
Email: arkadiy@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5624
Office: 306 Fenton Hall, 1222 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1222
Research Interests: representation theory, quantum groups, Schubert calculus, combinatorics, cluster algebras, commutative and noncommutative algebraic geometry.