CAS Faculty

Sunny Bai

Assistant Professor
Psychology
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
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
Economics
Office: 529 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Mondays and Wednesdays, 1:30-2:30pm

Monique Balbuena

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature
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
Office: 467 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2025: <br /> Mondays and Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 Chapman Hall Faculty Commons<br /> Tuesdays 10am-12pm Straub 467
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, School of Global Studies and Languages, Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office: 311 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays &amp; Tuesdays 10 - 11am and by appointment
Research Interests: Globalization, Nationalism, Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, Embodiment, Africana Studies

Jayanth Banavar

Professor
Institute for Fundamental Science, Physics
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
Phone: 541-346-4903
Office: 321 Pacific, 1210 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Nicola Barber

Career Senior Instructor I
Biology
Phone: 541-346-7024
Office: 73A Klamath Hall, 1210 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1210

Faith Barter

Assistant Professor
Black Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-1510
Office: 320 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tues./Thurs. 1:00-2:30pm. You must sign up at dr-barter.youcanbook.me
Research Interests: African American Literary and Cultural Studies, 19th-Century American Literary Studies, Cultural Studies

Diane Baxter

Senior Lecturer 1
Pro Tem Instructor
Law, Middle East and North African Studies
Phone: none
Office: none
Office Hours:

Martha Bayless

Professor, English
English, Folklore Program, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-3930
Office: 344 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: On sabbatical; please email.
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies

Erin Beck

Associate Professor
CLLAS, Latin American Studies, Political Science
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

Assistant Professor
History
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

Career Instructor of French and 2nd-year French Language Program Supervisor
French, Romance Languages
Office Hours: Monday, Wednesday, 10:30-11:30 in Friendly 201 or on Zoom
Research Interests: Pedagogy, Teaching French as a second language

Guillem Belmar Viernes

Assistant Professor
Linguistics
Office Hours: Tues &amp; Thurs 10:30-11:30
Research Interests: Language revitalization, language maintenance, language rights, minoritized languages, endangered languages, language documentation, minority multilingualism, Minoritized Languages and (Social Media), Minoritized Language Translation, cont.

Smadar Ben-Natan

Assistant Professor
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, College of Arts and Sciences
Office Hours: Monday 3:30-5:30, by appointment, email me to schedule
Research Interests: International iaw, human Rights, armed conflict, criminal justice, incarceration, colonialism, citizenship, Israel/Palestine

Arkadiy Berenshtein

Professor
Mathematics
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.

Elliot Berkman

Professor; Divisional Associate Dean, Natural Sciences
CTN Co-Director
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Psychology, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4909
Office: 332 LISB, 1227 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1227
Research Interests: Social/Personality, Translational Neuroscience, Self-Regulation, Goals, Motivation

Jessica Bernards

Instructor Pro Tempore
Mathematics