CAS Faculty
Maya Kanazawa
Pro Tem Instructor
English
Email: maya@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0368
Office Hours: Fall 2026: Tuesdays and Thursdays 10-11:30, and gladly by appointment. In-person and Zoom available.
Research Interests: Composition, Aesopian Literature, Translation Studies
Vsevolod Kapatsinski
Professor
Department Head
Linguistics
Email: vkapatsi@uoregon.edu
Phone: 5419532841
Office: 367 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Thursday 2:00-3:30, except 10/8, 11/19, 12/3 (STB 367 and zoom)
Tuesday 9:00-11:00, except 9/29, 10/27 (STB 367 and zoom)
Or by appointment
Research Interests: computational learning theory: neural networks (perceptrons, transformers), prediction error, particle filter models, Rescorla-Wagner, exemplar / instance-based models
usage-based linguistic theory: mechanisms of language change, frequency effects, probabilistic grammar
inferential statistics: logistic regression, hierarchical inference, conditional inference trees and random forests
language production: speech errors, disfluencies
Andy Karduna
Professor and Department Head
Human Physiology
Email: karduna@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0438
Office: 304 Gerlinger Hall, 1240 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1240
Research Interests: Upper extremity biomechanics
Lamia Karim
Professor
Anthropology, Asian Studies, SAIL
Email: lamia@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5095
Office: 375 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Wed from 2-3 PM and by appointment and Zoom
Research Interests: women, work, neoliberalism, state, and Islam
Leif Karlstrom
Associate Professor of Earth Sciences
Earth Sciences
Email: leif@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4323
Office: 120A Cascade Hall, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1272
Research Interests: volcanology, surface processes, fluid mechanics
Christina Karns
Associate Teaching Professor
Psychology
Email: ckarns@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0550
Office: LISB 226 & Rainier Building, CBIRT, Suite 220
Craig Kauffman
Professor of Political Science
Director of Graduate Studies; Participating Faculty in Environmental Studies and Latin American Studies
Political Science
Email: ckauffma@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4974
Office: 916 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 10am - 1pm
Research Interests: Environmental Politics, Ecological Law, Rights of Nature, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Transnational Networks, Collaborative Governance, Democratization
Heidi Kaufman
Associate Professor
English
Email: hkaufman@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3932
Office: 327 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: F 10am-1pm & by appt.
Mokshda Kaul
Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies
Email: mkaul@uoregon.edu
Office: Columbia Hall 244A
Research Interests: Energy policy, climate policy, sustainable energy transitions, energy politics, distributional impacts, workers in transitions, policy design and implementation, clean energy adoption, energy technology lifecycles
Masami Kawai
Assistant Professor
Cinema Studies
Email: mkawai@uoregon.edu
Office: 235 Villard Hall, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Directing, Screenwriting, Producing, and Independent Filmmaking
Harper Keeler
Associate Teaching Professor
Director of the Urban Farm Program
Food Studies, Landscape Arch
Email: hkeeler@uoregon.edu
Office: 212 Lawrence Hall, 5234 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5234
Research Interests: Civic Agriculture, Local Food Systems, Food Equity
Haiyang Kehoe
Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences
Earth Sciences
Email: haiyang@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4721
Office: 100 Cascade Hall, 1272 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Seismology, Geophysics, Tectonics, and Geologic Hazards
Clifford "Kip" Keller
Instructor
Biology
Email: keller@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4544
Office: 228 Huestis Hall, 1254 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Vera Keller
Professor
Norman Brown Faculty Fellow
History
Email: vkeller@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6903
Office: 309 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: I am on Sabbatical for AY 2026-2027.
Kate Kelp-Stebbins
Associate Professor
Director Comics and Cartoon Studies
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Digital Humanities, English
Email: kkelp@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1520
Office: 333 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2026 Office Hours:
W 12-2:30pm; F 2-2:30pm (by Zoom); and by appointment
Research Interests: Colonial, Settler Colonial, and Postcolonial Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Digital Humanities, Feminism Studies, Film, Television, and Media Studies, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
Paul Kempler
Assistant Professor
Interim Director of the Oregon Center for Electrochemistry
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Email: pkempler@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: electrochemistry, surface chemistry, electrolysis, hydrogen, metals
Andrew Kern
Professor
Biology
Email: adkern@uoregon.edu
Office: 301A Pacific Hall, 1210 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1210
Harinder Khalsa
Senior Instructor II of Italian/YLC Self Study Language Program Coordinator
College of Arts and Sciences, Romance Languages, Italian, Yamada Language Center, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: harinder@uoregon.edu
Office: MCK 161
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1:00-2:30 or by appointment
Research Interests: Italian language and culture, Turkish language and culture, Less Commonly Taught Languages, second language acquisition, teaching and teacher training.
Dong Hoon Kim
Associate Professor of Cinema Studies
Cinema Studies
Email: donghoon@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4108
Office: 331 Villard Hall, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: On Leave (Fall 2025-Winter 2026)