CAS Faculty

Haruka Nagao

Assistant Professor
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 424 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: health governance, Africa-China relations, gender, public opinion, soft power diplomacy, East Asia

Michael Malek Najjar

Professor, Theater Arts
Theatre Arts
Phone: 541-346-2237
Office: B11A MacArthur Court
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Monday, Wednesdays, 10:00-11:am, and by appointment.
Research Interests: Contemporary Arab-American and Middle Eastern-American Theatre and Performance, Contemporary Theatre, Ethnic Studies, Critical Race Theory, Arab-American Studies.

Naoko Nakadate

Senior Instructor II, Japanese Language
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-0047
Office: 410 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M&T 10:00-11:30 or by appointment

George Nazin

Associate Professor
Physical Chemistry
Chemistry and Biochemistry, OMQ
Phone: 541-346-2017
Office: 183A Klamath Hall, 1253 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1253

Jacob P. Neal

Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy
Office: 211D Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Monday 3:30-4:30PM, Friday 12:45-1:45PM, or by appointment
Research Interests: Philosophy of Biology, History & Philosophy of Science

Kayla Nguyen

Assistant Professor
OMQ, Physics
Office: 172 Willamette
Research Interests: electron microscopy, ptychography, magnetism, topology

Thanh Nguyen

Assistant Professor
Computer Science
Phone: 541-346-3974
Office: 303 Deschutes Hall
Office Hours: CS471/571: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays; CS410/510: 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm on Wednesdays and Fridays.
Research Interests: Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Multi-agent Systems, Game Theory, Optimization

Thien Nguyen

Associate Professor
Computer Science
Phone: 541-346-1398
Office: 330 Deschutes Hall
Research Interests: Information Extraction, Natural Language Processing, Deep Learning, Machine Learning

Cris Niell

Professor
Biology, Neuroscience
Phone: 541-346-8598
Office: 214 LISB

Jens Noeckel

Associate Professor
Institute for Fundamental Science, OMQ, Physics
Phone: 541-346-5210
Office: 456 Willamette Hall, 5203 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295
Research Interests: Quantum chaos and semiclassical physics in microcavity optics; optical and transport properties of mesoscopic systems.

Brad Nolen

Professor
Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Biophysics
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Phone: 541-346-7412
Office: 293 Klamath Hall, 1253 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1253

Ken-ichi Noma

Professor
Biology
Phone: 541-346-5680
Office: 365E Streisinger Hall

Kari Marie Norgaard

Director of Graduate Studies for Sociology
Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Climate Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Native American Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-8615
Office: 634 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesday 2-4
Research Interests: Gender, Place and Environment, Social Psychology and Interaction, Sociology of Culture, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches

Matthew Norton

Associate Professor
Sociology
Office: 630 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2022: By appointment only
Research Interests: Comparative and Historical Approaches, Social Control Law Crime and Deviance, Politics and Social Change, Sociology of Culture, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches

Anne van den Nouweland

Professor
Economics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-1267
Office: 510 PLC, 1285 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: W25: Monday 3:30-4:30 (in person); Friday 8-9am and 1:30-2:30pm (by appointment)