CAS Faculty

Catherine Page

Associate Professor
Inorganic Chemistry, Solid-State Chemistry & Materials Chemistry
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Phone: 541-346-4693
Office: 414 LISB

Alayna Park

Assistant Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-9798
Office: 288 Straub Hall

Craig Parsons

Professor; Program Head
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4402
Office: 930 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesday 12:00 - 3:00
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, European Politics

Raghuveer Parthasarathy

Professor
Physics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-2933
Office: 362 Willamette Hall
Research Interests: Biophysics; multicellular organization and bacterial population dynamics; advanced microscopy techniques and computational image analysis.

CJ Pascoe

Professor
Sociology
Phone: (458) 215-2901
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesday 12-2; Sign Up: https://calendly.com/c_j_pascoe/10min
Research Interests: Sexuality, Inequalities, Culture, Gender, Youth, Education, New Media, Qualitative Research Methods

Carol Paty

Professor
Earth Sciences
Phone: 541-346-4786
Office: 120 Volcanology
Office Hours: Fall 2024 Office Hours: TBD (Volcanology 120/Zoom) Zoom Info: https://tinyurl.com/cpatyoffice
Research Interests: Planetary Science, Space Physics, Planetary Interiors, Astrobiology

Jayson Paulose

Associate Professor
Institute for Fundamental Science, Physics
Phone: 541-346-4813
Office: 375 Willamette Hall
Research Interests: Theoretical soft matter physics, biophysics, evolutionary dynamics, metamaterials design

Tom Payne

Research Associate
Linguistics
Research Interests: Typological morphology and syntax. Mother-tongue based multi-lingual education. Philippine languages and Manchu languages.

Eleanor Paynter

Assistant Professor
Romance Languages
Office: Friendly Hall 105A
Office Hours: Wednesdays, 11:30-1:30
Research Interests: transnational Italy, media and politics of migration, asylum and migrant rights, Africa-Europe migration, race in Europe, social movements, and testimony via critical refugee studies, media studies, ethnography, and oral history

Liliana Pazdan-Siudeja

Senior Instructor
Mathematics
Phone: 541-346-5637
Office: 333E Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday 11-11:50am, Wednesday and Friday 10-10:50am

Shannon Peake

Research Assistant Professor
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4664
Office: 426 LISB
Research Interests: developmental psychology, parent-child interaction, intervention, social emotional development,

Gabriela Pérez Báez

Associate Professor
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Office: 263 Straub Hall
Office Hours: Mon and Wed 4:15pm to 5:15pm

Ellen Peters

Philip H. Knight Chair and Professor
Director, Center for Science Communication Research (SCR)
Psychology, SOJC, SOJC-Advertising
Phone: 541-346-3828
Office: 110A Allen Hall
Research Interests: Science Communication, Judgment and Decision Making, Numeracy, Affect and Emotion, Adult Aging

Jennifer Pfeifer

Professor
CTN Co-Director
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-1984
Office: 334 LISB
Research Interests: Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Adolescence, Puberty, Self, Social Cognition, Emotion, Motivation, Decision-Making, Mental Health, Social Learning, Self-Regulation

Laurel Pfeifer-Meister

Career Senior Instructor I
Biology
Phone: 541-346-6054
Office: 73A Klamath Hall

Alissa Phillips

Instructor
Instructor, Narrative (Fiction) Production
Cinema Studies
Phone: 310-490-5589
Office: 261 Knight Library

N. Christopher Phillips

Professor
Mathematics
Phone: 541-346-4714
Office: 320 Fenton Hall

Patrick Phillips

Professor
Biology
Phone: 541-346-3147
Office: 320 Pacific Hall

Whitney Phillips

Assistant Professor of Digital Platforms and Ethics
Folklore Program, SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad
Office: 202 Allen Hall
Research Interests: US politics and popular culture, media ethics, media history, public debate and controversy, humor studies, religion and politics, rightwing media cultures, moral panics, conspiratorial belief, narrative and identity, true crime media

Curtis Phills

Associate Professor
Psychology
Phone: 541-346-0803
Office: 3 Straub Hall
Research Interests: Social/Personality, Attitudes, Stereotypes, Intersectionality

Jeremy Piger

Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Economics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-6075
Office: 536 PLC
Office Hours: W24: by appointment
Research Interests: Business cycles, inflation, forecasting, Bayesian econometrics

Mike Pluth

Professor
Organic, Inorganic, Materials Division
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Phone: 541-346-7477
Office: 446 Willamette Hall
Research Interests: Organic Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Bioinorganic Chemistry

Géraldine Poizat-Newcomb

Senior Instructor II of French
French, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4049
Office: 25 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: MW 12-12:50

Tobias Policha

Senior Instructor I
Biology
Phone: 541-346-4502
Office: 73 Klamath Hall

Alexander Polishchuk

Professor
Mathematics
Phone: 541-346-5635
Office: 314E Fenton Hall

Matthew Polizzotto

Professor
Earth Sciences
Phone: 541-346-5217
Office: 225C Cascade Hall
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Soil and aqueous geochemistry, environmental quality

Lauren Ponisio

Associate Professor
Biology, Environmental Studies, Food Studies
Office: 386 Onyx Bridge

Chris Poulsen

Tykeson Dean of College of Arts and Sciences
Professor, Earth Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences, Earth Sciences
Phone: 541-346-3902
Office: Fourth Floor, Tykeson Hall
Research Interests: Climate change, paleoclimatology, earth system modeling, climate dynamics, climate variability, climate-ecosystem interactions, water isotopes, ecohydrology, climate-mountain interactions, paleoaltimetry

Scott L. Pratt

Professor of Philosophy
Department Head
Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-5971
Office: 239 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Office Hours are Tuesdays 3:00-5:00 Pacific Time in person or by Zoom. Use this link (https://calendly.com/spratt-9/office-hours) to schedule a meeting. Other times are available on request.
Research Interests: American Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Logic, Philosophy of Education

Kenneth Prehoda

Professor
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Phone: 541-346-5030
Office: 291 Klamath Hall

James Prell

Associate Professor
Biophysics, Materials Chemistry, Physical Chemistry & Analytical/Bioanalytical Chemistry
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Phone: 541-346-2597
Office: 141 Klamath Hall

Jenifer Presto

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature, Digital Humanities, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-485-7400
Office: 346 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mon. and Fri. 10:50-11:50 a.m. or by appt.
Research Interests: Russian modernism; gender studies; environmental criticism; visual culture; digital humanities; Russian-Italian cultural interactions; and Russian-American culture

Michael Price

Senior Instructor II and Distinguished Teaching Professor
Assistant Department Head
Mathematics
Phone: 541-346-0991
Office: 207 Fenton Hall
Office Hours: Monday 11:20-11:50 (STB 156), Tuesday 1-3pm (FEN 207), Wednesday 11:20-11:50 (STB 156)

Eric Priest

Professor
Asian Studies, Law, Law-JD
Phone: 541-346-0414
Office: 330B Knight Law Center

Jana Prikryl

Multidisciplinary Science Program Director
Biology Adviser/Senior Instructor II
Biology, Multidisciplinary Science
Phone: 541-346-3288
Office: 65C Klamath Hall

Nicholas Proudfoot

Professor
Mathematics
Phone: 541-346-0996
Office: 322 Fenton Hall

Laura Pulido

Professor
Geography, IRES, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-0918
Office: Alder 301
Office Hours: Mondays 2-4pm
Research Interests: Comparative Ethnic Studies, Chicanx Studies, Critical Human Geography, Environmental Justice

Forest Pyle

Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-3928
Office: 270 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Research Interests: 19th Century British Literary Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, Poetry and Poetics, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Visual Culture