CAS Faculty

Caroline Koopford

Pro Tem Instructor
Creative Writing Program

Colin Koopman

Professor of Philosophy
Director of New Media and Culture Certificate & Pre-Law Advisor
Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-5980
Office: 250A Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Wtr 26 office hours are Wednesdays 4:00-5:30 in SCH 250A plus Thursdays 1:20-1:50 right after my class in Straub 145.
Research Interests: Political Philosophy, Information Politics and Data Ethics, Social Impacts of AI, History of Philosophy, Genealogy, Pragmatism

Mariah Kornbluh

Associate Professor
Psychology
Research Interests: Developmental

Anna Kovalchuk

Associate Teaching Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-9657
Office: 301A Tykeson Hall, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter Term: Wednesdays 11:30-1 and 4-5:30 & by appt.
Research Interests: rhetoric and composition, comparative and world literature, national narratives, Ukrainian history and literature

Graham Kribs

Professor
Director, Institute for Fundamental Science
Institute for Fundamental Science, Physics
Phone: 541-346-4853
Office: 477 Willamette Hall, 1274 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1274
Research Interests: Effective Field Theory of Models Beyond the Standard Model; Particle Astrophysics; Early Universe Cosmology.

Lori Kruckenberg

Professor of Musicology
Medieval Studies, Music
Phone: 541-346-3763
Office: 101 Frohnmayer Music Bldg
Research Interests: Middle Ages, gender studies

Brice Kuhl

Professor
Associate Head
Neuroscience, Psychology
Phone: 541-346-4983
Office: 333 LISB, 1227 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1227
Research Interests: Cognitive Neuroscience, Memory, Cognitive Control, fMRI Methods

Michael Kuhn

Associate Professor
Economics
Phone: 541-346-1268
Office: 517 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesday, 2p-4p
Research Interests: Behavioral economics, public economics, labor economics, consumer finance

Megan Kunze

Assistant Research Professor
SPED EI/ECSE Practicum Supervisor
Applied Behavior Analysis, College of Education, Psychology, Special Education

Nayoung Kwon

Associate Professor, Korean Linguistics
Korean Sector Representative
East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Kris Kyle

Associate Professor
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3808
Office: 273 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: By appointment

Ana-Maurine Lara

Associate Professor
William and Susan Piché Faculty Fellow
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Black Studies
Office Hours: FALL 2025 - THURSDAYS, 12PM - 2PM

Anne Laskaya

Associate Professor, Emerita
English
Phone: 541-346-1517
Office: 454 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter Term 2026: on leave. No office hours; please email if you need to contact me and I will try to respond within 48 hours.
Research Interests: Medieval Literary and Cultural Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Word and Image in late Medieval Manuscript Culture

Sam Lasman

Assistant Professor of English
English, Medieval Studies, Folklore Program
Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:30AM-12PM<br /> Thursdays 1PM-2PM
Research Interests: Medieval Literature, Celtic Studies, Iranian Studies, Animal & Nonhuman Studies, Monster Studies, Ecocriticism, Folklore & Mythology, Epic & Romance, Modern Medievalism, Contemporary Fantasy

Peter Laufer

Professor, James N. Wallace Chair of Journalism
Food Studies, SOJC, SOJC-Journalism, SOJC-Journalism Master's, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Multimedia Journalism
Phone: 541-346-2109
Office: 203 Allen Hall, 1275 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1275

Gyoung-Ah Lee

Professor
Anthropology, Asian Studies, Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-5077
Office: 254 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Thur 2-4pm
Research Interests: Environmental archaeology, paleoethnobotany, ethnobotany, origins of agriculture, East Asian archaeology

Stephanie LeMenager

Professor of English, Faculty Affiliate in Environmental Studies
Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor 2014-2024
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-3966
Office: 457 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 3-4:30pm &amp; by appt.
Research Interests: 19th Century American Literary Studies, Environmental Humanities, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies

Julia Lesage

Professor Emerita
English
Office Hours:

David Levin

Associate Professor
Mathematics
Phone: 541-346-5621
Office: Monday and Wednesday 3:35-4:30
Office Hours: MW 2-2:50

Jun Li

Professor
Director, Center for Cyber Security and Privacy
Computer Science
Phone: 541-346-4424
Office: 362 Deschutes Hall, 1202 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1202
Research Interests: Cyber Security and Privacy, Networking, Distributed Systems, Blockchain, Internet of Things