CAS Faculty
Ken-ichi Noma
Professor
Biology
Email: noma@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5680
Office: 365E Streisinger Hall, 1210 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1210
Kari Marie Norgaard
Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Climate Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Native American Studies, Sociology
Email: norgaard@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8615
Office: 634 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 2-4
Research Interests: Gender, Place and Environment, Social Psychology and Interaction, Sociology of Culture, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches
Matthew Norton
Professor
Sociology
Email: mnorton@uoregon.edu
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
Email: annev@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1267
Office: 510 PLC, 1285 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Spring 2026: By Appointment
Jennifer O'Neal
Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies for IRES
IRES, Native American Studies
Email: joneal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8830
Office Hours: Wed. 12:00pm-3:00pm
Research Interests: Native American and Indigenous history; American West history; International Relations; Indigenous Data Sovereignty; Cultural Heritage Archives; Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Digital Humanities
HyeRyoung Ok
Senior Instructor I
Digital Humanities, Cinema Studies
Email: hok@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7644
Office: 321 Villard Hall, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesdays 12-2pm (on Zoom or in-person by appointment)
Dorothee Ostmeier
Professor of German, and Folklore and Public Culture
Folklore Program, German & Scandinavian, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: ostmeier@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4145
Office: 204D Agate Hall, 1250 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Tue/Thu 1:20 to 2 PM GSH 103 Afterwards Villard until 3:30 PM and by appointment
Research Interests: German literature and culture of the 18th through 20th century
Victor Ostrik
Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Mathematics
Email: vostrik@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4723
Office: University Hall 303
Office Hours: Monday 11-12, Wednesday 11-12
Priscilla Peña Ovalle
Associate Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, IRES, Cinema Studies, Latinx
Email: povalle@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0060
Office: 233 Villard Hall, 6223 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Media Studies, Race/Ethnicity, Dance, Mainstream Popular Culture, Media Hairstyles
Craig Parsons
Professor; Program Head
Political Science
Email: cap@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4402
Office: 930 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursday 11-12 and 1:30-3:30
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, European Politics
Raghuveer Parthasarathy
Professor
Physics, SAIL
Email: raghu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2933
Office: 362 Willamette Hall, 1274 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1274
Research Interests: Biophysics; multicellular organization and bacterial population dynamics; advanced microscopy techniques and computational image analysis.
CJ Pascoe
Professor
Sociology
Email: cpascoe@uoregon.edu
Phone: (458) 215-2901
Office: Please contact for office location
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Monday 3-3:30, Thursday 4-5:30, by appt. https://calendar.app.google/qZ6ZXMvqSJvV9bVa9
Research Interests: Sexuality, Inequality, Youth, Education, Qualitative Research Methods, Masculinity, Social Media
Roshni Patel
Assistant Professor
Data Science
Email: roshnip@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3457
Research Interests: population genetics, statistical genetics, ethical and social implications of human genetics
Carol Paty
Professor
Earth Sciences
Email: cpaty@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4786
Office: 120 Volcanology, 1272 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1272
Office Hours: Thursday 10-12pm, Volcanology 120 or by appointment on Zoom: https://tinyurl.com/cpatyoffice
Research Interests: Planetary Science, Space Physics, Planetary Interiors, Astrobiology
Jayson Paulose
Associate Professor
Director, MSTC Program
Institute for Fundamental Science, Physics
Email: jpaulose@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4813
Office: 375 Willamette Hall, 1274 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1274
Research Interests: Theoretical soft matter physics, biophysics, evolutionary dynamics, metamaterials design
Tom Payne
Research Associate
Linguistics
Email: tpayne@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Typological morphology and syntax. Mother-tongue based multi-lingual education. Philippine languages and Manchu languages.
Eleanor Paynter
Assistant Professor
Italian, Migration, and Global Media Studies
Romance Languages, Italian, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: epaynter@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2:00-4:00pm and by appointment
Research Interests: media and politics of migration, asylum and migrant rights, migration in Europe, Africa-Europe mobilities, transnational Italy, race in Europe, comparative border studies, social movements, human rights, and testimony via critical refugee studies, media studies, ethnography, and oral history
Liliana Pazdan-Siudeja
Associate Teaching Professor
Mathematics
Email: lpazdans@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5637
Office: 333E Tykeson Hall, 1222 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1222
Office Hours: Tuesday 11-11:50am, Wednesday and Friday 10-10:50am
Shannon Peake
Research Assistant Professor
Center for Translational Neuroscience, Psychology
Email: peake@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4664
Office: 426 LISB, 1227 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1227
Research Interests: developmental psychology, parent-child interaction, intervention, social emotional development,