CAS Social Sciences Faculty
Jacques Abelman
Assistant Professor
Food Studies
Email: jabelman@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3884
Office: 211 Lawrence Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday and Friday 11am - 12pm | By appointment.
Research Interests: Social Justice, Landscape Infrastructure, Food Systems, Agroecology, Research Through Design, Urban Agriculture
Michael Aguilera
Associate Professor
Sociology
Email: mba@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5059
Office: 732 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2025: No Office Hours
Research Interests: Inequalities and Stratification, Population and Ecology, Race and Ethnicity, Work Economy and Organizations
Carlos Aguirre
Professor
CLLAS, History, SAIL
Email: caguirre@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5905
Office: 333 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday 10:00-11:00 a.m., Wednesday 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Stacy Alaimo
Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor in English
Core Faculty in Environmental Studies
English, Environmental Studies
Email: salaimo@uoregon.edu
Phone: Please contact via email.
Office: 205 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: *I will be on sabbatical from September 2025 to September 2026.* I may not have email access during some of that time, but I will be reserving one day on campus each term (Fall/Winter/Spring) to meet with graduate students. Please email me for the sign-up link. Also, please see my website, which contains much information and advice for grad students. Please allow additional time for inquiries and letters of recommendation.<br />
Research Interests: Environmental Humanities/Multispecies Studies, Blue Humanities/Critical Ocean Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Posthumanities/New Materialism, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Visual Culture, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity, Gender, Sexuality, Queer Studies, Transcorporeality
Yvette Alex-Assensoh
VP for Equity and Inclusion
Professor
Black Studies, Political Science
Email: yalex@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3175
Office: 401E Tykeson Hall, 6216 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-6216
Michael Allan
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Program Faculty in Cinema Studies; Program Faculty in Arabic; Program Faculty in Middle East Studies; Program Faculty in Comic Studies
Comparative Literature, Cinema Studies, Arabic Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Middle East and North African Studies
Email: mallan@uoregon.edu
Office: 358 PLC, 5242 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Wednesdays from 1:15-3:15pm. Please book an appointment at the following link: (https://tinyurl.com/kcp3m73r)
Research Interests: World Literature (Francophone, Arabic, Global Anglophone), Postcolonial Studies, Film and Visual Culture, Media Theory
Adell Amos
Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law
Environmental Studies, Law, Law-JD
Email: aamos@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3826
Office: 354 Knight Law Center
Aneesh Aneesh
Executive Director, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Interim Director, Middle East and North African Studies
German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: edsgsl@uoregon.edu
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Globalization, technology, labor, migration, citizenship, theory
Lillian Aoki
Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies
Email: laoki@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday from 3-4 pm and by appointment
Research Interests: Coastal ecology, ecological resilience, ecosystem restoration
Ina Asim
Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, History, Medieval Studies
Email: inaasim@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6161
Office: 317 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Laura Bakkensen
Mikesell Professor in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics
Director of Master's Program
Economics
Email: lbak@uoregon.edu
Office: 529 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Winter 2026: By appointment (email to schedule)
Oluwakemi "Kemi" Balogun
Associate Professor
Director of African Studies
African Studies, Black Studies, IRES, Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: kbalogun@uoregon.edu
Office: 311 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesdays 1 - 3pm www.calendly.com/kbalogun
Research Interests: Globalization, Nationalism, Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, Embodiment, Africana Studies
Faith Barter
Assistant Professor
Black Studies, English
Email: fbarter@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1510
Office: 320 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter 2026: Monday 2:00-3:30pm; Wednesday 1:00-2:30pm. Sign up at dr-barter.youcanbook.me
Research Interests: African American Literary and Cultural Studies, 19th-Century American Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Legal Studies
Diane Baxter
Senior Lecturer 1
Pro Tem Instructor
Law, Middle East and North African Studies
Email: dbaxter@uoregon.edu
Phone: none
Office: none
Office Hours:
Martha Bayless
Professor, English
English, Folklore Program, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Email: mjbayles@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3930
Office: 344 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Winter term 2026: Tuesdays 1-2 and 3:30-4:30; Thursdays 3:30-4:30
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies
Erin Beck
Associate Professor
CLLAS, Latin American Studies, Political Science
Email: beck@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4483
Office: 914 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 9:30-12:30 via zoom (https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97590591398), email to reserve a time.
Research Interests: Latin American Politics, Development, Gender, NGOs, Microfinance, Collective Action
Steven Beda
Associate Professor
History
Email: sbeda@uoregon.edu
Office: 307 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Winter 23, Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-12:30 and by appointment
Research Interests: 20th Century US History, Labor History, Environmental History,
Smadar Ben-Natan
Assistant Professor
Global Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: smadar@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Wednesdays 3:00-5:00, by appointment, schedule here: https://calendly.com/smadar-uoregon/officehours
Research Interests: Human rights, international law, Palestine/Israel, armed conflict, military courts, criminal justice, incarceration, colonialism, citizenship.
Scott Blumenthal
Assistant Professor
Anthropology
Email: sblument@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9181
Office: 374 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 4:00-5:00pm, or by appointment
Research Interests: Paleoanthropology, Ecology, Stable Isotope Geochemistry
Erica Bornstein
Professor, Divisional Associate Dean, Humanities
Anthropology
Email: ebornste@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9638
Office: 272 Condon Hall, 1212 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1212
Research Interests: Nonprofits and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), voluntary sector regulation, philanthropy, humanitarianism, human rights, economic development and religion, political and legal anthropology, institutional ethnography, Southern Africa, South Asia.