CAS Social Sciences Faculty

Jacques Abelman

Assistant Professor
Food Studies
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
Phone: 541-346-5059
Office: 732 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Monday and Wednesday 1:30-2:30pm
Research Interests: Inequalities and Stratification, Population and Ecology, Race and Ethnicity, Work Economy and Organizations

Carlos Aguirre

Professor
CLLAS, History, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5905
Office: 333 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday 10:00-11:00 a.m., Wednesday 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Stacy Alaimo

Professor of English
Core Faculty in Environmental Studies; Director of Graduate Studies for English Department
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-1476
Office: 205 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 9am-1pm (in person); T 3-5pm (Zoom only, email for appt and link)
Research Interests: Environmental Humanities, Posthumanities/New Materialism, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary and Critical Th,Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Visual Culture, Race, Ethnicity, and Indignity, Gender, Sexuality, Queer and Trans Studies

Yvette Alex-Assensoh

VP for Equity and Inclusion
Professor
Black Studies, Political Science
Phone: 541-346-3175
Office: 401E Tykeson Hall

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
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, Middle East and North African Studies, Cinema Studies
Office: 358 PLC
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: World literature (Francophone, Arabic), Film and visual culture, Postcolonial studies, Literary theory

Adell Amos

Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law
Environmental Studies, Law, Law-JD
Phone: 541-346-3826
Office: 354 Knight Law Center

Aneesh Aneesh

Executive Director, School of Global Studies and Languages
German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Globalization, technology, labor, migration, citizenship, theory

Lillian Aoki

Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies
Office Hours: Mondays from 3:30-5 pm and by appointment
Research Interests: Coastal ecology, ecological resilience, ecosystem restoration

Ina Asim

Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, History, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-6161
Office: 317 McKenzie Hall

Oluwakemi "Kemi" Balogun

Associate Professor
Director of African Studies
African Studies, Black Studies, IRES, School of Global Studies and Languages, Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-0558
Office: 311 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays & Tuesdays 10 - 11am and by appointment
Research Interests: Globalization, Nationalism, Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, Embodiment, Africana Studies

Faith Barter

Assistant Professor
Black Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-1510
Office: 320 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: TR 4-5pm (in person or Zoom); W 1:30-2:30 (Zoom only). You must sign up at dr-barter.youcanbook.me
Research Interests: African American Literary and Cultural Studies, 19th-Century American Literary Studies, Cultural Studies

Diane Baxter

Senior Lecturer 1
Pro Tem Instructor
Law, Middle East and North African Studies
Phone: none
Office: none
Office Hours:

Martha Bayless

Professor, English
Director, Folklore and Public Culture
English, Folklore Program, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-3930
Office: 344 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Not teaching Spring 2024, available by email every weekday
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies

Erin Beck

Associate Professor
CLLAS, Latin American Studies, Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4483
Office: 914 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 24: Wednesday 11:00-2:00
Research Interests: Latin American Politics, Development, Gender, NGOs, Microfinance, Collective Action

Steven Beda

Assistant Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-9048
Office: 307 McKenzie Hall
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, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 407 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Monday 3:30-5:30
Research Interests: Law, International Law, Human Rights, Criminal Justice, Armed Conflict, Citizenship, Israel/Palestine

Scott Blumenthal

Assistant Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-9181
Office: 374 Condon Hall
Office Hours: by appointment
Research Interests: Paleoanthropology, Ecology, Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Erica Bornstein

Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-9638
Office: 272 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-4pm, 272 Condon and by appointment
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.

Margaret C. Boulay

Co-Director, Environmental Leadership Program
ELP Senior Instructor II
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5945
Office: 244 Columbia Hall
Office Hours: Wed 3:30-4:30 pm 244 COL, and by appointment

Lindsay Frederick Braun

Associate Professor
African Studies, History
Phone: 541-346-4838
Office: 365 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: FT 2024: 1-3 Tuesdays ABA (MTW)
Research Interests: Southern Africa 1750-1950, East Africa 1850-1960, Comparative Colonialism, Environmental History, History of Science and Technology (esp. geography)

Yvonne Braun

Professor
Department Head, Global Studies and Member, Provost's Teaching Academy
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-5752
Office: 118 Friendly Hall, 1245 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1245
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesday 12:00-1:50 (by Zoom or by appt)
Research Interests: gender, intersectionality, social inequality, international development, environmental justice, globalization, infrastructural politics, energy politics, social movements, feminist political ecology

Kirby Brown

Associate Professor, English
Director, Native American and Studies (NAIS)
English, Native American Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5819
Office: 330 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2024: M: 3-5 pm, W: 9-10 am, and by email appt. (or schedule here: https://calendly.com/kirbybrown/officehours)
Research Interests: Native American and Indigenous Literary and Cultural Studies; Race, Ethnicity, & Indigeneity; Cultural Studies; Modernism Studies; Genre Studies

Michael Brown

Instructor
Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-4675
Office: 605 PLC

Steven Brown

Professor of Comparative Literature
Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-4016
Office: 354 PLC
Research Interests: posthumanism, horror cinema, Surrealist film and animation, sound design in film, Japanese popular culture, and critical theory.

Daniel Buck

Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, Geography, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-2353
Office: 109 Condon Hall
Office Hours: W 1-3 or by appointment
Research Interests: Geography/Asian Studies, Economic Geography, Development, Political Economy, Environment/Society, East Asia and China.

Jamie Bufalino

Senior Instructor
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Arts and Sciences
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5904
Office: 320 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Please email faculty using your UO email account or use Canvas if enrolled in a course with the professor.
Research Interests: Gender & sexuality in U.S. history; history of feminism; U.S. consumer culture; U.S. racial politics

Alfredo Burlando

Associate Professor
Director of Master’s Studies
Economics
Phone: 541-346-1351
Office: 513 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Monday 9:30 - 11:00
Research Interests: Development economics, economics of corruption, savings strategies in developing countries, health and fertility

Mark Carey

Professor of Environmental Studies and Geography
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-8077
Office: 110 Condon Hall
Office Hours: by appointment
Research Interests: environmental history, glaciers and society, climate change, environmental justice, Latin America, the Arctic

Kathie Carpenter

Professor
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-3898
Office: 356 PLC, 5206 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5206
Office Hours: Thursday 1-3 PM or contact by email: kathiec@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Childhood in cross-cultural perspective, Children's museums, Southeast Asia

Jose Carreno-Garcia

Assistant Professor
Economics
Phone: 541-346-5503
Office: 528 PLC
Office Hours: F24: Mondays and Wednesdays 12:00-1:00

Alison Carter

Associate Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5037
Office: 255 Condon Hall
Office Hours: On Sabbatical AY24-25
Research Interests: Southeast Asian Archaeology, Compositional analysis of artifacts, bead studies

Rutger Ceballos

Assistant Professor
Political Science
Office: 912 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 10:00 AM – 11:30 PM (or by appointment)
Research Interests: American Political Development, History of Political Thought, African American Politics, Labor Politics

Shankha Chakraborty

Professor
Department Head
Asian Studies, Economics
Phone: 541-346-4678
Office: 537 PLC
Office Hours: F24: Tuesday/Thursday by 11:00-12:00
Research Interests: economic growth and development, macroeconomics

Anita Chari

Associate Professor
Clark Honors College, Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4752
Office: 928 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: In person hours Tuesdays 3-4 pm in PLC 928, Virtual office hours Tuesdays 4-5 pm, reserve a time and get zoom link at https://calendly.com/anitachari/officehours. Office hours cancelled Nov 5. On Nov. 12 zoom office hours only
Research Interests: Political Theory, Critical Theory, Frankfurt School, Marxism, Contemplative Studies, Somatics and Politics

Dayna Chatman

Senior Instructor I
Media and Intersectionality
Black Studies, IRES, SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad
Phone: 541-346-3594
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 147
Research Interests: Gender, Race, Media, Fandom

Charise Cheney

Program Head
Black Studies, IRES
Phone: 541-346-0870
Office: 201 Alder Building
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday and Tuesday 11:00-12:00 and by appointment
Research Interests: African American Popular and Political Cultures; Black Nationalist Ideologies and Practices; Gender and Sexuality

Grecia Chirinos Delgado

Career Instructor of Spanish
Global Studies, Latin American Studies, Latinx, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Phone: Teams call
Office: 201 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: MW 3:00-4:00pm and by appoinment
Research Interests: U.S. Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Education, Critical Language Awareness, Sociolinguistics, Critical Pedagodies

Yu-Fang Cho

Professor of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-1304

MacKenzie Christensen

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Office: 721 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursdays 2-4pm. Sign-up for office hours here: calendly.com/macc-uoregon
Research Interests: Gender, Digital sociology, Marriage and intimate relationships, Work and family, Transnational sociology, Health and wellbeing

John Christian

Assistant Professor
Geography
Phone: 541-346-4543
Office: 173 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Tu 2-3, Th 2-3, or by appointment
Research Interests: glacier and ice-sheet dynamics, climate, earth-system models

Shaul Cohen

Associate Professor
Director, UO Prison Education Program; Director, Carnegie Global Oregon Ethics Program
Geography
Phone: 541-346-4500
Office: 107G Condon Hall
Office Hours: Thursday 2:30-3:30PM, or by appointment
Research Interests: Prison Education, Ethics, Ethno-territorial conflict, Environment

Mark Colas

Assistant Professor
Economics
Phone: 541-346-8845
Office: 509 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: M/W 11:30-1:30

Ashley Cordes

Assistant Professor
Indigenous Media Studies in ENVS and Data Science
Data Science, Digital Humanities, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-0061
Office: Pacific 203C
Office Hours: Email to request
Research Interests: Media, Indigenous Science and Technology Studies (AI, blockchain, cryptocurrency), Digital Humanities, Environmental/Place-Based Studies, Visual Culture, Critical/Cultural Studies

Courtney Cox

Assistant Professor
Black Studies, IRES
Phone: 541-346-8392
Office: 217 Alder Bldg.
Office Hours: Fall '21: Email to set up appt.
Research Interests: Sport Studies, Performance Studies, Feminist Theory, Black Studies, Critical Data Studies

Jane Cramer

Associate Professor
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4626
Office: 813 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 24: Monday 2:00-5:00
Research Interests: International Relations

Anca Cristea

Associate Professor
Co-Director of Master's Studies
Economics
Phone: 541-346-1245
Office: 514 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Monday 3:00-4:00 (via zoom)
Research Interests: international trade, transportation economics, applied econometrics

Howard Davis

Professor
Architecture, Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-3665
Office: 321 Lawrence Hall

Jonathan Davis

Assistant Professor
Economics
Office: 516 PLC
Office Hours: S24: Tuesday 1:30 - 3:30

Alexander Dracobly

Senior Instructor II
College Scholars, History, Middle East and North African Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5910
Office: 329 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Spring 23: Wednesdays 10-11:30am & Thursdays 1:45-3:15pm

Michael Dreiling

Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5025
Office: 611 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 10-12 and by appointment
Research Interests: social movements and corporate collective action; environmental sociology; comparative peace and conflict studies; network analysis

L. Zachary DuBois

Associate Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5110
Office: 356 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Monday WED 11-1pm in Condon 375

Stephen Dueppen

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5525
Office: 252 Condon Hall
Office Hours: By Appointment

Timothy Duy

Professor of Practice
Director of Oregon Economic Forum
Economics
Phone: 541-346-4660
Office: 531 PLC

Christopher Ellis

Professor Emeritus
Economics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4657
Office: 540 PLC
Office Hours: S23: Tuesday 2:00-3:00; Thursday 2:00-3:00

Maria Fernanda Escallón

Associate Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5042
Office: 357 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Fall quarter Tuesdays 11am-1pm via zoom. On Sabbatical Leave January-August 2025
Research Interests: Race and ethnicity; intangible cultural heritage; social justice and inequality; Latin America; UNESCO and cultural diplomacy;  carework

Clare Evans

Associate Professor
Co-Director of Global Health
Disability Studies, Global Health Program, Sociology
Phone: please use email
Office: 606 PLC

David Evans

Associate Professor
Economics
Phone: 541-346-3431
Office: 538 PLC

George Evans

John B. Hamacher Professor of Economics
Economics
Phone: 541-346-4662
Office: 441 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 2:10-3:10 and Friday 9:10-10:15

Carolyn Fish

Assistant Professor
Geography
Phone: 541-346-4197
Office: 164 Condon Hall
Research Interests: cartography, map design, climate change communication, mapping environment-society interactions.

Scott Fitzpatrick

Professor
Curator for Indo-Pacific Archaeology, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Anthropology, Asian Studies
Phone: 541-346-9380
Office: 272 Condon Hall
Office Hours: T/H 1:00 - 2:00 PM
Research Interests: Pacific and Caribbean archaeology, historical ecology, exchange systems

Mark Fonstad

Associate Professor
Climate Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-4208
Office: 107F Condon Hall
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Mondays 12PM- 1PM
Research Interests: Geomorphology, Hydrology, Remote Sensing, Environmental Simulation

John Bellamy Foster

Professor Emeritus
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5016
Office: 628 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: 11:00 A.M.--1:00 P.M. Tuesdays (Zoom Drop-In Office Hours), or by appointment 11:00-12:00 (Email Office Hours)
Research Interests: Population and Ecology, Theory Knowledge Science, Work Economy and Organizations

Alisa Freedman

Professor, Japanese Literature, Cultural Studies, and Gender
Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Translation Studies
Phone: 541-979-7794
Office: 404 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fridays, 10:30-12:00 on Zoom (Please email for an appointment.)
Research Interests: Cross-cultural,transnational Asian Studies; cultural studies; intersectional gender studies; popular culture; media studies; biographies & memoirs; youth culture; modern Japanese literature; digital culture; urban studies; translation; academic publishing

Stephen Frost

Professor
Co-Director of Graduate Studies
African Studies, Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5161
Office: 353 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 9-10 a.m.

Dennis Galvan

Professor
Dean and Vice Provost, Division of Global Engagement
African Studies, Global Studies, Political Science, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5851
Office: 310 Oregon Hall, 5209 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5209
Research Interests: Culture and Development, Culturally Sustainable Development, Identity and Community, Political Legitimation, Multiple Forms of Modernity, Primary Field Work: West Africa, Secondary Field Work: Indonesia

Isabel Garcia Valdivia

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Office: 618 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Sign-up for office hours here: https://calendly.com/igarciav-uoregon or by appointment
Research Interests: [Im]migration, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification, and Life course/Aging

Diana Garvin

Assistant Professor of Italian, Mediterranean Studies
Food Studies, Italian, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-6984
Office: 421 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Monday, 11:30am-1:30pm
Research Interests: Transnational Italian Studies (East Africa, Brazil), Fascism and Neo-Fascism, Food Studies, Environmental Humanities, Medical Humanities

Alison Gash

Professor
Department Head, Political Science
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4876
Office: 922 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: F22 - Virtual: Wednesday 8:30-10:30--No OH October 5; (send email with header "OFFICE HOUR APPT" to make an appointment) or join waiting room on zoom https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/96351524725; In-person Thursday 1-2 (mask required)
Research Interests: U.S. Courts, Public Policy, Gender/Gender Identity, Race, Sexuality, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law

Daniel Gavin

Department Head
Professor
Climate Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-5787
Office: 217A Pacific Hall
Office Hours: Fridays from 1:00 to 2:30 PM. In 254C Columbia Hall or on Zoom by appointment
Research Interests: Biogeography, paleoecology, forest ecology.

Andrew Goble

Professor
History, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-4800
Office: 361 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday and Wednesday 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Research Interests: Japan

Melissa Graboyes

Associate Professor
Global Health Program, History
Phone: 541-346-2829
Office: 369 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Thursdays 1:30-3:30pm Sign up at https://graboyes-officehours.youcanbook.me/

Deborah Green

Greenberg Associate Professor, Hebrew Language & Literature
Humanities Program, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies
Phone: 541-346-5974
Office: 352 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: TBA

Alison Groppe

Associate Professor, Chinese Literature
Chinese Sector Representative
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-7015
Office: 317 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays 3-4pm on Zoom (email for link); Tuesdays 4-5pm, FR317

Aaron Gullickson

Associate Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5061
Office: 727 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Tuesday 11:00-1:00pm and Thursday 12:00-2:00pm
Research Interests: Family Life Course and Society, Inequalities and Stratification, Population and Ecology, Race and Ethnicity, Quantitative Approaches

Luke Habberstad

Associate Professor, Early Chinese Literature and Religion
Program Head & Director of Asian Studies Program
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Religious Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4006
Office: 401 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 2-4 pm

Lauren Hallett

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology
Biology, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-3346
Office: 220C Pacific Hall
Office Hours: M/W 11am-12:50pm

Benjamin Hansen

W.E. Miner Professor of Economics
Economics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4658
Office: 532 PLC
Office Hours: SP: M 5-6, W 4-5 (econ 201); W 5-6 Econ (443/543)
Research Interests: Health economics, risky behaviors, economics of crime, economics of education

William Harbaugh

Professor
SAIL Program Founder
College Scholars, Economics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-1244
Office: 534 PLC
Office Hours: W24: Thursday 1:00-3:00

Jill Ann Harrison

Associate Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5177
Office: 604 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Sabbatical
Research Interests: Work and Organizations, Place and Environment, Microsociology and Interaction, Qualitative Approaches

William Hatungimana

Assistant Professor
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: Friendly Hall 430
Research Interests: African Politics, Immigration, Africa China Relations, Democracy and Political Legitimacy

Annelise Heinz

Associate Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-4827
Office: 355 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-3pm
Research Interests: Histories of U.S. Women and Gender; Sexuality and LGBTQ History; Race & Ethnicity; Consumerism; Transpacific History

Burke Hendrix

Professor
Associate Department Head
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-2856
Office: 920 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Sp 24: Thursday 1:30-3:30
Research Interests: Normative Political Theory, Indigenous Politics, Global Justice, History of Political Thought

Claire Herbert

Associate Professor
Sociology
Office: 729 PLC
Office Hours: Fall24: Tuesday 11:45-1:45
Research Interests: urban sociology, housing, crime/law, property, race and colonialism

Nathalia Hernández-Vidal

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5004
Office: 717 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Monday/Wed 10:30 -11:30 a.m.
Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Feminist and Indigenous STS, Social Movements, Coloniality and Decolonization

Tim Herrera

Pro Tem Instructor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5109
Office: 365/366 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023: 3pm-4pm Mondays & Wednesdays

Julie Hessler

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies in History
History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4857
Office: 351 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024 Tues 10-11, Thurs 3:30-4:30

Derrick Hindery

Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies
UO Study Abroad Programs Committee Member; Provost’s Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-6106
Office: 345 PLC, 5206 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5206
Office Hours: 9-11am Tu, Spring 2024: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/7684792837 Sign up to meet at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DtG3hQn0Du2QVxEaD4NFy61402gDoT-wk_fdMuDcWwQ/edit
Research Interests: Neoliberal and "post-neoliberal" models of economic "development" on communities and environment in Latin America and the U.S. Sustainable community projects in Indigenous territories in Bolivia (e.g. collectives producing medicinal oils and handicrafts)

Jocelyn Hollander

Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5510
Office: 616 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: no office hours -- on sabbatical
Research Interests: Gender, Social Psychology and Interaction, Qualitative Approaches

David Hollenberg

Associate Professor
Arabic and Islamic Studies
Arabic Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies
Phone: 541-346-8096
Office: 349 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Thursday 12:00pm-1:00pm and by appointment

Ellen Holtmaat

Assistant Professor
Political Science
Office: 911 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Monday 3-5
Research Interests: international political economy, global environmental politics, trade, monetary system, private global governance

Ocean Howell

Associate Professor of History
Digital Humanities, History
Phone: 541-346-8095
Office: 313 McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: History of US cities, especially on the West Coast; history of architecture and urban planning; history of race and ethnicity.

Habib Iddrisu

Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology and Dance
Director, Dema Dance Ensemble
African Studies, Black Studies, Dance, Folklore Program, IRES, Music
Phone: 541-346-4062
Office: 152 Gerlinger Annex
Research Interests: Dance, West Africa, cultural studies, post-colonial independence history, political economy, oral history, African diaspora, new internationalism

Kaori Idemaru

Professor, Japanese Linguistics
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Language Teaching Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-3551
Office: 302 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: 14:00-16:00 Tuesday

Colin Ives

Associate Professor
Art, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-0072
Office: 122 Millrace 2
Research Interests: Art & Technology

Mary Jaeger

Professor, Graduate Advisor
Classics, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-4068
Office: 335 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: By appointment only

Chandler James

Assistant Professor
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4747
Office: 913 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Thursday 1:00 - 3:00
Research Interests: American Presidency, Public Opinion, and Political Behavior

Janel Jett

Assistant Professor
Political Science
Office: 919 PLC

Leigh Johnson

Associate Professor
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-2644
Office: 152 Condon Hall
Office Hours: On Sabbatical 2023-2024
Research Interests: Climate change and environmental risk, political ecology, finance, development studies, East Africa, labor, firefighting

Ryan Jones

Professor
Ann Swindells Chair, Department Head, Department of History
Asian Studies, History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4859
Office: 383 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:30
Research Interests: Russia, The Pacific, Global Environment

Lamia Karim

Professor & Department Head
Anthropology, Asian Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5095
Office: 375 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Wed from 2-3 PM and by appointment and Zoom
Research Interests: women, work, neoliberalism, state, and Islam

Craig Kauffman

Professor of Political Science
Director of Graduate Studies; Participating Faculty in Environmental Studies and Latin American Studies
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4974
Office: 916 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesday 1-4
Research Interests: Environmental Politics, Ecological Law, Rights of Nature, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Transnational Networks, Collaborative Governance, Democratization

Harper Keeler

Senior Instructor I
Director of the Urban Farm Program
Food Studies, Landscape Arch
Office: 212 Lawrence Hall
Research Interests: Civic Agriculture, Local Food Systems, Food Equity

Vera Keller

Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-6903
Office: 309 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Tuesday 2:00-3:00 p.m., Wednesday 3:00-4:00 p.m.

Van Kolpin

Professor
Associate Head
Economics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-3011
Office: 512 PLC
Office Hours: W24: by appointment
Research Interests: game theory, microeconomic theory, social choice theory

Michael Kuhn

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Economics
Phone: 541-346-1268
Office: 517 PLC
Office Hours: F24: By Appointment
Research Interests: Behavioral economics, public economics, labor economics, consumer finance

Ana-Maurine Lara

Associate Professor
William and Susan Piché Faculty Fellow
Black Studies, IRES, Latinx, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5032
Office: 322 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2022 – by appointment; Winter & Spring 2023 – 10am -12pm
Research Interests: Afro Latino/a Identities, Black Queer Aesthetics, Vudú in the Dominican Republic, and Afro-Dominicanidad and the Struggle Against Xenophobia in the Dominican Republic

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

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

John Leisure

Visiting Assistant Professor
History
Office: McKenzie 311
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesday/Thursday 3:00pm-4:30pm in McKenzie Hall #311 (or by appointment)
Research Interests: Japan, Public Housing, Urbanism, Transpacific studies

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 & by appt.
Research Interests: 19th Century American Literary Studies, Environmental Humanities, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies

Raoul Lievanos

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Sociology
Office: 640 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11am to 12:30pm (and by appointment)
Research Interests: Environment, Health, Risk, Community and Urban Sociology, Race, Ethnicity, Immigration, Science and Technology, Organizations and Institutions, Social Movements, Spatial Analysis, Quantitative Approaches, Qualitative Approaches

Ryan Light

Professor
Associate Head
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5272
Office: 632 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 12:00-2:00
Research Interests: Social Networks, Science & Culture, Inequality, Computational Social Science

Susanna Lim

Associate Professor of Literature, Russian Studies, and Korean Studies
Director of REEES Graduate Studies
College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Global Studies, Korean, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-0691
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 101
Research Interests: Korean Studies, Korean Literature, Korean Popular Culture, Race Studies, Race in South Korea, Russian Studies, Koryo Saram, Diaspora, Post-colonialism

Krystale Littlejohn

Associate Professor
IRES, Sociology
Office: 740 PLC
Office Hours: Fall24: Wednesday 2pm-4pm and by appointment
Research Interests: Fertility, Race, Gender, Class, Health and Medicine, Body and Embodiment, Science, Knowledge, Technology, Mixed Methods

Lana Lopesi

Assistant Professor
IRES, Native American Studies
Office: 204 Alder Building
Office Hours: Fall 23, Wednesday 11-12:30pm or by appointment
Research Interests: Pacific Islander Studies, Diaspora Studies, Indigenous and Women of Color Feminisms, Contemporary Pacific Art, Pacific Cultural Production, Digital Humanities, Global Indigeneities

Leah Lowthorp

Assistant Professor
Co-DGS, Folklore and Public Culture
Anthropology, Folklore Program
Phone: 541-346-5101
Office: 321 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024, Wednesday 12-3pm
Research Interests: Folklore, Performance, Critical Heritage Studies, Online Narratives of Human Biotechnology, South Asia

Melissa Lucash

Research Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-4598
Office: 245 Columbia Hall
Office Hours: Mon at 10am, Thur at 9am Columbia 245
Research Interests: forest ecology,climate change, wildfire, spatial modeling,landscape ecology

David Luebke

Professor
Katherine G. Brady & Thomas A. Brady, Jr., Roger Chickering & Alison Baker Professor of Central European Histories
Food Studies, History
Phone: 541-346-2394
Office: 357 McKenzie Hall

Kathryn Lynch

Co-Director, Environmental Leadership Program
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5070
Office: 140 Columbia Hall
Research Interests: environmental anthropology, environmental education, ethnobotany

Kathy Lynn

Research Assistant
Native American Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5777
Office: 243 Columbia Hall

Katherine Macica

Post Doctorate Fellow of Public History
History
Research Interests: Katie Macica holds a PhD in US and Public History from Loyola University Chicago. Her research focuses on environmental history, military history, and the history of the Pacific Northwest. Katie has worked in a variety of public history institutions, incl

Ali Malik

Assistant Professor
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 208 Friendly
Office Hours: Fall 2024: By appointment
Research Interests: Political economy of globalization, socio-legal studies, critical agrarian studies, science and technology studies, third world approaches to international law, digital agriculture, South Asia

Richard Margerum

Professor of Planning, Public Policy, and Management
Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
College of Design, Environmental Studies, PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2526
Office: 107A Lawrence Hall
Research Interests: Collaborative governance, environmental planning and policy, watershed management

Galen Martin

Senior Instructor II of Global and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Food Studies, Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-9178
Office: 346 PLC, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5223
Office Hours: Tu 9:30-10:30, W 2:30-3:30 or by appointment
Research Interests: global food security, sustainable development, political ecology, conflict resolution, Latin America, Europe

Ernesto Javier Martínez

IRES Department Head & Associate Professor
Black Studies, IRES, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-5523
Office: Alder Building
Office Hours: Fall '23: Monday 3-5pm | https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/99a354e2978a49318fc9c59eeafc0309@uoregon.edu/meetingtype/WdNveLBqDkOCnbyRRZxt0w2?anonymous&ep=mlink
Research Interests: Comparative Ethnic Studies, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Latinx Studies, Feminist Theory, Literary Studies

Gabriela Martínez

Professor
CLLAS, SOJC, SOJC-Journalism, SOJC-Journalism Master's, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-1997
Office: 315 Hendricks Hall / 237 Allen Hall
Office Hours: Please email faculty using your UO email account or use Canvas if enrolled in a course with the professor.
Research Interests: Areas of Media Studies and Journalism

John McCole

Associate Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-5906
Office: 303 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Spring 2023 W 2-4 in McKenzie 303, or email me for a Zoom link

Carrie McCurdy

Associate Professor
Food Studies, Human Physiology
Phone: 541-346-5069
Office: 112 Pacific Hall
Research Interests: Obesity and Insulin Resistance

Katelyn McDonough

Assistant Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-9639
Office: 253 Condon Hall
Office Hours: M/W 4pm-5pm in Condon 253
Research Interests: Environmental Archaeology, Foodways, Paleoethnobotany, Palynology, Great Basin Archaeology, Pleistocene-Holocene Transition

Julius McGee

Associate Professor
Black Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5514
Office: 631 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesday and Wednesday 1:00pm-2:00pm

Bruce McGough

Professor
Divisional Associate Dean, Social Sciences
Economics
Phone: 541-346-6458
Office: 446 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Zoom hours Wednesday 9-11, Friday 9-10

Allison McGuffie

Instructor
African Studies, Digital Humanities, English, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-3965
Office: 329 PLC

Leslie McLees

Senior Instructor
Undergraduate Director, Senior Instructor & Advisor; Program Director, General Social Sciences
General Social Sciences, Geography, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5709
Office: 107C Condon Hall

Jeffrey Measelle

Professor
Food Studies, Global Health Program, Psychology, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4570
Office: 473 Straub Hall
Office Hours: T 9-11am, R 1-2:30pm
Research Interests: Developmental, Developmental Stress Biology, Caregiving Support for Early Brain Development, Pediatric Global Health

David Meek

Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-5128
Office: Virtual
Office Hours: Not on campus Fall 22; available for virtual meetings; please contact at dmeek@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Political ecology, social movements, popular education, food sovereignty

Isabel Millán

Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
CLLAS, IRES, Latinx, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office Hours: See course syllabi or email for an appointment
Research Interests: Queer, Transnational Feminist, and Critical Race Theories; Latinx/Chicanx Studies; Children's Literature, Television, and Film; Comics; Science Fiction and Fantasy

Lanie Millar

Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese
African Studies, Black Studies, Comparative Literature, IRES, Portuguese, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-4031
Office Hours: Fall, 2024: in person, MW 2-3, and by appointment. Zoom by appointment only: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/7482429908
Research Interests: 20th-21st Century Caribbean Literature, Latin American Literature, African Literature, Lusophone Literatures, Global South Studies, Postcolonial Studies, Race and Blackness, Critical Theory

Keaton Miller

Associate Professor
Economics
Phone: 541-346-4653
Office: 535 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: By Appointment

Connor Mills

Visiting Assistant Professor
History

Ronald Mitchell

Professor of Political Science
Climate Studies, Environmental Studies, Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4880
Office: 921 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Fall24: Tuesday & Thursdays 10:00-11:30
Research Interests: Environmental Politics, International Relations

Erin Moore

Professor of Architecture and Environmental Studies
Architecture, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-1439
Office: 477B Lawrence Hall

Nicolae Morar

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-5547
Office: 250B Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Sabbatical leave for the 2024-2025 academic year
Research Interests: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Biology, 20th Continental Philosophy

Parmida Mostafavi

Assistant Professor
Anthropology
Office: Condon 355
Office Hours: Tues, 2-4 pm, and by appointment
Research Interests: Iranian diaspora, materiality, racial capitalism, nationalism, commodification

Kathleen Mullen

Associate Professor
Petrone Chair in Economics
Economics
Phone: 541-346-9747
Office: 511 PLC
Office Hours: F24: By appointment

Barbara Muraca

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies
Associate Department Head (Philosophy)/Curriculum Committee (Chair)/GTF Appointment Committee
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Office: 242 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesdays 12pm-2pm & upon appointment; ask for Zoom link
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Process Philosophy sustainability, degrowth, human-nature relationships

Mikhail Myagkov

Professor
Political Science, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4868
Office: 931 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Research Interests: Russian Politics, Comparative Politics, Formal Political Theory, Statistical Methods, Experimental Design, Game Theory

Haruka Nagao

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

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
Office Hours: Sp24: Tuesday 2:00-4:00
Research Interests: Gender, Place and Environment, Social Psychology and Interaction, Sociology of Culture, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches

Matthew Norton

Associate Professor
Sociology
Phone: (541) 346-5495
Office: 630 PLC
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
Office Hours: F24: Mondays 3:30-4:30pm (by Zoom), Fridays 8-9am and 1:30-2:30pm (by appointment)

Neil O'Brian

Assistant Professor
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4698
Office: 923 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Monday 5:00-6:30pm, Tuesday 3:30-5:00pm
Research Interests: Political Parties, Congress, Public Opinion, Polarization

Jennifer O'Neal

Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies for IRES
IRES, Native American Studies
Phone: 541-346-8830
Office: 203 Alder Bldg
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Native American and Indigenous history; American West history; International Relations; Indigenous Data Sovereignty; Cultural Heritage Archives; Indigenous Knowledge Systems; Digital Humanities

Jeffrey Ostler

Professor of History Emeritus
History, IRES, Native American Studies
Phone: 541-346-1265
Office: 385 McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: The History of the American West, with A Particular Focus On American Indian History

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

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

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

Lauren Ponisio

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

Eric Priest

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

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

Damian Radcliffe

Professor of Practice, Carolyn S. Chambers Professor in Journalism
Middle East and North African Studies, SOJC, SOJC-Journalism, SOJC-Journalism Master's
Phone: 541-346-7643
Office: 201 Allen Hall
Research Interests: digital trends, social media, technology, the business of media, evolution of journalism, Middle East tech, media policy

Judith Raiskin

Professor
Disability Studies, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office Hours: Please email faculty using your UO email account or use Canvas if enrolled in a course with the professor.
Research Interests: Post-colonial literature and cultural studies focusing on gender and comparative feminist theory; Caribbean; Disability Studies; LGBTQ studies; and sexuality.

Alexandra Rempel

Associate Professor of Environmental Design
Director of Graduate Studies for Environmental Studies
Architecture, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-510-7713
Office: 302 Vocanology

Daniel Rosenberg

Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-0520
Office: 359 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024, Tues 12:00-2:00pm by appointment. Schedule meeting: https://dbr-1.youcanbook.me
Research Interests: Intellectual History, Enlightenment Europe, History of Information, History of Science and Technology

Jerry Rosiek

CSSE Program Director
Professor of Education Studies
College of Education, Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, Curriculum & Teaching, Curriculum and Teacher Education, Educational Foundations, Food Studies, IRES
Phone: 541-346-2330
Office: 146B Lokey Education Bldg

Edward Rubin

Assistant Professor
Economics
Office: 519 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023:EC424/524: Tu. 3:30-5pm (PLC 519) EC421: Th. 3:30-4:30pm (Straub common area)

Kory Russel

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Landscape Arch
Office: 215 Lawrence Hall
Research Interests: Water, Sanitation, Container-Based Sanitation, Informal Settlements, Design

Yvette Saavedra

Associate Professor
WGSS Director of Graduate Studies; Convener Women of Color Faculty Project
IRES, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5521
Office: 218 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Please email for appointment.
Research Interests: Chicanx History and Studies; Chicana Lesbian Feminist Theory; U.S.-Mexico Borderlands History and Studies; History of U.S. West; 19th and 20th century U.S History; California History; 19th and 20th century gender and sexuality in the U.S.

Gabe Sanchez

Assistant Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-9640
Office: 274 Condon Hall
Office Hours: T and Thu from noon to 1 pm or by appointment

Michelle Scalise Sugiyama

Senior Instructor I
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5142
Office: 273 Condon Hall
Office Hours: by appointment
Research Interests: Evolution of cultural transmission, social learning, and symbolic behavior; evolutionary psychology; hunter-gatherers; oral tradition; traditional ecological knowledge; play; warfare

Philip W. Scher

Department Head, Cinema Studies and Theatre Arts
Professor of Anthropology and Folklore
Anthropology, Folklore Program, Theatre Arts, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-5104
Office: 322 Fenton Hall
Office Hours: Email for appointment

Ellen Scott

Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5075
Office: 731 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30 AND BY APPOINTMENT
Research Interests: Low-wage work, carework, public policy, qualitative methods.

Emily Scott

Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, History Art & Arch
Office: Lawrence 218
Office Hours: Thursdays 11am-1pm in Lawrence 218. Contact instructor for sign-up sheet.
Research Interests: Art, politics, and the environment

Bish Sen

Associate Professor
Asian Studies, SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad
Phone: 541-346-2880
Office: 329 Allen Hall

George Sheridan

Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-4832
Office: 340A McKenzie Hall

Jiannbin Shiao

Professor
Department Head
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5366
Office: 613 PLC
Office Hours: Fall24: Drop-in: Thursdays 2-3 PM; By appointment only: Wednesdays or Fridays 2-3 PM
Research Interests: Race and Ethnicity, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches, Quantitative Approaches

Stephen Shoemaker

Professor
History of Christianity
Humanities Program, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4998
Office: 348 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: By appointment only

Samantha Shune

Associate Professor
College of Education, Communication Disorders and Sciences, Food Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-7494
Office: 249 HEDCO Education Bldg
Research Interests: Dysphagia, aging, dementia, caregiver burden

Lucas Silva

Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology
Biology, Environmental Studies
Office: 248 Columbia Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:00pm

Lars Skalnes

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4886
Office: 929 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesday & Thursdays 1:30-3:00
Research Interests: International Political Economy, International Relations

Cera Smith

Assistant Professor
Black Studies, IRES
Phone: 541-346-1343
Research Interests: U.S. Black Literatures (African American, Afro-Latinx, and other Black diasporic), Radical Protest Literatures of the U.S., Black Studies, Critical Race Theories, Affect Theory, Gender and Sexuality, Histories of Science and Medicine, Health Humanities

Jackson Smith

Visiting Assistant Professor
History
Office: 323 McKenzie Hall

Josh Snodgrass

Professor
Core Faculty, Global Health Program
Anthropology, Food Studies, Global Health Program
Phone: 541-346-4823
Office: 354 Condon Hall
Office Hours: By appointment

Priscilla Southwell

Professor Emerita
Middle East and North African Studies, Political Science
Phone: 541-346-9857
Office: 915 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 24: Wednesday 2-4 pm
Research Interests: Political Behavior, U.S. and European Politics

Sarah Stapleton

Associate Professor
College of Education, Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, Curriculum & Teaching, Curriculum and Teacher Education, Educational Foundations, Environmental Studies, Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-5834
Office: 146B Lokey Education Bldg.
Research Interests: climate change education, science and environmental education, food and schools, participatory research

Amanda Stasiewicz

Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5031
Office Hours: Thursdays 10-11:45 Columbia 145B
Research Interests: human dimensions of wildfire, community and organizational adaptation to hazards, cooperative fire risk management, evacuation and alternatives to evacuation, forest and rangeland policy, qualitative and quantitative social science

Beata Stawarska

Professor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Studies for Advising/Curriculum Committee/GTF Appointment Committee/Graduate Placing Committee/Graduate Philosophy Club
Black Studies, Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-5545
Office: 247 Susan Campbell Hall
Research Interests: Contemporary European Philosophy, Phenomenology, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Philosophical Psychology, Feminism

Lynn Stephen

Philip H. Knight Chair, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Anthropology
Co-Director of Graduate Studies (Anthropology), Graduate Faculty in Ethnic Studies, Participating Faculty in Latin American Studies, Women's and Gender Studies
Anthropology, CLLAS, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5168
Office: 316 Condon Hall
Office Hours: T/R 1:30 -2:30 in person in 316 Condon, or by appointment
Research Interests: Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Migration, Indigenous Peoples, Americas, Legal Pluralism, Social Memory, Testimony, Gender Violence

Kirstin Sterner

Associate Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-8614
Office: 352 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Wednesdays from 11am to 1pm in PAC10 or by appointment (Spring 2024 Term)

Xiaobo Su

Professor
Asian Studies, Climate Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-4568
Office: 175 Condon Hall
Research Interests: Tourism and urban development, international political economy, China and Southeast Asia

Lawrence Sugiyama

Professor
Anthropology
Phone: none
Office: 329 Condon Hall
Office Hours:

Naomi Sussman

Assistant Professor
History

Amy Swanson

Assistant Professor of Dance Studies, Theory, and History
Dance, Music, African Studies, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5605
Office: 173 Gerlinger Annex
Research Interests: contemporary African dance, public performance, transnational Senegal, queer African studies, queer theory

Daniel Tichenor

Philip H. Knight Chair of Social Science
Director of the Program on Democratic Governance, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
Law, Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4707
Office: 927 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesday 3-5, Thursday 1:30-2:30
Research Interests: Immigration and Citizenship, Social Movements, The American Presidency, Ethnic and Racial Politics, Patterns of Nativism, Religion and Politics, War and Civil Liberties

Nelson Ting

Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-8878
Office: 302B Condon Hall
Research Interests: Wildlife Conservation, Genomics, Ecology, Evolution, Africa

Larry Ulibarri

Senor Instructor I
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-8188
Office: 373 Condon Hall
Office Hours: by appointment (in-person or remotely)
Research Interests: Primate ecology and conservation, animal behavior, forensics, nutrition.

Mark T. Unno

Professor of Religious Studies, Religious Studies Department Head
East Asian Religions, Japanese Buddhism, Classical Japanese Buddhism, Early Chinese Thought, Comparative Ethics, Buddhism and Psychotherapy
Asian Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies
Phone: 541-346-4973
Office: 334 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Mondays 4:30pm-5:15pm on Zoom, Tuesdays 1:00pm-1:45pm on Zoom and by appointment

Mike Urbancic

Senior Instructor II
Economics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-6482
Office: 474 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesdays 5:00 - 6:00pm on Zoom: uoregon.zoom.us/j/92326346653 and Wednesdays 9:30 - 10:30am at the ground floor of the EMU, near the O-shaped information desk
Research Interests: Behavioral economics, experimental economics, economic history

Arafaat A. Valiani

Associate Professor
Graduate Faculty in the Department of Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies and Global Health
History, IRES
Phone: 541-346-5763
Office: 301 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: By appointment

Jessica Vasquez-Tokos

Professor
IRES, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5165
Office: 715 PLC
Office Hours: SP 2024: By Appt
Research Interests: Family Life Course and Society, Race and Ethnicity, Qualitative Approaches

Byron Villacis Cruz

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Office: 707 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: https://calendly.com/b-villacis/fall-2024-office-hours
Research Interests: Expertise, Anticorruptionism, Quantification, Research Methods, Dollarization

Tuong Vu

Professor
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4866
Office: 940 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Friday 9-12
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, Ideology, Revolution, Communism, Nationalism, East and Southeast Asia

Glen Waddell

Professor
Economics, Lundquist College of Business, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-1259
Office: Prince Lucien Campbell 533
Office Hours: Fall 2022: On Canvas (or by appointment)
Research Interests: labor, education, health, industrial organization

Lissa Wadewitz

Beekman Professor of Northwest and Pacific History
History
Phone: 541-346-1831
Office: 385 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Native American, Pacific/Marine World, US West, US Environmental

Hannah Waight

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Office: 738 PLC
Office Hours: all 2024: Wednesdays, 10am - noon; Tuesdays 2pm - 3pm. Sign up for Office Hours here, or by appointment: https://calendly.com/hannah_waight
Research Interests: Media, Information, China, Quantitative Methods, Text as Data

Sarah D. Wald

Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & English
Director of Graduate Admissions for English
English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office: 443 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: Wednesday, 12:30pm-2:30pm PLC 443
Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Environmental Humanities, Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies, Latinx Literary and Cultural Studies, Food Studies, Farmworker Justice, Immigration/Migration, 20/21st Century US Literature, American Studies

Peter Walker

Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-4541
Office: 100 Condon Hall
Research Interests: Political ecology, environmental politics, climate change adaptation, wildfire, collaborative and community based resource management, land use, American West, Africa

Lesley Jo Weaver

Associate Professor
Global Health Program, Product Design, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-5089
Office: Friendly 105
Office Hours: 2024-25 academic year: on sabbatical
Research Interests: medical anthropology; mental health; race; chronic diseases; food insecurity; health disparities; Brazil; India; USA; global health

Julie Weise

Associate Professor, Department of History
Digital Humanities, History, IRES, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-4833
Office: 353 McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: Identity, Citizenship, Migration, Race, and Nations in the Americas and the world through the lens of history.

Marsha Weisiger

Associate Professor of History
Julie and Rocky Dixon Chair of U.S. Western History; Co-Director, Center for Environmental Futures
Environmental Studies, History
Phone: 541-346-4824
Office: 381 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 2:00-3:00 p.m. or via zoom appt
Research Interests: US West, Environmental History, Native Americans

Rachel Weissler

Assistant Professor
Black Studies, Linguistics
Office: Straub Hall 375
Office Hours: Wed 11:00a-1:00p and by appt NOTE: Dr. Weissler will be on leave Spring 2024
Research Interests: sociolinguistics, emotion perception, neurolinguistics, language and social justice

Frances White

Professor
Faculty Curator of Biological Collections, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5278
Office: 302C Condon Hall
Office Hours: Winter 2024 Monday 3 to 5 pm (Zoom)
Research Interests: Primate behavioral ecology, primate evolution

Timothy Williams

Associate Professor
Associate Department Head & Director of Undergraduate Studies
History
Phone: 541-346-8798
Office: 367 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter & Spring 2024: Tuesdays 1-3 PM. Schedule office hours here: https://calendly.com/timw-uo/office-hours
Research Interests: 19th Century U.S. history, the Civil War and Reconstruction, intellectual and cultural history, book history, gender, education, prisons and prisoners.

Woan Foong Wong

Assistant Professor
Economics
Phone: 541-346-1335
Office: 539 PLC
Office Hours: F24: Thursday 2:00-4:00

Jiabin Wu

Associate Professor
Economics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5778
Office: 475 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2022: 12:30pm-1:30pm Monday 12:30pm-1:30pm Tuesday
Research Interests: Game Theory, Experimental Economics, Political Economy

Kristin Yarris

Associate Professor, Global Studies and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Department Head of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Disability Studies, Global Health Program, Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-1363
Office: Hendricks Hall 218A, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wed 5:30-6:30pm GSH Cafe area; Th 4-5pm (remote, in Teams)
Research Interests: transnational migration, immigrant rights, social movements, mental health, health equity, wellbeing & social care

Richard York

Director of Environmental Studies, Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, SAIL, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5064
Office: 730 PLC
Office Hours: Fall24: Monday 1:00-3:00
Research Interests: Place and Environment, Population and Ecology, Theory Knowledge Science, Quantitative Approaches

Reuben Zahler

Associate Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-5907
Office: 363 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Spring 23: Fridays 12:30-2:30pm
Research Interests: Latin America