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 2026: Monday and Wednesday 11:30-12:30
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: 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: Spring 2026: Mondays 3:30-4:30pm and Wednesdays 2:30-3:30pm
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
Jori Barash
Assistant Professor
Economics
Email: jbarash@uoregon.edu
Office: 531 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: By Appointment
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: Spring 2026: Monday 2:00-3:30pm; Wednesday 10:00-11:30am. 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 2026: Thursday 11-2 via zoom (email for link)
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: Mondays 3:00-5:00, by appointment, schedule here: https://calendly.com/smadar-uoregon/officehours?back=1&month=2026-01
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