CAS Social Sciences Faculty

Mark Carey

Professor of Environmental Studies and Geography
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-8077
Office: 110 Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: by appointment
Research Interests: environmental history, glaciers and society, climate change, environmental justice, Latin America, the Arctic

Kathie Carpenter

Professor
Global Studies, Schnitzer 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, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Monday, 4:00-5:30PM and by appointment<br />

Alison Carter

Associate Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5037
Office: 255 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Mon/Wed 4-5pm or by appointment
Research Interests: Southeast Asian Archaeology, Compositional analysis of artifacts, bead studies

Rutger Ceballos

Assistant Professor
Political Science
Office: 912 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesday, 11:00 to 1:00 pm
Research Interests: American Political Development, History of Political Thought, African American Politics, Labor Politics

Shankha Chakraborty

Professor
Asian Studies, Economics
Phone: 541-346-4678
Office: 537 PLC, 1285 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesday 4-5pm (EC 480), Thursday (EC 607), Friday 1-2pm (EC 480 &amp; 607)<br />
Research Interests: economic growth and development, macroeconomics

Anita Chari

Professor
Faculty Fellow, Clark Honors College
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4752
Office: 928 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesdays 3:30-5 pm on Zoom. Please sign up for a time and Zoom link here: https://calendly.com/anitachari/officehours, Thursdays 2-3:30 pm in person drop-in office hours in PLC 928. No appointment needed for in person office hours. Please note the exceptions to this schedule below: Week 9 November 27, In person office hours cancelled for Thanksgiving (UO Holiday). Week 10 Zoom office hours only, no in person office hours Thurs. Dec. 4.
Research Interests: Political Theory, Critical Theory, Frankfurt School, Marxism, Contemplative Studies, Somatics and Politics

Charise Cheney

Professor; Program Director
IRES, Black Studies
Phone: 541-346-0870
Office: 201 Alder Building
Research Interests: African American Popular and Political Cultures; Black Nationalist Ideologies and Practices; Gender and Sexuality

Grecia Chirinos Delgado

Assistant Teaching Professor
Global Studies, Latin American Studies, Latinx, Romance Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Office Hours: Tues/Thurs 1:00-2:00pm and by appointment
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, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tue &amp; Thur 3-4pm, by appointment (https://calendly.com/macc-uoregon)<br />
Research Interests: Gender, Digital technologies, Family and intimate relationships, Life course, Inequality and stratification, Quantitative and qualitative methods

John Christian

Assistant Professor
Geography
Phone: 541-346-4543
Office: 173 Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: M 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, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Thursday 2:30-3:30PM, or by appointment
Research Interests: Prison Education, Ethics, Ethno-territorial conflict, Environment

Mark Colas

Associate Professor
Economics
Office: 509 PLC, 1285 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
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 M. Cox

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies
Black Studies, IRES
Phone: 541-346-8392
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Sport Studies, Performance Studies, Feminist Theory, Black Studies, Critical Data Studies

Jane Cramer

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4626
Office: 813 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesday 3-4:30; Friday 11:30-1:00<br />
Research Interests: International Relations

Anca Cristea

Associate Professor
Co-Director of Master's Studies
Economics
Phone: 541-346-1245
Office: 534 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesdays 12-1pm; Thursdays 1-2pm<br />
Research Interests: international trade, transportation economics, applied econometrics