CAS Social Sciences Faculty

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: Winter 2025: Tuesday 10:00-1:00
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
Norman H. Brown, Jr. Faculty Fellow
History
Phone: 541-346-6903
Office: 309 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wednesday and Thursday, 9:00-10:00

Van Kolpin

Professor
Associate Head
Economics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-3011
Office: 512 PLC, 1285 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
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, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesday 2-4
Research Interests: Behavioral economics, public economics, labor economics, consumer finance