CAS Social Sciences Faculty

Lamia Karim

Professor & Department Head
Anthropology, Asian Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5095
Office: 375 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
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: Spring 2025: Wednesday 10am - 1pm
Research Interests: Environmental Politics, Ecological Law, Rights of Nature, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Transnational Networks, Collaborative Governance, Democratization

Harper Keeler

Associate Teaching Professor
Director of the Urban Farm Program
Food Studies, Landscape Arch
Office: 212 Lawrence Hall, 5234 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5234
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: Spring 2025: Monday and Tuesday, 2:00-3:00

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: Spring 2025: Wednesday, 10a-11a
Research Interests: Behavioral economics, public economics, labor economics, consumer finance