CAS Social Sciences Faculty

John Bellamy Foster

Professor Emeritus

Sociology

Phone: 541-346-5016

Office: 628 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291

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, Translation Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: alisaf@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-979-7794

Office: 404 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Office Hours: Fridays, 10:30 am -12:00 pm on Zoom, before and after classes, and by appointment. Please email me to make an appointment (alisaf@uoregon.edu)

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

Email: sfrost@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-5161

Office: 353 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 9-10 a.m.

Emily Gade

Assistant Professor

Political Science

Email: egade@uoregon.edu

Office: 923 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Dennis Galvan

Professor

Dean and Vice Provost, Division of Global Engagement

African Studies, Global Studies, Political Science, SAIL

Email: dgalvan@uoregon.edu

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

Email: igarciav@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-5306

Office: 618 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Fall 2025: Sign-up for office hours here: https://calendly.com/igarciav/15min or by appointment

Research Interests: [Im]migration, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification, and Life course/Aging

Diana Garvin

Assistant Professor of Italian, Mediterranean Studies

ON MATERNITY LEAVE FALL 2025

Food Studies, Italian, Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: dgarvin@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-6984

Office: 421 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233

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

Email: gash@uoregon.edu

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

Geography

Email: dgavin@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-5787

Office: 217A Pacific Hall

Office Hours: Fall 2025: Fridays, 1:00 to 2:30, in Pacific 217

Research Interests: Biogeography, paleoecology, forest ecology.

Andrew Goble

Professor

History, Medieval Studies

Email: platypus@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4800

Office: 361 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Office Hours: Spring 2025 Tuesday and Wednesday 1100-1300.

Research Interests: Japan

Melissa Graboyes

Associate Professor of African History and Medical History

Director of Global Health Program

History

Email: graboyes@uoregon.edu

Office: 369 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288

Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:30pm. Or by appointment.

Deborah Green

Greenberg Associate Professor, Hebrew Language & Literature

Humanities Program, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies

Email: dagreen@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-5974

Office: 352 Susan Campbell Hall, 1267 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1267

Office Hours: TBA

Alison Groppe

Associate Professor, Chinese Literature

Chinese Sector Representative

Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: amgroppe@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-7015

Office: 317 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248

Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesdays 3-4pm; Fridays (starting 10/10/25) 11am-12pm; by appointment. Email for Zoom link.

Aaron Gullickson

Associate Professor

Sociology

Email: aarong@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-5061

Office: 727 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291

Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesday 1:00 - 3:00

Research Interests: Family Life Course and Society, Inequalities and Stratification, Population and Ecology, Race and Ethnicity, Quantitative Approaches