CAS Social Sciences Faculty
Janel Jett
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Email: jjett@uoregon.edu
Office: 919 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Political Communication; Political Psychology; Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP)
Leigh Johnson
Associate Professor
Environmental Studies, Geography
Email: leighj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2644
Office: 152 Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wed 10-12pm. In person or Zoom, please schedule either at calendly.com/geoleigh. I am traveling intermittently through Fall term, please check Calendly for availability.
Research Interests: Climate risk and adaptation, political ecology, insurance and finance, development studies, pastoralism, East Africa, restoration, labor, fire and fire suppression
Micah Jones
Assistant Professor
History, Black Studies
Email: mcjo@uoregon.edu
Office: McKenzie Hall 323
Office Hours: Tuesday 11am-12pm, Thursday 3:30pm-4:30pm, and by appointment
Research Interests: race, Civil Right Movement, consumerism, consumer activism, gender, U.S. south, 20th century African American History
Ryan Tucker Jones
Professor
Ann Swindells Chair, Department Head, Department of History
Asian Studies, History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: rtj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4859
Office: 383 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Research Interests: Russia, The Pacific, Global Environment
Lamia Karim
Professor
Anthropology, Asian Studies, SAIL
Email: lamia@uoregon.edu
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
Email: ckauffma@uoregon.edu
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
Email: hkeeler@uoregon.edu
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 Brown Faculty Fellow
History
Email: vkeller@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6903
Office: 309 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Thursdays, 2-4
Office hours the week of April 23 are by appointment only.
Sarah Klain
Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies
Email: klain@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Ecological economics, conservation social science, climate change mitigation, renewable energy, blue carbon, marine protected areas, relational values, bioregionalism
Van Kolpin
Professor
Associate Head
Economics, SAIL
Email: vkolpin@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3011
Office: 512 PLC, 1285 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-1:00pm
Research Interests: game theory, microeconomic theory, social choice theory
Michael Kuhn
Associate Professor
Economics
Email: mkuhn@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1268
Office: 517 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Tuesday 3p-4p (EC 425/525), Wednesday 12p-1p (EC 451/551)
Research Interests: Behavioral economics, public economics, labor economics, consumer finance
Ana-Maurine Lara
Associate Professor
William and Susan Piché Faculty Fellow
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Black Studies, Latinx
Email: amlara@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: FALL 2025 - THURSDAYS, 12PM - 2PM
Peter Laufer
Professor, James N. Wallace Chair of Journalism
Food Studies, SOJC, SOJC-Journalism, SOJC-Journalism Master's, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Multimedia Journalism
Email: laufer@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2109
Office: 203 Allen Hall, 1275 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1275
Gyoung-Ah Lee
Professor
Anthropology, Asian Studies, Food Studies
Email: galee@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5077
Office: 254 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Thur 2-4pm
Research Interests: Environmental archaeology, paleoethnobotany, ethnobotany, origins of agriculture, East Asian archaeology
Stephanie LeMenager
Professor of English, Faculty Affiliate in Environmental Studies
Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor 2014-2024
English, Environmental Studies
Email: slemen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3966
Office: 457 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 3-4:30pm & by appt.
Research Interests: 19th Century American Literary Studies, Environmental Humanities, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies
Raoul Lievanos
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Sociology
Email: raoull@uoregon.edu
Office: 640 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Tuesday 1:30-3:00pm, Wednesday 11:30am-1pm
Research Interests: Environment, Health, Risk, Community and Urban Sociology, Race, Ethnicity, Immigration, Science and Technology, Organizations and Institutions, Social Movements, Spatial Analysis, Quantitative Approaches, Qualitative Approaches
Ryan Light
Professor
Associate Head
Sociology
Email: light@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5272
Office: 731 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: 12-2 Wednesday
Research Interests: Social Networks, Science & Culture, Inequality, Computational Social Science
Susanna Lim
Associate Professor of Literature, Russian Studies, and Korean Studies
Director of REEES Graduate Studies
College of Arts and Sciences, Global Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: susannal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0691
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 101, 1293 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1293
Research Interests: Korean Studies, Korean Literature, Korean Popular Culture, Race Studies, Race in South Korea, Russian Studies, Koryo Saram, Diaspora, Post-colonialism
Krystale Littlejohn
Associate Professor
IRES, Sociology
Email: klittlej@uoregon.edu
Office: 740 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2026: 10am-12pm Mondays by appointment
Research Interests: Fertility, Race, Gender, Class, Health and Medicine, Body and Embodiment, Science, Knowledge, Technology, Mixed Methods
Lana Lopesi
Assistant Professor
Interim Director, Native American and Studies (NAIS)
IRES, Native American Studies
Email: llopesi@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Winter 26, Thursday 9–11:30am or by appointment
Research Interests: Pacific Islander Studies, Diaspora Studies, Indigenous and Women of Color Feminisms, Contemporary Pacific Art, Pacific Cultural Production, Digital Humanities, Global Indigeneities