CAS Social Sciences Faculty
Lawrence Sugiyama
Professor
Anthropology
Email: sugiyama@uoregon.edu
Office: 329 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours:
Naomi Sussman
Assistant Professor
History
Email: nsussman@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Indigenous history, borderlands history, sovereignty, citizenship, race, history of migration
Amy Swanson
Assistant Professor of Dance Studies, Theory, and History
Dance, Music, African Studies
Email: aswa@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5605
Office: 173 Gerlinger Annex
Research Interests: contemporary African dance, public performance, transnational Senegal, queer African studies, queer theory
Daniel Tichenor
Philip H. Knight Chair of Social Science
Director of the Program on Democratic Governance, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
Law, Political Science
Email: tichenor@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4707
Office: 927 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 12:30-2:30pm (KLC 280) and Thursday 2:30-230 (PLC 927)
Research Interests: Immigration and Citizenship, Social Movements, The American Presidency, Ethnic and Racial Politics, Patterns of Nativism, Religion and Politics, War and Civil Liberties
Nelson Ting
Professor
Anthropology
Email: nting@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8878
Office: 07 Pacific Hall
Research Interests: Wildlife Conservation, Genomics, Ecology, Evolution, Africa
Larry Ulibarri
Senior Instructor I
Anthropology
Email: larryu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8188
Office: 373 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: by appointment (in-person or remotely)
Research Interests: Primate ecology and conservation, animal behavior, forensics, nutrition.
Mark T. Unno
Professor of Religious Studies
East Asian Religions, Japanese Buddhism, Classical Japanese Buddhism, Early Chinese Thought, Comparative Ethics, Buddhism and Psychotherapy
Asian Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies
Email: munno@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4973
Office: 334 Susan Campbell Hall, 1294 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1294
Office Hours: Mondays 4:30pm-5:15pm on Zoom, Tuesdays 1:00pm-1:45pm on Zoom and by appointment
Mike Urbancic
Senior Instructor II
Economics, SAIL
Email: urbancic@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6482
Office: 474 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Tu 9:30–10:30am at the EMU by O-shaped info desk; Th 11:30am–12:30pm on Zoom: uoregon.zoom.us/j/92326346653<br />
Research Interests: Behavioral economics, experimental economics, economic history
Arafaat A. Valiani
Associate Professor
History
Email: valiani@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5763
Office: 301 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursdays 1:00pm-2:30pm, and by appointment.
Jessica Vasquez-Tokos
Professor
IRES, Sociology
Email: vasquezj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5165
Office: 715 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Thursdays 10am-12Noon and by appointment<br />
Research Interests: Race and Ethnicity, Latinos/as/xs in the U.S., Family Life Course and Society, Qualitative Approaches
Byron Villacis Cruz
Assistant Professor
Sociology
Email: villacis@uoregon.edu
Office: 707 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Mondays, 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Research Interests: Expertise, Anticorruptionism, Quantification, Research Methods, Dollarization
Tuong Vu
Professor
Political Science
Email: thvu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4866
Office: 918 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Mondays 11am - 2pm and by appointment
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, Ideology, Revolution, Communism, Nationalism, East and Southeast Asia
Glen Waddell
Professor
Economics, Lundquist College of Business, SAIL, College of Arts and Sciences
Email: waddell@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1259
Office: Prince Lucien Campbell 533
Office Hours: Fall 2022: On Canvas (or by appointment)
Research Interests: applied econometrics, data science, labour, education, health, crime, risky behaviours, sports, personnel, contracts
Lissa Wadewitz
Beekman Professor of Northwest and Pacific History
History
Email: wadewitz@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1831
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Native American, Pacific/Marine World, US West, US Environmental
Hannah Waight
Assistant Professor
Sociology
Email: hwaight@uoregon.edu
Office: 738 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesdays 12-2<br />
Research Interests: Media, Information, China, Quantitative Methods, Text as Data
Sarah D. Wald
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & English
English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx
Email: sdwald@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office Hours: Tues, 7pm-8pm (Zoom) <br />
Thur, 3:20pm-5:20pm (PLC 443 or Zoom)<br />
*3:20-3:45 reserved for in person meetings for ENVS 203 students (w/o appointment)<br />
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Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Environmental Humanities, Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies, Latinx Literary and Cultural Studies, Food Studies, Farmworker Justice, Immigration/Migration, 20/21st Century US Literature, American Studies
Peter Walker
Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Geography
Email: pwalker@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4541
Office: 100 Condon Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Research Interests: Political ecology, environmental politics, climate change adaptation, wildfire, collaborative and community based resource management, land use, American West, Africa
Lesley Jo Weaver
Associate Professor
Global Health Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: ljweaver@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall 2025: 10-1130, by appointment (https://calendly.com/ljweaver/dr-weaver-office-hours)
Research Interests: medical anthropology; mental health; race; chronic diseases; food insecurity; health disparities; Brazil; India; USA; global health
Julie Weise
Associate Professor, Department of History
Digital Humanities, History, IRES, Latinx
Email: jweise@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4833
Office Hours: Fall 2025: by appointment
Research Interests: Immigration, Migration, Mexico, United States, World History
Marsha Weisiger
Associate Professor of History
Julie and Rocky Dixon Chair of U.S. Western History; Co-Director, Center for Environmental Futures
Environmental Studies, History
Email: weisiger@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4824
Office: 381 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Fall 2025 T-R, 1-3 p.m., or by appointment
Research Interests: US West, Environmental History, Native Americans