Environmental Studies

Nathan Adams

Academic Programs Manager
ASU 7- ANTH | ENVS | ERTH | GEOG
Anthropology, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: 144B Columbia Hall

Melody Allison

ESSP/Philosophy PhD Student
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Pragmatism, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Epistemology, Worldviews and Paradigm Shifts, Human-Nature Relationships, the Degrowth Movement, and Food Systems.

Jamila Baig

ESSP/Geography PhD Candidate
Climate Studies, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5426
Office: 105 Condon Hall
Research Interests: Reconstruction of Paleotemperature and vegetation using Multi Proxies in Pacific Northwest

Lina Batas

Graduate Student
Biology, Environmental Studies
Office: 360 Onyx Bridge

Derek Beckett

Undergraduate Coordinator
Anthropology, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: +1 541-346-4008
Office: Columbia 144
Office Hours: M-F 9am-3pm

Kristina Beggen

Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies

Margaret C. Boulay

Co-Director, Environmental Leadership Program
ELP Senior Instructor II
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5945
Office: 244 Columbia Hall

Scott Bridgham

Professor Emeritus, Biology and Environmental Studies
Biology, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-1466
Office: 362 Onyx Hall

Trudy Cameron

Professor Emerita (former Mikesell Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics)
Economics, Environmental Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-1242
Office: 428A PLC
Office Hours: By appointment only

Mark Carey

Professor of Environmental Studies and Geography
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-8077
Office: 110 Condon Hall
Research Interests: environmental history, glaciers and society, climate change, environmental justice, Latin America, the Arctic

Laraine Clawson

Operations Assistant ASU 7
Anthropology, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-0875

Ashley Cordes

Assistant Professor
Indigenous Studies in ENVS and ENG
Digital Humanities, English, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-0061
Office: PLC 444
Office Hours: Spring Term: TR 2:30-4pm
Research Interests: Media, Indigenous Studies, Digital Humanities, Visual Culture, Environmental Humanities, Critical/Cultural Studies

Dara Craig

PhD Candidate
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: 144 COL
Research Interests: Environmental justice, marine social sciences, joint marine spatial planning, coastal co-governance, Indigenous self-determination

Matthew Dennis

Professor Emeritus, History and of Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, History, Judaic Studies Program
Office: 275 McKenzie Hall

Alan Dickman

Research Associate Professor Emeritus, Environmental Studies and Biology
Biology, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-4502
Office: 137 Huestis Hall

Alexa Foor

English Graduate Student/ GE
Editor in Chief, Ecotone
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: 144 Columbia Hall
Office Hours: Spring Term: MWF 4-5pm
Research Interests: Queer theory, Rural Studies, Indigenous Studies, Environmental Justice

Sophia Ford

PhD Candidate
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-4589
Office: 247A Columbia Hall
Research Interests: critical human geography, memory, land-use, political geography

Madison Fowler-Niblock

ESSP/English PhD Student
English, Environmental Studies
Office: UO Annex 128
Office Hours: Spring 2023: Tues 12:30-2:00pm
Research Interests: environmental humanities, anti-colonial environmentalism, public lands, U.S. national parks, LAND BACK!

Kathleen Gekiere

English Graduate Student / GE
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-1496
Office: 335 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: TR 9-10:30am

Monica Guy

Business and Budget Manager
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5081
Office: 144A Columbia Hall
Office Hours: TBA

Lauren Hallett

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology
Biology, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-3346
Office: 220C Pacific Hall

Lexi Hinde

Undergraduate Coordinator & Student Worker Coordinator
She/Her
Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-5006
Office: Condon 107
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9 AM- 5 PM

Ben Hinde

Graduate Support Specialist
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-5052
Office: in flux - Columbia/Condon/Remote
Office Hours: Mon-Wed 9-5, | Thu, Fri Remote| Use link listed below to schedule appointment
Research Interests: Global Environment - Sustainable Business - Environmental Justice

Yumna Imtiaz

Ph. D. Candidate
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: COL 144
Research Interests: Building Sciences, Architecture, Socio-technical studies of thermal comfort

Meredith Jacobson

Graduate Employee
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-0675
Office: 721 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: By Appointment
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, settler colonial studies, forest and fire governance

Leigh Johnson

Associate Professor
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-2644
Office: 151 Condon Hall
Research Interests: Climate change and environmental risk, political ecology, finance, development studies, East Africa, labor, firefighting

Bjørn Ralf Kristensen

Ph.D.
GE for Environmental Studies
African Studies, Environmental Studies, Philosophy Department
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: 144 COL
Office Hours: Thursdays 10:30AM to 11:30AM and by appointment during Spring 2023
Research Interests: Multispecies Studies, Animal Ethics, Medical and Public Health Ethics, Environmental Philosophy, American Pragmatism, Ecofeminism, Development Studies, Informal Settlements, Sanitation

Wyatt Krogh

Student Worker
Anthropology, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 503-896-1212
Office: Condon 107
Research Interests: Geography

Fallon-James Laxa

Student Worker ASU 7
she/her
Anthropology, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, Geography
Office: Columbia 144

Stephanie LeMenager

Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor of English
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-3966
Office: 457 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 3-5pm & by appt.
Research Interests: 19th Century American Literary Studies, Environmental Humanities, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies

Kathryn Lynch

Co-Director, Environmental Leadership Program
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5070
Office: 140 Columbia Hall
Research Interests: environmental anthropology, environmental education, ethnobotany

Kathy Lynn

Research Assistant
Environmental Studies, Native American Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5777
Office: 243 Columbia Hall

Katrina Maggiulli

English Graduate Student
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-1595
Office: 455 PLC
Office Hours: Not teaching an ENG course this term
Research Interests: Environmental Humanities, Feminist Science Studies, Environmental Ethics, Philosophy of Biology, Natural Resources & Environmental Policy, Popular Culture & Visual Media, Environmental Education & Communication

Richard Margerum

Professor of Planning, Public Policy, and Management
Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
College of Design, Environmental Studies, PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2526
Office: 147B Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: Collaborative governance, environmental planning and policy, watershed management

Galen Martin

Senior Instructor II of Global and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Food Studies, Global Studies, Latin American Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-9178
Office: 346 PLC
Office Hours: Sabbatical Leave F22-W23
Research Interests: global food security, sustainable development, political ecology, conflict resolution, Latin America, Europe

Courtney Mathers

PhD Student
Environmental Studies
Phone: 4695635044
Research Interests: soil, carbon cycling, mycorrhizal fungi, land management

Patricia McDowell

Professor Emeritus, Geography
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-4567
Office: 275 Condon Hall
Research Interests: Geomorphology, river management and restoration, Quaternary environments

Briana Meier

PhD Student
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-8158
Office: Office of Sustainability, 1295 Franklin Blvd.
Research Interests: Economics of Urban Places, Social Relationships with Nature, Environmental Ethics

Alison A. Mildrexler

Office Specialist 2
Office Specialist 2
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5203
Office: 145 Columbia Hall

Steve Mital

Director of Sustainability
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-0709
Office: Office of Sustainability, 1295 Franklin Blvd.

Ronald Mitchell

Professor of Political Science
Climate Studies, Environmental Studies, Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4880
Office: 921 PLC
Office Hours: S23: Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-11:30
Research Interests: Environmental politics, international relations

Erin Moore

Professor of Architecture and Environmental Studies
Architecture, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-1439
Office: 477B Lawrence Hall

Nicolae Morar

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy
Environmental Studies, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Philosophy Department
Phone: 541-346-5547
Office: 250B Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2022: Thursdays from 1-2 pm & by appointment (primarily on Zoom, in person on demand) Please email for the zoom link.
Research Interests: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Biology, 20th Continental Philosophy

Barbara Muraca

Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies
Associate Department Head, Department of Philosophy
Environmental Studies, German & Scandinavian, Philosophy Department
Office: 242 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday 2-3:30pm & on Zoom: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/99115470117
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Process Philosophy sustainability, degrowth, human-nature relationships

Kari Marie Norgaard

Director of Graduate Studies for Environmental Studies
Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Climate Studies, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Native American Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-8615
Office: 634 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Thursday 12:30-2:30 and TBA
Research Interests: Gender, Place and Environment, Social Psychology and Interaction, Sociology of Culture, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches

Autumn Oberhart

EcoPeer & ASU 7 Student Worker Lead
She/Her/Hers
Anthropology, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, Geography
Office: Columbia 144

Alexandra Rempel

Assistant Professor of Environmental Design
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-510-7713
Office: 302 Vocanology

Aidan Rieder

Ecopeer
Environmental Studies
Phone: 925-308-0614
Office: ENVS office
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-2:30pm

Josh Roering

Professor
Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5574
Office: 325C Cascade Hall
Research Interests: geomorphology, surface processes

Kory Russel

Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Landscape Arch
Office: 215 Lawrence Hall
Research Interests: Water, Sanitation, Container-Based Sanitation, Informal Settlements, Design

Edith Sackitey

Graduate Student
Environmental Studies

Kate Schau

Undergraduate Coordinator
(they/them)
Anthropology, Earth Sciences, Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-3761
Office: 100 Cascade | 107 Condon
Office Hours: M-F 9am-3pm

Jason Schreiner

Adjunct Instructor, Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-3484
Office: 403 Straub Hall

Emily Scott

Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, German & Scandinavian, History Art & Arch
Office: Lawrence 218
Research Interests: Art, politics, and the environment

Lucas Silva

Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology
Biology, Environmental Studies
Office: 248 Columbia Hall

Sarah Stapleton

Assistant Professor
College of Education, Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, Curriculum & Teaching, Curriculum and Teacher Education, Educational Foundations, Environmental Studies, Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-5834
Office: 130C Lokey Education Bldg
Research Interests: climate change education, science and environmental education, food and schools, participatory research

Shannan Lenke Stoll

Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies

Peter Suechting

Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 837A PLC
Research Interests: climate change, international/comparative political economy, comparative politics/comparative environmental politics, energy policy, industrial policy

Christian Tensuan

Graduate Student
Environmental Studies
Phone: 6503364919
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, wildfire policy and management, community based adaptation to wildfire, prescribed fire, ecology, and environmental restoration.

Ethan Torres

Graduate Student
College of Arts and Sciences, Environmental Studies
Research Interests: Restoration Ecology, Community Ecology

Sarah D. Wald

Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & English
Director of Graduate Admissions for English
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office: 443 PLC
Office Hours: Spring Term: M 3:15-4:45 (in-person & via Zoom); R 11:30am-1pm (sign up: https://goo.gl/ZUocxh)
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
Phone: 541-346-4541
Office: 100 Condon Hall
Research Interests: Political ecology, environmental politics, climate change adaptation, wildfire, collaborative and community based resource management, land use, American West, Africa

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
Phone: 541-346-4824
Office: 381 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 2:00-3:00 p.m. or via zoom appt
Research Interests: US West, Environmental History, Native Americans

Taylor West

Undergraduate Coordinator
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5084
Office: 144 Columbia Hall

Dehlia Wolftail

Research Assistant
Environmental Studies

Richard York

Director of Environmental Studies, Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, SAIL, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5064
Office: 730 PLC
Office Hours: S23: F 10:00-12:00
Research Interests: Place and Environment, Population and Ecology, Theory Knowledge Science, Quantitative Approaches