Environmental Studies
Stacy Alaimo
Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor in English
Core Faculty in Environmental Studies; Director of Graduate Studies for English Department
English, Environmental Studies
Email: salaimo@uoregon.edu
Phone: Please contact via email.
Office: 205 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Week 1 to Week 10: In person: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00-4:00. You are welcome to stop by in-person office hours or email to reserve a half hour meeting. [I will be on sabbatical from September 2025 to September 2026, but will reserve one day a month for meeting with graduate students. Check my website.]
Research Interests: Environmental Humanities/Multispecies Studies, Blue Humanities/Critical Ocean Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Posthumanities/New Materialism, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Visual Culture, Race, Ethnicity, and Indignity, Gender, Sexuality, Queer and Trans Studies
Melody Allison
PhD Student, TA, Environmental Justice Fellow
Graduate Studies Committee
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Email: melodya@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursdays from 3-4 pm Columbia Hall 254A
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Pragmatism, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Epistemology, Worldviews and Paradigm Shifts, Human-Nature Relationships, the Degrowth Movement, and Food Systems.
Holly Amer
Graduate Student Researcher
Environmental Studies
Email: hamer4@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Soil Science, Climate Change, Sustainable Land Management, Restoration
Adell Amos
Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law
Environmental Studies, Law, Law-JD
Email: aamos@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3826
Office: 354 Knight Law Center
Lillian Aoki
Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies
Email: laoki@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Mondays from 3:30-5 pm and by appointment
Research Interests: Coastal ecology, ecological resilience, ecosystem restoration
Jamila Baig
ESSP/Geography PhD Candidate
Climate Studies, Environmental Studies
Email: jbaig@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5426
Office: 105 Condon Hall
Research Interests: Reconstruction of Paleotemperature and vegetation using Multi Proxies in Pacific Northwest
Derek Beckett
Undergraduate Coordinator
Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Email: derek1@uoregon.edu
Phone: +1 541-346-4008
Office: Remote
Office Hours: T,R,F 8:00-5:00PM
Kristina Beggen
Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Email: kbeggen@uoregon.edu
Office: 607 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugne OR 97403-1291
Ashli Blow
Graduate Employee
Ph.D. Student
College of Arts and Sciences, Environmental Studies, SOJC
Email: ashlib@uoregon.edu
Office: 210 Allen Hall
Margaret C. Boulay
Co-Director, Environmental Leadership Program
ELP Senior Instructor II
Environmental Studies
Email: boulay@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5945
Office: 244 Columbia Hall, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295
Office Hours: Wed 3:30-4:30 pm 244 COL, and by appointment
Libby Bridges
Graduate Student
Environmental Studies
Email: libbyb@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: TH 1:30-3:30pm
Research Interests: ecopedagogy, environmental justice, youth climate activism, environmental education, school gardens, food equity, critical hope
Scott Bridgham
Professor Emeritus, Biology and Environmental Studies
Biology, Environmental Studies
Email: bridgham@uoregon.edu
Office: 362 Onyx Hall, 1210 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1210
Trudy Cameron
Professor Emerita (former Mikesell Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics)
Economics, Environmental Studies, SAIL
Email: cameron@uoregon.edu
Office: 428A PLC, 1285 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: By appointment only
Mark Carey
Professor of Environmental Studies and Geography
Environmental Studies, Geography
Email: carey@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8077
Office: 110 Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: by appointment
Research Interests: environmental history, glaciers and society, climate change, environmental justice, Latin America, the Arctic
Ori Chafe
Graduate Student
Environmental Studies
Email: ochafe@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: 144 COL
Isabel Christy
PhD Student
Environmental Studies
Email: ichristy@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Thursday, 10 - 11 am
Research Interests: Soil carbon cycling, nature-based climate solutions
Ashley Cordes
Assistant Professor
Indigenous Media Studies in ENVS and Data Science
Data Science, Digital Humanities, Environmental Studies
Email: acordes@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0061
Office: Pacific 203C
Office Hours: Email to request
Research Interests: Media, Indigenous Science and Technology Studies (AI, blockchain, cryptocurrency), Digital Humanities, Environmental/Place-Based Studies, Visual Culture, Critical/Cultural Studies
Dara Craig
PhD Candidate
Environmental Studies
Email: dcraig5@uoregon.edu
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
Email: mjdennis@uoregon.edu
Alexa Foor
English Graduate Student, Environmental Studies Graduate Student
Editor in Chief, Ecotone
English, Environmental Studies
Email: afoor@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: 144 Columbia Hall, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5223
Research Interests: Queer theory, Rural Studies, Indigenous Studies, Environmental Justice
Madison Fowler
ESSP Doctoral student/GE
Environmental Studies, English
Email: mfowlern@uoregon.edu
Office: UO Annex 128
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Thursdays 4:00-6:00pm or by appt.
Research Interests: Indigenous environmental literatures, public lands, US empire, bordertowns, LAND BACK!
Kathleen Gekiere
Environmental Studies Graduate Student
English Graduate Student/ GE
English, Environmental Studies
Email: kgekiere@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1496
Office: 254A Columbia
Office Hours: Tuesday 10 - 11 and by appointment.
Research Interests: Critical Animal Studies, Ecocriticism, Posthumanism,
Ava Guihama Olson
PhD Student / GE
English, Environmental Studies
Email: avaolson@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 2-3PM by appointment
Research Interests: Land Back, critical whiteness studies, masculinity, eschatology, American environmental history/historiography, animal studies (carnivores), public memory, science communication
Lauren Hallett
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology
Biology, Environmental Studies
Email: hallett@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3346
Office: 220C Pacific Hall, 5289 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5289
Office Hours: M/W 11am-12:50pm
Megan Hayes
Graduate Student
Environmental Studies
Email: mhayes8@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: 144 COL, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5223
Yumna Imtiaz
Ph. D. Candidate
Environmental Studies
Email: yimtiaz@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: COL 144, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5223
Research Interests: Building Sciences, Architecture, Socio-technical studies of thermal comfort
Meredith Jacobson
Graduate Employee
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Email: mjacobs2@uoregon.edu
Office: 721 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Winter 2023: By Appointment
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, settler colonial studies, forest and fire governance
Geoffrey Johnson
ESSP/Geography PhD Candidate
Geography, Environmental Studies
Email: gmj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-525-4328
Research Interests: Forest Ecology, Environmental History, Climate Change, Human/Environment
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: Winter 2025: TBA
Research Interests: Climate risk and adaptation, political ecology, finance, development studies, East Africa, restoration, labor, firefighting
Ashley Kemper
Graduate Employee
MS Candidate
Environmental Studies
Email: akem@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: sustainability, waste colonialism related to fashion/textiles, environmental justice, degrowth, ecology, environmental policy
Bjørn Ralf Kristensen
ABD Ph.D.
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Email: brk@uoregon.edu
Office: 144 COL, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5223
Office Hours: By appointment only during Summer 2025
Research Interests: Multispecies Studies, Animal Ethics, Medical and Public Health Ethics, Environmental Philosophy, Hermeneutics, American Pragmatism (John Dewey), Ecofeminism (Val Plumwood), Development Studies, Water and Sanitation, Informal Settlements
Lydia Lapporte
Graduate Employee
Environmental Studies
Email: lapporte@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Water justice, blue humanities
Mason Leavitt
Master's Student
Graduate Employee
Environmental Studies, Geography
Email: mleavit2@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Winter 2025<br />
Thursday 2:00 - 4:00 Pm
Research Interests: Leaking Underground Storage Tanks, Environmental Risk Management, Environmental Justice, GIS, Pollution Liability Insurance, Landfills, Methane
Rachael Lee
Environmental Studies Graduate Student/ GE
English Graduate Student
English, Environmental Studies
Email: rlee3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0050
Office: 269 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
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
Melissa Lucash
Research Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies, Geography
Email: mlucash@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4598
Office: 245 Columbia Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: Mon at 2pm, Wed at 11am in Columbia 245
Research Interests: Landscape ecology, forest ecology, climate change, wildfire, spatial modeling
Kathryn Lynch
Co-Director, Environmental Leadership Program
Environmental Studies
Email: klynch@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5070
Office: 140 Columbia Hall, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295
Research Interests: environmental anthropology, environmental education, ethnobotany
Richard Margerum
Professor of Planning, Public Policy, and Management
Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
College of Design, Environmental Studies, PPPM
Email: rdm@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2526
Office: 107A Lawrence Hall, 5249 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
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, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: gmartin@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9178
Office: 346 PLC, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5223
Office Hours: On Leave WSF 2025
Research Interests: global food security, sustainable development, political ecology, conflict resolution, Latin America, Europe
Courtney Mathers
PhD Student
Environmental Studies
Email: cmathers@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: soil, carbon cycling, mycorrhizal fungi, land management
Hana Matsumoto
Graduate Student
NSF Graduate Research Fellow
Environmental Studies, Geography
Email: hmatsumo@uoregon.edu
Theresa May
Professor Emerita
Clark Honors College, Environmental Studies, IRES, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts
Email: tmay33@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1789
Office: Email for Appointments
Research Interests: Ecodramaturgy/Eco-theatre, Native/Indigenous Drama, Environmental Humanities, Environmental Justice, Community-based Performance, Theatre for Social Change, Sustainable Theatre Management.
Patricia McDowell
Professor Emeritus, Geography
Environmental Studies, Geography
Email: pmcd@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4567
Office: 275 Condon Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: M 2-3pm
Research Interests: Geomorphology, river management and restoration, Quaternary environments
Sabina Mensah
PhD student
Environmental Studies
Email: smensah@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Environmental Management, Environmental Policy, Organic Waste Management, Post-harvest loss management
Ronald Mitchell
Professor of Political Science
Climate Studies, Environmental Studies, Political Science
Email: rmitchel@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4880
Office: 921 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday 10:00 - 12:00 Zoom - http://tiny.cc/mitchell_oh
Research Interests: Environmental Politics, International Relations
Erin Moore
Professor of Architecture and Environmental Studies
Architecture, Environmental Studies
Email: moore2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1439
Office: 477B Lawrence Hall, 1206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1206
Nicolae Morar
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Philosophy
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Email: nmorar@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5547
Office: 250B Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Sabbatical leave for the 2024-2025 academic year
Research Interests: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Biology, 20th Continental Philosophy
Barbara Muraca
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies
Associate Department Head (Philosophy)/Curriculum Committee (Chair)/GTF Appointment Committee
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Email: bmuraca@uoregon.edu
Office: 242 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesdays 2:00-3:30pm in person and on Zoom upon request (ask for Zoom link). Additional meetings (upon appointment) for graduate students
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Process Philosophy (Whitehead), Sustainability, degrowth, human-nature relationships, Biocapitalism
Lauren Ponisio
Associate Professor
Biology, Environmental Studies, Food Studies
Email: lponisio@uoregon.edu
Office: 386 Onyx Bridge, 1210 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Alexandra Rempel
Associate Professor of Environmental Design
Director of Graduate Studies for Environmental Studies
Architecture, Environmental Studies
Email: arempel@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-510-7713
Office: 302 Vocanology, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5223
Kory Russel
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Landscape Arch
Email: krussel@uoregon.edu
Office: 215 Lawrence Hall, 5234 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5234
Research Interests: Water, Sanitation, Container-Based Sanitation, Informal Settlements, Design
Nicole Schaub
Graduate Student
Environmental Studies, Geography
Email: schaub@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: glaciers, environmental justice, digital media technologies, the Arctic
Emily Scott
Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, History Art & Arch
Email: escott2@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays 11am-1pm in Lawrence 218. Contact instructor for sign-up sheet.
Research Interests: Art, politics, and the environment
Lucas Silva
Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology
Biology, Environmental Studies
Email: lsilva7@uoregon.edu
Office: 248 Columbia Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:00pm
Nick Sky
Graduate Teaching Fellow
Environmental Studies
Email: nsky@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6512
Office: 130D Lokey Education Bldg, 5277 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5277
Sarah Stapleton
Associate Professor
College of Education, Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, Curriculum & Teaching, Curriculum and Teacher Education, Educational Foundations, Environmental Studies, Food Studies
Email: sstaplet@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5834
Office: 146B Lokey Education Bldg.
Research Interests: climate change education, science and environmental education, food and schools, participatory research
Amanda Stasiewicz
Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies
Email: asta@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5031
Office Hours: Thursdays 10-11:45 Columbia 145B
Research Interests: human dimensions of wildfire, community and organizational adaptation to hazards, cooperative fire risk management, evacuation and alternatives to evacuation, forest and rangeland policy, qualitative and quantitative social science
Shannan Lenke Stoll
Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Email: sstoll2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5003
Office: 721 PLC
Sami Stroud
ESSP Doctoral student/GE
Environmental Studies, Geography
Email: stroud@uoregon.edu
Office: Condon 105
Office Hours: Mondays 2-4 PM
Research Interests: Environmental justice, multispecies ethnography, STS, anti-colonial methods, political ecology, care and care work, ecotourism
Peter Suechting
Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Political Science
Email: psuechti@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Climate Change, International/Comparative Political Economy, Comparative Politics/Comparative Environmental Politics, Energy Policy, Industrial Policy
Christian Tensuan
Graduate Student
Environmental Studies
Email: ctensuan@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, wildfire policy and management, community based adaptation to wildfire, prescribed fire, ecology, and environmental restoration.
'Gifty' Rhodalyn Tetteh
PhD Candidate ESSP
Graduate Employee
Environmental Studies
Email: gtetteh@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: 144 COL, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5223
Office Hours: Tuesdays 9-11am
Research Interests: Plastic Politics, Marine Microplastic pollution, Plastics and Artisanal fishing
Ethan Torres
Graduate Student
Environmental Studies
Email: ethantor@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Restoration/Community Ecology, Plant-soil feedbacks, Mycorrhizae
Sarah D. Wald
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & English
Director of Graduate Admissions for English
English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx
Email: sdwald@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office Hours: W, 4:15-4:45pm, In Person or Zoom<br />
Th, 2-3:30pm, Zoom <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
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: Winter 23, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 2:00-3:00 p.m. or via zoom appt
Research Interests: US West, Environmental History, Native Americans
Stephen Wooten
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Global Studies
Provost's Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Folklore Program, Food Studies
Email: swooten@uoregon.edu
Office: 322 FR, Eugene OR 97403-5206
Office Hours: By appointment. Please email to request a time.
Research Interests: Food studies, local-global dynamics, agrarian change, expressive culture
Richard York
Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Email: rfyork@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5064
Office: 730 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2025: M 12-2 via Zoom: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/8212956802
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Political Economy, Sociological Theory, Sociology of Science