Environmental Studies Faculty
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
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Week 1 to Week 10: In person W1-W10: 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. If you are sick, please do not come to office hours in person; email me and we can zoom. Note: Some office hours may be cancelled due to meetings. Just email to check. [I will be on sabbatical from September 2025 to September 2026, but will reserve one or meeting day a month for graduate students advising and mentoring. Check my website.]
Research Interests: Environmental Humanities, Blue Humanities/Critical Ocean 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
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
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
Office Hours: Wed 3:30-4:30 pm 244 COL, and by appointment
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
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
Lauren Hallett
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology
Biology, Environmental Studies
Email: hallett@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3346
Office: 220C Pacific Hall
Office Hours: M/W 11am-12:50pm
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
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
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
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: Tu 9:30-10:30, W 2:30-3:30 or by appointment
Research Interests: global food security, sustainable development, political ecology, conflict resolution, Latin America, Europe
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
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
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
Kory Russel
Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Landscape Arch
Email: krussel@uoregon.edu
Office: 215 Lawrence Hall
Research Interests: Water, Sanitation, Container-Based Sanitation, Informal Settlements, Design
Emily Scott
Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, History Art & Arch
Email: escott2@uoregon.edu
Office: Lawrence 218
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
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
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 />
Sign Up for Office Hours Here <br />
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 Friendly Hall, 5206 University Of Oregon, 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
Director of Environmental Studies, Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, SAIL, 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: Place and Environment, Population and Ecology, Theory Knowledge Science, Quantitative Approaches