Environmental Studies Faculty
Stacy Alaimo
Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor in English
Core Faculty in Environmental Studies
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: *I will be on sabbatical from September 2025 to September 2026.* I may not have email access during some of that time, but I will be reserving two days on campus each term (Fall/Winter/Spring) to meet with graduate students. Please email me for the sign-up link. Also, please see my website, which contains much information and advice for grad students. If I am serving on your graduate committee, or am writing job letters for you, I will have already emailed you regarding times when I won't be able to sign forms or upload rec. letters.
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 Indigeneity, Gender, Sexuality, Queer Studies, Transcorporeality
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: Tuesday from 3-4 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, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295
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, 5289 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5289
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: Fall 2025: Wed 10-12pm (schedulable at calendly.com/geoleigh). I am traveling intermittently through Fall term, please check Calendly for availability.
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, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: Open door policy
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
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: TH 10:00-11:00 am and by appointment (primarily on Zoom, in person only on demand). Please book your time slot here: https://calendly.com/nmorar-uoregon
Research Interests: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Biology, 20th Continental Philosophy
Barbara Muraca
Associate Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Email: bmuraca@uoregon.edu
Office: 242 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesday 4:00-6pm 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
Phone: 541-346-3619
Office: 215 Lawrence Hall, 5234 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5234
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 Hours: Thursdays 11am-1pm in Lawrence 218. Contact instructor for sign-up sheet.
Research Interests: Art, politics, and the environment