Environmental 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/ENG 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!
Kathy Furrer
Graduate Support Specialist ASU#3
College of Arts and Sciences, Classics, Comparative Literature, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Environmental Studies
Email: kfurrer@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1501
Office: 118 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: FALL TERM Mon: Working Remotely avail. by Email Tues: 9-12/1-4 (COL 144) Wed: 8:30-12/1-4 (PLC 118) Thurs: 8:30-12 (PLC 118)/1-4 (SCH 311) Fri: 8:30-12 (PLC 118)<br />
Drop-In Office Hours: Wed. 9-12 (PLC 118
Kathleen Gekiere
Environmental Studies Graduate Student/ENG GE
English Graduate Student/ GE
English, Environmental Studies
Email: kgekiere@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1496
Office: 255 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesday 10 -12 and by appointment.
Research Interests: Wild Horse and Burro Management, Multispecies Studies, Critical Animal Studies, Ecocriticism, Posthumanism, Speculative fiction, Solarpunk
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, public lands/recreation, 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
Kate Hoffman
Graduate Student in Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies
Email: katehoff@uoregon.edu
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: Fall 2024: By Appointment
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, settler colonial studies, forest and fire governance, labor, social movements
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
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