Environmental Studies
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
Professor, Environmental Studies & English
English, Environmental Studies, IRES, Latinx
Email: sdwald@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office Hours: Mon, 7-7:45pm (Zoom only)
Tues, 3:30-4:15 pm (PLC 443/Zoom) (3:20-3:40 reserved for ENVS 203 students)
Thur, 12-12:30 pm (PLC 443/Zoom)
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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
Riley Wall
Graduate Student/GE in Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies
Email: rileywal@uoregon.edu
Marsha Weisiger
Professor of History and Environmental Studies
Julie and Rocky Dixon Chair of U.S. Western History; Founding Co-Director, Center for Environmental Futures (2016-2025)
History, Environmental Studies
Email: weisiger@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4824
Office: 381 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Spring 2026 T-R, 2:30-3:30 p.m., or by appointment
Research Interests: US West, Environmental History, Native Americans
David Yorgesen
Operations Manager, ASU 3
Classics, Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature Journal, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Environmental Studies
Email: yorgesen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1539
Office: 338 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: In the office: 7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Monday - Wednesday. Remote office: 7:30 am – 4:30 pm, Thursday. 7:30 am – 4 pm, Friday
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 2026: Tuesday 2-4 via Zoom: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/8212956802
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Political Economy, Sociological Theory, Sociology of Science