Food Studies

Jacques Abelman

Assistant Professor
Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-3884
Office: 211 Lawrence Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday and Friday 11am - 12pm | By appointment.
Research Interests: Social Justice, Landscape Infrastructure, Food Systems, Agroecology, Research Through Design, Urban Agriculture

Ina Asim

Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, History, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-6161
Office: 317 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Martha Bayless

Professor, English
English, Folklore Program, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-3930
Office: 344 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: On sabbatical; please email.
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies

Fatima Benhabyb

Undergraduate Program Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Phone: 541-346-2047
Office: 106 Agate Hall, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: MTWRF 8:30am-4:30pm [Remote Fridays]

Daniel Buck

Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, Geography, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-2353
Office: 109 Condon Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: M 12-1:50pm, or by appointment
Research Interests: Geography/Asian Studies, Economic Geography, Development, Political Economy, Environment/Society, East Asia and China.

Annie Christofferson

Undergraduate & Program Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Global Health Program, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-0746

Hannah Cutting-Jones

Assistant Professor
Food Studies, Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 105E Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays, 10-12
Research Interests: Food and colonialism, history of Christian missions in the Pacific, Pacific Islands food culture, food history, nutritional science

Howard Davis

Professor Emeritus
Architecture, Food Studies
Office: 321 Lawrence Hall, 5233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295

Olivia Denton

Faculty Support Coordinator
ASU 1 - Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, OCIAS, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Office Hours: MTWTF 9:00-5:00

Brita Dye

Academic Programs Manager
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, European Studies, Global Health Program, Judaic Studies Program, Latin American Studies, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-9782
Office: 1787 Agate Street, Suite 110, 1245 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Diana Garvin

Assistant Professor of Italian, Mediterranean Studies
ON MATERNITY LEAVE FALL 2025
Food Studies, Italian, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-6984
Office: 421 Friendly Hall, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Research Interests: Transnational Italian Studies (East Africa, Brazil), Fascism and Neo-Fascism, Food Studies, Environmental Humanities, Medical Humanities

Colin Ives

Associate Professor
Art, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-0072
Office: 122 Millrace 2, 5232 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5232
Research Interests: Art & Technology

Mary Jaeger

Professor, Graduate Advisor
Classics, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-4068
Office: 335 Susan Campbell Hall, 1267 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1267
Office Hours: By appointment only

Harper Keeler

Associate Teaching Professor
Director of the Urban Farm Program
Food Studies, Landscape Arch
Office: 212 Lawrence Hall, 5234 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5234
Research Interests: Civic Agriculture, Local Food Systems, Food Equity

Jonathan Knight

Operations Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Native American Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-0951
Office: 106 Agate Hall, 1787 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 8:30-5, M-Th

Peter Laufer

Professor, James N. Wallace Chair of Journalism
Food Studies, SOJC, SOJC-Journalism, SOJC-Journalism Master's, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Multimedia Journalism
Phone: 541-346-2109
Office: 203 Allen Hall, 1275 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1275

Gyoung-Ah Lee

Professor
Anthropology, Asian Studies, Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-5077
Office: 254 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Thur 2-4pm
Research Interests: Environmental archaeology, paleoethnobotany, ethnobotany, origins of agriculture, East Asian archaeology

David Luebke

Professor
Katherine G. Brady & Thomas A. Brady, Jr., Roger Chickering & Alison Baker Professor of Central European Histories
Food Studies, History
Phone: 541-346-2394
Office: 357 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Galen Martin

Senior Instructor II of Global and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Food Studies, Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
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

Carrie McCurdy

Associate Professor
Food Studies, Human Physiology
Phone: 541-346-5069
Office: 112 Pacific Hall, 1240 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1240
Research Interests: Obesity and Insulin Resistance