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Daniel Buck

Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, Geography, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-2353
Office: 109 Condon Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-3:30, or by appointment
Research Interests: Geography/Asian Studies, Economic Geography, Development, Political Economy, Environment/Society, East Asia and China.

Mark Carey

Professor of Environmental Studies and Geography
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-8077
Office: 110 Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: by appointment
Research Interests: glaciers and society, climate adaptation, natural hazards, icebergs, mountain geographies, the Arctic, Andes and South America, environmental history, STS (science, technology, and society), environmental humanities, political ecology

John Christian

Assistant Professor
Geography
Phone: 541-346-4543
Office: 173 Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: M 2-3, W 2-3, or by appointment
Research Interests: glacier and ice-sheet dynamics, climate, earth-system models

Shaul Cohen

Associate Professor
Director, UO Prison Education Program; Director, Carnegie Global Oregon Ethics Program
Geography
Phone: 541-346-4500
Office: 107G Condon Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Thursday 2:30-3:30PM, or by appointment
Research Interests: Prison Education, Ethics, Ethno-territorial conflict, Environment

Carolyn Fish

Assistant Professor
Geography
Phone: 541-346-4197
Office: 164 Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025 - Tuesday/Thursday 3-4pm
Research Interests: cartography, map design, climate change communication, mapping environment-society interactions.

Mark Fonstad

Associate Professor
Climate Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-4208
Office: 107F Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Mondays 12PM- 1PM
Research Interests: Geomorphology, Hydrology, Remote Sensing, Environmental Simulation

Daniel Gavin

Department Head
Professor
Geography
Phone: 541-346-5787
Office: 217A Pacific Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Fridays, 1:00 to 2:30, in Pacific 217
Research Interests: Biogeography, paleoecology, forest ecology.

Leigh Johnson

Associate Professor
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-2644
Office: 152 Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wed 10-12pm. In person or Zoom, please schedule either at calendly.com/geoleigh. I am traveling intermittently through Fall term, please check Calendly for availability.
Research Interests: Climate risk and adaptation, political ecology, insurance and finance, development studies, pastoralism, East Africa, restoration, labor, fire and fire suppression

Nick Kohler

Associate Teaching Professor
Geography
Phone: 541-346-4160
Office: 107E Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Research Interests: GIScience, Remote Sensing, Cartography, Human-Environmental relations, Geography of Adventure.

Melissa Lucash

Research Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies, Geography
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

Leslie McLees

Senior Instructor
Undergraduate Director, Senior Instructor & Advisor; Program Director, General Social Sciences
General Social Sciences, Geography
Phone: 541-346-5709
Office: 107C Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: By appointment at this link (hours may vary each week): https://uogeographyadvising.as.me/<br /> Wednesdays, 10:30-noon, on Zoom: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/93781142475<br />

Jennifer Miller

Professor
Geography
Research Interests: Spatial data science, species distribution models, movement ecology

Laura Pulido

Professor
Collins Chair
Geography, IRES, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-0918
Office Hours: Mondays 2-3 pm; Tuesdays 1-2 pm
Research Interests: Cultural Memory, Chicana/o Studies, Critical Human Geography, Environmental Justice

Xiaobo Su

Professor
Asian Studies, Climate Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-4568
Office: 175 Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Research Interests: Tourism and urban development, international political economy, China and Southeast Asia

Peter Walker

Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Geography
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