Global Studies Faculty
Aneesh Aneesh
Executive Director, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Interim Director, Middle East and North African Studies
German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Latin American Studies
Email: aaneesh@uoregon.edu
Office: 202B Agate hall
Research Interests: Globalization, technology, labor, migration, citizenship, theory
Smadar Ben-Natan
Assistant Professor
Global Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: smadar@uoregon.edu
Office: Agate Hall 209, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Mondays 3:00-5:00, on zoom only, schedule here: https://calendly.com/smadar-uoregon/officehours?back=1&month=2026-01
Research Interests: Human rights, international law, Palestine/Israel, armed conflict, military courts, criminal justice, incarceration, colonialism, citizenship.
Yvonne Braun
Professor
Department Head, Global Studies and Member, Provost's Teaching Academy
Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: ybraun@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5752
Office: 202A Agate Hall, 1245 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2026: Thursday 11:00-1:00 or by appointment; in person or via Teams/Zoom
Research Interests: gender, intersectionality, social inequality, international development, environmental justice, globalization, infrastructural politics, energy politics, social movements, feminist political ecology
Hannah Cutting-Jones
Assistant Professor
Food Studies, Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: hcutting@uoregon.edu
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
Dennis Galvan
Professor
Dean and Vice Provost, Division of Global Engagement
Global Studies, Political Science, SAIL
Email: dgalvan@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5851
Office: 310 Oregon Hall, 5209 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5209
Research Interests: Culture and Development, Culturally Sustainable Development, Identity and Community, Political Legitimation, Multiple Forms of Modernity, Primary Field Work: West Africa, Secondary Field Work: Indonesia
William Hatungimana
Assistant Professor
Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: whatu@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: African Politics, Immigration, Africa China Relations, Democracy and Political Legitimacy
Derrick Hindery
Associate Professor, Department of Global Studies
UO Study Abroad Programs Committee Member; Provost’s Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: dhindery@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6106
Office: McArthur Court 027, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: by appointment (please email dhindery@uoregon.edu) on Zoom at: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/7684792837
Research Interests: Neoliberal and "post-neoliberal" models of economic "development" on communities and environment in Latin America and the U.S. Sustainable community projects in Indigenous territories in Bolivia (e.g. collectives producing medicinal oils and handicrafts)
Ali Malik
Assistant Professor
Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Food Studies
Email: alimalik@uoregon.edu
Office: Agate Hall 209, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2024: By appointment
Research Interests: Political economy of globalization, socio-legal studies, critical agrarian studies, science and technology studies, third world approaches to international law, digital agriculture, South Asia
David Meek
Associate Professor
Director, Food Studies
Asian Studies, Food Studies, Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: dmeek@uoregon.edu
Office: Agate Hall 205, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Not on campus Fall 22; available for virtual meetings; please contact at dmeek@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Political ecology, social movements, popular education, food sovereignty
Haruka Nagao
Assistant Professor
Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: hnagao@uoregon.edu
Office: McArthur Court 104B, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: health governance, Africa-China relations, gender, public opinion, soft power diplomacy, East Asia
Lesley Jo Weaver
Professor
Global Studies
Email: ljweaver@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: My Fall 2026 office hours are scheduled (not drop-in!) from 10:30-11:30 Mon and Wed in Pacific Hall 12, or via Zoom. Please make an appointment for a 30-min time slot at https://calendly.com/ljweaver/dr-weaver-office-hours. When you book at this link, you can also choose your preferred location (Zoom or Pacific Hall). If the available meeting times don’t work for you, please email me to set something up .
Research Interests: medical anthropology; mental health; race; chronic diseases; food insecurity; health disparities; Brazil; India; USA; global health
Stephen Wooten
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Global Studies
Provost's Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies, Anthropology, Folklore Program, Food Studies
Email: swooten@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5299
Office: Agate Hall 205, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Tuesdays 12- 2pm or by appointment. Please email to request a time.
Research Interests: Food studies, local-global dynamics, agrarian change, expressive culture
Kristin Yarris
Professor, Global Studies and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Department Head, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Disability Studies, Global Studies, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: keyarris@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1363
Office: Hendricks Hall 218A, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2026: Tuesdays 3:30-4:30pm in the EMU atrium in front of the Women's Center; also, remotely by appointment
Research Interests: transnational migration, migrant rights, social movements, mental health, health equity, wellbeing & social care