History Faculty

Carlos Aguirre

Professor
CLLAS, History, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5905
Office: 333 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday 10:00-11:00 a.m., Wednesday 10:00-11:00 a.m.

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

Steven Beda

Assistant Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-9048
Office: 307 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-12:30 and by appointment
Research Interests: 20th Century US History, Labor History, Environmental History,

Lindsay Frederick Braun

Associate Professor
Departmental Advisor (2025 WT ST)
African Studies, History
Phone: 541-346-4838
Office: 365 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: WT 2025: 12-3 Tuesdays ABA, MTW preferred
Research Interests: Southern Africa 1750-1950, East Africa 1850-1960, Comparative Colonialism, Environmental History, History of Science and Technology (esp. geography)

Alexander Dracobly

Senior Instructor II
College Scholars, History, Middle East and North African Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5910
Office: 329 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Spring 23: Wednesdays 10-11:30am & Thursdays 1:45-3:15pm

Andrew Goble

Professor
History, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-4800
Office: 361 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday and Wednesday 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Research Interests: Japan

Melissa Graboyes

Associate Professor
Global Health Program, History
Office: 369 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Thursdays 1:30-3:30pm Sign up at https://graboyes-officehours.youcanbook.me/

Annelise Heinz

Associate Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-4827
Office: 355 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-3pm
Research Interests: Histories of U.S. Women and Gender; Sexuality and LGBTQ History; Race & Ethnicity; Consumerism; Transpacific History

Julie Hessler

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies in History
History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4857
Office: 351 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Fall 2024 Tues 10-11, Thurs 3:30-4:30

Ocean Howell

Associate Professor of History
Digital Humanities, History
Phone: 541-346-8095
Office: 313 McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: History of US cities, especially on the West Coast; history of architecture and urban planning; history of race and ethnicity.

Ryan Jones

Professor
Ann Swindells Chair, Department Head, Department of History
Asian Studies, History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4859
Office: 383 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:30
Research Interests: Russia, The Pacific, Global Environment

Vera Keller

Professor
Norman H. Brown, Jr. Faculty Fellow
History
Phone: 541-346-6903
Office: 309 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wednesday and Thursday, 9:00-10:00

John Leisure

Visiting Assistant Professor
History
Office: McKenzie 311
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday 3:30pm-5:00pm (or by appointment), McKenzie Hall (MCK) #311
Research Interests: Japan, Public Housing, Urbanism, Transpacific studies

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

Katherine Macica

Postdoctoral Fellow of Public History
History
Office: McKenzie 366
Office Hours: Thursdays 1:00-3:00 and by appointment
Research Interests: Public history, environmental history, urban history, history of the US West

John McCole

Associate Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-5906
Office: 303 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Spring 2023 W 2-4 in McKenzie 303, or email me for a Zoom link

Connor Mills

Visiting Assistant Professor
History

Jeffrey Ostler

Professor of History Emeritus
History, IRES, Native American Studies
Phone: 541-346-1265
Research Interests: The History of the American West, with A Particular Focus On American Indian History

Daniel Rosenberg

Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-0520
Office: 359 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Fall 2024, Tues 12:00-2:00pm by appointment. Schedule meeting: https://dbr-1.youcanbook.me
Research Interests: Intellectual History, Enlightenment Europe, History of Information, History of Science and Technology

George Sheridan

Professor
History
Office: 340A McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288

Jackson Smith

Visiting Assistant Professor
History
Office: 323 McKenzie Hall

Naomi Sussman

Assistant Professor
History
Research Interests: Indigenous history, borderlands history, sovereignty, citizenship, race, history of migration

Arafaat A. Valiani

Associate Professor
Graduate Faculty in the Department of Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies and Global Health
History, IRES
Phone: 541-346-5763
Office: 301 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: By appointment

Lissa Wadewitz

Beekman Professor of Northwest and Pacific History
History
Phone: 541-346-1831
Office: 385 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Native American, Pacific/Marine World, US West, US Environmental

Julie Weise

Associate Professor, Department of History
Digital Humanities, History, IRES, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-4833
Research Interests: Identity, Citizenship, Migration, Race, and Nations in the Americas and the world through the lens of history.

Marsha Weisiger

Associate Professor of History
Julie and Rocky Dixon Chair of U.S. Western History; Co-Director, Center for Environmental Futures
Environmental Studies, History
Phone: 541-346-4824
Office: 381 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 2:00-3:00 p.m. or via zoom appt
Research Interests: US West, Environmental History, Native Americans

Timothy Williams

Associate Professor
Associate Department Head & Director of Undergraduate Studies
History
Phone: 541-346-8798
Office: 367 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter & Spring 2024: Tuesdays 1-3 PM. Schedule office hours here: https://calendly.com/timw-uo/office-hours
Research Interests: 19th Century U.S. history, the Civil War and Reconstruction, intellectual and cultural history, book history, gender, education, prisons and prisoners.

Reuben Zahler

Associate Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-5907
Office: 363 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Spring 23: Fridays 12:30-2:30pm
Research Interests: Latin America