History
Ryan Tucker Jones
Professor
Ann Swindells Chair, Department Head, Department of History
Asian Studies, History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: rtj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4859
Office: 383 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Research Interests: Russia, The Pacific, Global Environment
Vera Keller
Professor
Norman Brown Faculty Fellow
History
Email: vkeller@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6903
Office: 309 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: I am on Sabbatical for AY 2026-2027.
Kallen Kentner
PhD Student
History
Email: kkentner@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: US History, Leisure, Entertainment, Public Health, Sports, Gender History
Alan Kimball
Professor Emeritus
History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: kimball@uoregon.edu
Office: 340V McKenzie Hall
Finn Koval
Graduate Programs Assistant
Anthropology, Black Studies, Cinema Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, Geography, History, IRES, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: fkoval@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0192
Office: 201 McKenzie Hall
Ravinder Kumar
PhD Student
History
Email: ravink@uoregon.edu
Phone: 4582509204
Office: 350G McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 2026
Fridays- 3:00-5:00 PM
Research Interests: British colonial India; colonial and postcolonial states; constitutional and legal history; indigenous communities; nomadic and denotified tribes; liberty and state power; postcolonial state formation.
Nanosh Lucas
PhD Student
History, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: nanoshl@uoregon.edu
Office: 406 Straub Hall, 6244 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday 11:50-1:50
Research Interests: U.S. History, African American History, Race, Black Power Studies
David Luebke
Professor of History
Katherine G. Brady & Thomas A. Brady, Jr., Roger Chickering & Alison Baker Professor of Central European Histories
History
Email: dluebke@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2394
Office: 357 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Fall Term 2025: Wednesdays, 2:00-4:00 pm, or by appointment
Jack Maddex
Professor Emeritus
History Department
History
Email: jmaddex@uoregon.edu
Office: 350 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
John McCole
Associate Professor Emeritus
History
Email: mccole@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5906
Office: 303 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Winter 2026 Thursdays 2-4 in McKenzie 303, or email me for a Zoom link, and by appointment
Spencer McConkie
PhD Student
History
Email: smcconk3@uoregon.edu
Office: 340F McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: Environmental History, History of the American West, Latter-day Saint History
Randall McGowen
Professor Emeritus
History
Email: rmcgowen@uoregon.edu
Office: 350 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Fela McWhorter
Operations Manager, Academic Support Unit 5
Anthropology, Black Studies, Cinema Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, Geography, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: felaw@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5902
Office: 275B McKenzie Hall
Kelly Mendelson
Accounting Technician
Anthropology, Black Studies, Cinema Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, Geography, History, IRES, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: kellymen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4548
Office Hours: 8:00am-12:00pm; 1:00-5:00pm
Tom Mertes
Academic Programs Manager
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies, Anthropology, Geography
Email: tmertes@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1060
Office: 273A McKenzie Hall
Peyton Meyer
MA Student
History
Email: pmeyer@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4802
Office: 275 McKenzie Hall, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Ryan Minton
PhD Student
History
Email: rmint@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4802
Office: 275 McKenzie Hall, Eugene OR 97403