Political Science
Nakiessa Abbassi
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: nabbassi@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 808 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Wednesdays 12-1pm on Zoom, in-person by appointment
Research Interests: Environmental Law and Policy, Environmental Justice, Sustainable Development, Climate Resilience
Saima Ahmed
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: sahmed5@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 817 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Friday 11:00am-12:00pm
Research Interests: Climate Change, Environmental Politics, International Relations, International Security.
Yvette Alex-Assensoh
VP for Equity and Inclusion
Professor
Black Studies, Political Science
Email: yalex@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3175
Office: 401E Tykeson Hall
Craig Asberry
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: casberry@uoregon.edu
Office: 837 PLC
Office Hours: winter 2023: M 1:30-2:30
Research Interests: Political Ideology, Media Politics, Political Speech, Congressional Representation, Big Data, Statistical Modeling
Olivia Atkinson
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: oatkins2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 817 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Elaina Barker
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: ebarker7@uoregon.edu
Office: 840 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Friday 10:00-11:00
Research Interests: American Politics, Power, Gender, Sexuality, Criminal Justice
William Baugh
Associate Professor Emeritus
Political Science
Email: whbaugh@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4869
Office: 807 PLC
Deborah Baumgold
Professor Emerita
College Scholars, Political Science
Email: baumgold@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4884
Office: 814 PLC
Research Interests: Political Theory, History of Political Thought
Emily Beatty
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: ebeatty3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 837A PLC
Research Interests: Political Economy; American Politics; Critical Theory
Erin Beck
Associate Professor
CLLAS, Latin American Studies, Political Science
Email: beck@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4483
Office: 914 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Monday 3:30 - 6:30
Research Interests: Latin American Politics, Development, Gender, NGOs, Microfinance, Collective Action
Gerald Berk
Professor Emeritus
Political Science
Email: gberk@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4887
Office: 834 PLC
Research Interests: American Political Development, Business Regulation, Economic Sociology, Social Theory
Chris Blum
Operations Coordinator
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: cblum@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1168
Office: 736 PLC
Grace Boyd-Bigby
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: gboydbi5@uoregon.edu
Office: 840 PLC
Robin Brackett
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: rbracket@uoregon.edu
Office: 814 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Wednesday 4:00-5:00
Research Interests: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Iranian Foreign Relations, Middle East Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Tamara Brown
Operations Coordinator
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: tambro@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4614
Office: 936 PLC
Miranda Carr
Office Generalist
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: mecarr@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2049
Office: 936 PLC
Anita Chari
Associate Professor
Clark Honors College, Comparative Literature, German & Scandinavian, Political Science
Email: anitac@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4752
Office: 928 PLC
Office Hours: Tuesdays 3-5 pm on zoom, reserve a time at https://calendly.com/anitachari/officehours
Research Interests: Political Theory, Critical Theory, Frankfurt School, Marxism, Contemplative Studies, Somatics and Politics
Rachel Claric
Graduate Coordinator
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: rclaric2@uoregon.edu
James Conran
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Email: conran@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8976
Office: 911 PLC
Office Hours: F23 - Wednesday 12:30-3:30
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, European Politics, Political Economy
Jane Cramer
Associate Professor
Political Science
Email: jkcramer@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4626
Office: 813 PLC
Office Hours: S23: Monday and Wednesday 11:30-1:00pm
Research Interests: International Relations
Thao Dinh
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: thaodinh@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Wednesday 11:00-12:00
Dustin Ellis
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: dellis@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Email for an appointment via zoom
Research Interests: IM/Migration, American Politics, Comparative Politics, State/Market Ideologies, Epistemology, Pedagogy
Mary Follo
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: mfollo@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 816 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Wednesday 2:00-4:00
Research Interests: Affordable and Fair Share Housing, Land-Use Policy, Governance
Dennis Galvan
Professor
Dean and Vice Provost, Division of Global Engagement
African Studies, Global Studies, Political Science, SAIL
Email: dgalvan@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5851
Office: 310 Oregon Hall
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
Alison Gash
Professor of Political Science
Law, Law-JD, Political Science
Email: gash@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4876
Office: 922 PLC
Office Hours: F22 - Virtual: Wednesday 8:30-10:30--No OH October 5; (send email with header "OFFICE HOUR APPT" to make an appointment) or join waiting room on zoom https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/96351524725; In-person Thursday 1-2 (mask required)
Research Interests: U.S. Courts, Public Policy, Gender/Gender Identity, Race, Sexuality, Civil Rights, Constitutional Law
Grace Godfrey
Operations Manager
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: ggodfrey@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0765
Office: 907 PLC
Casey Goldstein
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: cgoldste@uoregon.edu
Office: 837A PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Wednesdays 1:30 - 2:30
Research Interests: Queer Theory, Transgender Studies, Intersectionality, Biopolitics, Political Theory
Yinan Guo
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: yinang@uoregon.edu
Office: 812 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Wednesday 10:00 - 11:00
Burke Hendrix
Professor
Political Science
Email: bhendrix@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2856
Office: 920 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Monday and Wednesday 1:30 - 3:30
Research Interests: Normative Political Theory, Indigenous Politics, Global Justice, History of Political Thought
Chandler James
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Email: chanj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4747
Office: 913 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 23: Tuesday 2-4pm and by appointment
Research Interests: American Presidency, Public Opinion, and Political Behavior
Nina Kankanyan
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: nkankan3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 814 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Friday 11:00am - 12:00pm
Sharon Kaplan
Graduate Specialist
Economics, Political Science, Sociology
Email: kaplan@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 435 PLC
Craig Kauffman
Associate Professor of Political Science
Director of Graduate Studies; Participating Faculty in Environmental Studies and Latin American Studies
Political Science
Email: ckauffma@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4974
Office: 916 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Thursday 9am-12pm
Research Interests: Environmental Politics, Ecological Law, Rights of Nature, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Transnational Networks, Collaborative Governance, Democratization
Parichehr Kazemi
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: pkazemi@uoregon.edu
Office: 816 PLC
Office Hours: S22 - Virtual: Fri 11-12 (weeks 1-10); no finals week hours. Zoom url: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/9601804327?pwd=RmNQZllsSERzaGJhS3JxdkNJU0RmUT09
Research Interests: Political Theory and Comparative Politics: Nondemocratic Regimes, Democratization, Revolutionary Models, Leadership
Sheila Keen
Associate Director Academic Service Unit
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: shkeen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4852
Office: 937 PLC
Melissa Keller
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: mkeller@uoregon.edu
Office: 808 PLC
Office Hours: S22 -Virtual & In Person: Thurs 12-1 (week 1-10); no finals week hours. Zoom url: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/94138538111
Research Interests: Welfare Regimes, European Politics, Comparative Political Economy, Inequality and Redistribution
Richard Kraus
Professor Emeritus
Asian Studies, Political Science
Email: rkraus@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4894
Office: 320B Chapman Hall
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, Chinese Politics, Politics of Culture
Sol Lee
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: soll@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4865
Office: PLC 836
Research Interests: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Political Behavior and Preferences
Joseph Lowndes
Professor
Department Head, Political Science
Black Studies, IRES, Political Science
Email: jlowndes@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1478
Office: 919 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Tuesday and Wednesday 12:00-1:30
Research Interests: American Political Development, Populism, Racial Politics, Conservatism, Political Culture
Andrew Martin
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: amarti23@uoregon.edu
Office: 812 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Friday 12:00-2:00
Isaiah McGuire
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: imcguir2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4865
Office: 831 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Thursday 2:00-300
Research Interests: Political Theory, International Relations, Philosophy, Ethics of Law
Ronald Mitchell
Professor of Political Science
Climate Studies, Environmental Studies, Political Science
Email: rmitchel@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4880
Office: 921 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Tuesday and Thursday 10:00-11:30
Research Interests: Environmental Politics, International Relations
Mikhail Myagkov
Professor
Political Science, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: myagkov@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4868
Office: 931 PLC
Research Interests: Russian Politics, Comparative Politics, Formal Political Theory, Statistical Methods, Experimental Design, Game Theory
Rosie Nguyen
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: nhungn@uoregon.edu
Office: 833 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Wednesday 3:00-4:00
Research Interests: Vietnamese Politics, Republic of Vietnam (1954-1975), Authoritarianism, Democratization, Sino-Vietnamese Relations
Frances Noland
Doctoral Student
Graduate Teaching Fellow
Political Science
Email: fnoland@uoregon.edu
Office: 815 PLC
Research Interests: International Relations, Political Theory
Neil O'Brian
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Email: obrian@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4698
Office: 923 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Tuesday/Friday 11:30-1:00
Research Interests: Political Parties, Congress, Public Opinion, Polarization
Kevin O'Hare
Pro Tem Instructor
Political Science
Email: kohare@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4821
Office: 806 PLC
Office Hours: S22 - Virtual: Tue & Thu 1-2:30 (weeks 1-10 & finals week). Teams url: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/chat/0/0?users=kohare@uoregon.edu
Daniel O'Neil
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: doneil6@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5141
Office: PLC 736
Caitlin O'Quinn
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: coquinn@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, Public Policy, Political Economy/Feminist Political Economy, Alternative Economic Systems, Social Movements, Reimagining Local Economic Resiliency
Brian Palmer
Faculty Specialist
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: bpalme10@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1846
Office: 936 PLC
Craig Parsons
Professor
European Studies, German & Scandinavian, Political Science
Email: cap@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4402
Office: 930 PLC
Office Hours: S23: Tuesday 12:00-3:00
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, European Politics
PS Peer Advisors
Peer Advisors
Political Science
Email: pspeers@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4875
Office: 907 PLC
Michael Peixoto
Academic Program Manager
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: mpeixoto@uoregon.edu
Phone: Call me on Teams
Office: 438 PLC
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Academic Support Unit administration, leadership, student advising, search advocacy, doctorate in Medieval European History
Jessica Reanne
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: reanne@uoregon.edu
Office: 816 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Monday 11-12
Research Interests: Collective Memory and Identity, Trauma Theory, Theatre and Politics
Katie Robison
Undergraduate Coordinator
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: krobison@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0205
Office: 736 PLC
Madison Schroder
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: mschrod2@uoregon.edu
Office: 840 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Wednesday 11:00am-1:00pm
Brett Scott
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: bscott3@uoregon.edu
Office: 832 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Monday 11:00am-12pm
Research Interests: Race, Ethnicity & Politics, Social Policy, Income & Inequality, Power, Privilege & Politics
Mohammed Shakibnia
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: shakibni@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Thursday 4:00 - 6:00
Munkyoung Shin
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: mshin@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Wednesday 10:00-12:00
Lars Skalnes
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Political Science
Email: lskalnes@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4886
Office: 929 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Tuesday 10:00-1:00; Undergraduate Studies Hours 12:30-3:30
Research Interests: International Political Economy, International Relations
Amy Snyder
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: asnyder5@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 806 PLC
Office Hours: S22 - Virtual: Thurs 3-4 (weeks 1-10 & finals week). Zoom url: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97730570250
Research Interests: Indigenous Hawaiian Studies, Women Gender, and Sexuality, and Public Policy
Haifa Souilmi
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: hsouilmi@uoregon.edu
Office: 833 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Thursday 12:00 - 1:00
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, International Relations, US Foreign Policy, Middle East and North Africa, Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation, Religion , Race and Politics, Interfaith Dialogue
Priscilla Southwell
Professor Emerita
Middle East and North African Studies, Political Science
Email: psouth@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9857
Office: 915 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Tuesday 11:30-1:30
Research Interests: Political Behavior, U.S. and European Politics
Nick Squires
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: nsquires@uoregon.edu
Office: 815 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Wednesday 1:00-3:00
Research Interests: International Relations, US Foreign Policy, National Security, Climate Change, Securitization of Migration
Sarah Stach
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: sstach@uoregon.edu
Office: 817 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Friday 11:30-12:30
Research Interests: Marxism; Post-/Anti-Colonial Theory; Social Reproduction Theory; Indigenous Dispossession; Leisure and Politics; Land and Property Regimes; Resistance
Peter Suechting
Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Political Science
Email: psuechti@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 837A PLC
Research Interests: Climate Change, International/Comparative Political Economy, Comparative Politics/Comparative Environmental Politics, Energy Policy, Industrial Policy
Richard Suttmeier
Professor Emeritus
Political Science
Email: petesutt@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2856
Office: 828 PLC
Research Interests: Sci & Tech in US-China Relations
Yeling Tan
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Email: yelingt@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7098
Office: 912 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Thursday 10:00am-1:00pm
Research Interests: Global Economic Governance; International Political Economy; Comparative Political Economy; Politics of China; Political Economy of Development
Katie Temple
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: ktemple2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 832 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Virtual: Wednesday 12-1
Research Interests: Mindfulness Movements in the US, Economic Sociology, Social Theories of Capitalism
Daniel Tichenor
Philip H. Knight Chair of Social Science
Director of the Program on Democratic Governance, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
Political Science
Email: tichenor@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4707
Office: 927 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Monday 1:30-3:00pm and Thursday 12:00 - 1:30pm
Research Interests: Immigration and Citizenship, Social Movements, The American Presidency, Ethnic and Racial Politics, Patterns of Nativism, Religion and Politics, War and Civil Liberties
Irina Toland
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: irinav@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 806 PLC
Maxim Tyan
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: maximt@uoregon.edu
Office: 832 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Tuesday and Thursday 11-12 (weeks 1-10), Finals week Monday 10-12
Research Interests: Post-Soviet Politics, Nationalism and National Identity, Authoritarian Politics
Tuong Vu
Professor
Political Science
Email: thvu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4866
Office: 940 PLC
Office Hours: S23: Thursday 1:30 - 4:30, and by appointment
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, Ideology, Revolution, Communism, Nationalism, East and Southeast Asia
Priscilla Yamin
Associate Professor
Political Science
Email: pyamin@uoregon.edu
Office: 924 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Wednesday 12:00 - 2:00pm scheduled via https://calendly.com/pyofficehours/fall-office-hours
Research Interests: American Politics; Politics of Inequality; Social Policy; Marriage and Family Politics, American Political Development and Institutions, Race, Gender and Sexuality studies and Feminist Theory, Political Culture and Political Identity