Political Science
Nakiessa Abbassi
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: nabbassi@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 8am - 9am
Research Interests: Environmental Law and Policy, Environmental Justice, Sustainable Development, Climate Resilience
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, 6216 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-6216
Olivia Atkinson
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: oatkins2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office Hours: Winter 2023: 10:00am - 12:00pm
Abigail Bako
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: bako@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday 3-5
Elaina Barker
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: ebarker7@uoregon.edu
Office: 840 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesdays from 2-3pm
Research Interests: American Politics, Power, Gender, Sexuality, Criminal Justice
Brenda Bastian
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: bbastian@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: 9am-12pm; T: 2pm-5pm; W: 9am-12pm, Th: 1pm-4pm, F: 10am-1pm
Deborah Baumgold
Professor Emerita
College Scholars, Political Science
Email: baumgold@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4884
Research Interests: Political Theory, History of Political Thought
Emily Beatty
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: ebeatty3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 817 PLC
Office Hours: SP 24: Thursday 10:30-11:30
Research Interests: American Political Development; Democratic Theory; Critical Phenomenology; Queer and Trans Studies; Social movements
Erin Beck
Associate Professor
CLLAS, Latin American Studies, Political Science
Email: beck@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4483
Office: 914 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 9:30-12:30 via zoom (https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97590591398), email to reserve a time.
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, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Research Interests: American Political Development, Business Regulation, Economic Sociology, Social Theory
Chris Blum
Operations Coordinator
College of Arts and Sciences, Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: cblum@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1168
Office: 435A PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
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: Winter 2025: Mondays 1:30-2:30p
Research Interests: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Iranian Foreign Relations, Middle East Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Michael Brown
Instructor
Political Science, Sociology
Email: mpbrown@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4675
Office: 605 PLC
Tamara Brown
Operations Assistant
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: tambro@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4614
Office: 435 PLC
Miranda Carr
Office Generalist
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: mecarr@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2049
Office: 175 PLC
Rutger Ceballos
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Email: rutgerc@uoregon.edu
Office: 912 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursdays 11:00am - 1:00pm (or by appointment)
Research Interests: American Political Development, History of Political Thought, African American Politics, Labor Politics
Jess Chalette
Undergraduate Program Assistant
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: jesschal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2592
Office: 175 PLC
Anita Chari
Associate Professor
Clark Honors College, Political Science
Email: anitac@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4752
Office: 928 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025<br />
Mondays 2-5 pm on Zoom. Please sign up for a time and zoom link here: https://calendly.com/anitachari/officehours<br />
Wednesdays 4-5 pm in person drop-in office hours in PLC 928. No appointment needed.<br />
Please note that for finals week, office hours will be Monday, June 9, 1-5 pm on zoom.<br />
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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
Office: 175 PLC
Luis Claveria Cambon
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: lclaveri@uoregon.edu
Office: 831 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursday 14:00-15:00
Jane Cramer
Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Political Science
Email: jkcramer@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4626
Office: 813 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 24: Monday 2:00-5:00
Research Interests: International Relations
Fatih Demirci
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: fad@uoregon.edu
Office: 837 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 12pm - 2pm
Research Interests: Middle East, terrorism, extremism, religion
Thao Dinh
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: thaodinh@uoregon.edu
Office: 816 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Wednesday 11:00-12:00
Kayla Fisher
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: kbf@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday 1-2pm
Mary Follo
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: mfollo@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 833 PLC
Office Hours: SP24: Wednesday 11am-1pm
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, 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
Yuxuan Gao
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: yuxgao@uoregon.edu
Office: 832 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wednesday 2:00-3:00
Alison Gash
Professor
Department Head, Political Science
Political Science
Email: gash@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4876
Office: 922 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
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
Elisse Genel
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: elisse@uoregon.edu
Office: 837 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday 5-6
Grace Godfrey
Operations Manager
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: ggodfrey@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0765
Office: 438 PLC
Casey Goldstein
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: cgoldste@uoregon.edu
Office: 817 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday 10am - 11am
Research Interests: Queer Theory, Transgender Studies, Intersectionality, Biopolitics, Political Theory
Abdul Halim
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: ahalim@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wednesday 4:00-5:00
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, International Relations, Democracy, and Democratization in Developing Countries
Burke Hendrix
Professor
Associate Department Head
Political Science
Email: bhendrix@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2856
Office: 920 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday and Wednesday 2:00 - 4:00
Research Interests: Normative Political Theory, Indigenous Politics, Global Justice, History of Political Thought
Caden Hicks
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: cadenh@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Thursday 1:30-3:30
Ellen Holtmaat
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Email: holtmaat@uoregon.edu
Office: 911 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday 4-5pm, Tuesday 1.30-2.30pm
Research Interests: international political economy, global environmental politics, trade, monetary system, private global governance
Chandler James
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Email: chanj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4747
Office: 913 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 1:00 - 3:00
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: Spring 2025: Wednesday 12:00 - 2:00
Sharon Kaplan
Graduate Specialist
Economics, Political Science, Sociology
Email: kaplan@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 175 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Craig Kauffman
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, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 10am - 1pm
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
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 816 PLC
Office Hours: Sp24: Thursday 1-3:50
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: 175 PLC
Richard Kraus
Professor Emeritus
Asian Studies, Political Science
Email: rkraus@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, Chinese Politics, Politics of Culture
Hanna LaPointe
Faculty Support Coordinator
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: hannal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2577
Office: 435 PLC
Alex Li
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: ali5@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday 12:00pm-1:00pm
Sijie Liu
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: sijieliu@uoregon.edu
Office: 837 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wednesday 5:00-6:00pm
Marina Longaray
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: mfingerl@uoregon.edu
Office: 837 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesdays 5-6PM<br />
Andrew Martin
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: amarti23@uoregon.edu
Office: 812 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 12-3pm
Isaiah McGuire
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: imcguir2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4865
Office: 831 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Friday-12:00pm-1:00pm
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, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday 10:00 - 12:00 Zoom - http://tiny.cc/mitchell_oh
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, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
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
Neil O'Brian
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Email: obrian@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4698
Office: 923 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursday 12:30-3:30 (email to set appt)
Research Interests: Political Parties, Congress, Public Opinion, Polarization
Daniel O'Neil
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: doneil6@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5141
Office: 175 PLC
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: 435 PLC
Craig Parsons
Professor; Program Head
Political Science
Email: cap@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4402
Office: 930 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursday 11-12 and 1:30-3:30
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, European Politics
Nani Ramos
Academic Programs Assistant
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: nani@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1174
Jessica Reanne
PhD
Pro Tem Faculty
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 917 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesdays and Fridays: 12pm to 1:30pm via Zoom Appointment
Research Interests: Collective Memory, Performativity & Theatricality, US Political Culture, January 6th Insurrection.
Katie Robison
Undergraduate Coordinator
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: krobison@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0205
Office: 175 PLC
Madison Schroder
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: mschrod2@uoregon.edu
Office: 840 PLC
Office Hours: Sp 24: Wednesday 9:30am-11:30pm
Brett Scott
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: bscott3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4834
Office: 907 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursday 1:45 - 3:45pm
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: Winter 2025: Thursday 1:30-2:30pm
Munkyoung Shin
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: mshin@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Mondays 10:00am - 11:00am
Lars Skalnes
Associate Professor
Political Science
Email: lskalnes@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4886
Office: 929 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesday & Thursdays 1:30-3:00
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
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, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 24: Wednesday 2-4 pm
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
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
Research Interests: Sci & Tech in US-China Relations
Katie Temple
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: ktemple2@uoregon.edu
Office: 832 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Sp 24: Virtual: Wednesday 2:00 - 4:00
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
Law, Political Science
Email: tichenor@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4707
Office: 927 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 12:30-2:30pm (KLC 280) and Thursday 2:30-230 (PLC 927)
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
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: itoland@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 806 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 10:30 - 11:30 am
Tuong Vu
Professor
Political Science
Email: thvu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4866
Office: 940 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 11am - 2pm
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, Ideology, Revolution, Communism, Nationalism, East and Southeast Asia
Zhuoran Wang
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: zhuoranw@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesday 11:30 - 12:30
Lesley Yates-Pollard
Academic Programs Manager
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Email: lesleyyp@uoregon.edu
Office: 175A PLC