Political Science
Kayla Fisher
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: kbf@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 837 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Thursday 10:00 - 11:00
Emily Gade
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Email: egade@uoregon.edu
Office: 923 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
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
PhD Candidate Political Science
Master's Student Economics
Political Science, Economics
Email: yuxgao@uoregon.edu
Office: 832 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Monday 3:30-4:30
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, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday 5-6
Grace Godfrey
Operations Manager
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology, Mathematics
Email: ggodfrey@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0765
Office: 206 Fenton Hall
Casey Goldstein
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: cgoldste@uoregon.edu
Office: 817 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday 10am - 11am
Research Interests: Queer Theory, Transgender Studies, Intersectionality, Biopolitics, Political Theory
David Gregory
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: dmgre@uoregon.edu
Office: 810 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Wednesday 11am-1pm
Research Interests: Political Theory, Critical Race Theory, Feminist Political Thought, Tribal Critical Race Theory (TCRIT), Social Contract Theory, Political Thought, Colonialism and Settler Colonialism, Race and Gender in Political Institutions, State Power and Sovereignty, American Political Development (APD), Federalism, presidential Leadership, Institutional Reproduction of Inequality, Decolonial Approaches, Epistemic Boundaries of Political Science, Foregrounding Marginalized Voices, Intersection of Race, Gender, and Power, The harms of Western Epistemology.
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 2026: Monday 10:30-12:30, Th 1:30-3:30
Research Interests: Normative Political Theory, Indigenous Politics, Global Justice, History of Political Thought
Caden Hicks
Doctoral Student
Political Science
Email: cadenh@uoregon.edu
Office: 917 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Wednesday 12-2pm
Ellen Holtmaat
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Email: holtmaat@uoregon.edu
Office: 911 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Tuesday 10:30-12:30
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, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Monday 2-4
Research Interests: American Presidency, Public Opinion, and Political Behavior
Janel Jett
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Email: jjett@uoregon.edu
Office: 919 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Political Communication; Political Psychology; Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy (STEP)
Nina Kankanyan
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: nkankan3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 814 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Wednesday 11:30 - 12:30
Sharon Kaplan
Graduate Specialist
Economics, Political Science, Sociology, General Social Sciences, Mathematics
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
Sheila Keen
Associate Director Academic Service Unit
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology, Mathematics
Email: shkeen@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4852
Office: 202 Fenton Hall