Directory
Ian Urrea
PhD Student
History
Email: iurrea@uoregon.edu
Office: 340F McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: History of the Pacific Northwest & Alaska, Indigenous History, Captivity in History, Violence & Colonialism in North America
Alexandra Utiralova
Postdoctoral Scholar
Mathematics
Email: auti@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5632
Office: University Hall 301
Arkady Vaintrob
Associate Professor
Mathematics
Email: vaintrob@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4734
Office: University Hall 305
Office Hours: M 3:00-3:50, W 12:00-12:50
Cynthia Vakareliyska
Professor Emerita
Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: vakarel@uoregon.edu
Salma Valadez-Marquez
Folklore Graduate Student/ GE
PhD Candidate
Folklore Program
Email: svaladez@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Náhuatl foodways, Mexican storytelling traditions and Indigeneity
Arafaat A. Valiani
Associate Professor
History
Email: valiani@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5763
Office: 301 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursdays 11:30am-1:00pm, and by appointment.
Alejandro Vallega
Professor of Philosophy
Committee on Diversity & Inclusiveness
Philosophy
Email: avallega@uoregon.edu
Office: 248 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Wednesday 2:30-4:30
Research Interests: Continental Philosophy (Deconstruction, Phenomenology, and Hermeneutics); Latin American Thought; Ancient Greek Philosophy. Aesthetic Philosophy. World philosophies.
Daniela Vallega-Neu
Professor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Studies
Philosophy
Email: dneu@uoregon.edu
Office: 240 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Winter 2026: <br />
Wednesday from 3:30-5:30 pm <br />
By appointment on zoom<br />
Research Interests: 19th and 20th Century European Thought (especially Nietzsche, Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty, Contemporary French thought); Phenomenology; Hermeneutics; Deconstruction; Ontology related to issues of body.
Jonathan Van Belle
Ph.D. & GE
Philosophy
Email: vanbelle@uoregon.edu
Office: 221 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday 3:00-5:00pm, or by appointment
Research Interests: Indigenous North American philosophy, anti-colonial thought, degrowth, anti-civilization, and animal ethics
Sam VanderArk
PhD Student
Mathematics
Email: svan@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0476
Office: Fenton Hall 311
Mackenzie VanLaar
Graduate Student
Anthropology
Email: mvanlaa2@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: health justice, health autonomy, networks of care, housing, activist anthropology and Gaelic cultural studies
Kiley Vasquez
Graduate Student in Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: kvasquez@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Thursday & Friday 11-12
Research Interests: Critical Race Theory, Decolonial Aesthetics, Latin American Philosophy, Feminist Philosophy, Psychoanalysis.
Jessica Vasquez-Tokos
Professor
IRES, Sociology
Email: vasquezj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5165
Office: 715 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Thursdays 10am-12Noon and by appointment<br />
Research Interests: Race and Ethnicity, Latinos/as/xs in the U.S., Family Life Course and Society, Qualitative Approaches
Natalie Velez
Graduate Student, Physics Department
Physics
Email: nvelez@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4770
Office: 217 Willamette Hall
William Velez Rodriguez
Professor
IRES
Email: wvelezro@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9607
Office: 204 Alder Building
Office Hours: Spring 23: Tuesdays 12-3pm
Saran Raj Venugopal
TSOC Engineer
Computer Science
Email: svenugop@uoregon.edu
Office: 100A Deschutes Hall, 1202 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403