Social Sciences
Jacques Abelman
Assistant Professor
Food Studies
Email: jabelman@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3884
Office: 211 Lawrence Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday and Friday 11am - 12pm | By appointment.
Research Interests: Social Justice, Landscape Infrastructure, Food Systems, Agroecology, Research Through Design, Urban Agriculture
Melody Allison
PhD Student, TA, Environmental Justice Fellow
Graduate Studies Committee
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Email: melodya@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursdays from 3-4 pm Columbia Hall 254A
Research Interests: Environmental Philosophy, Pragmatism, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Epistemology, Worldviews and Paradigm Shifts, Human-Nature Relationships, the Degrowth Movement, and Food Systems.
Holly Amer
Graduate Student Researcher
Environmental Studies
Email: hamer4@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Soil Science, Climate Change, Sustainable Land Management, Restoration
Adell Amos
Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law
Environmental Studies, Law, Law-JD
Email: aamos@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3826
Office: 354 Knight Law Center
Lillian Aoki
Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies
Email: laoki@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday from 3-4 pm and by appointment
Research Interests: Coastal ecology, ecological resilience, ecosystem restoration
Ina Asim
Associate Professor Emerit
Asian Studies, Food Studies, History, Medieval Studies
Email: inaasim@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6161
Office: 317 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Jamila Baig
ESSP/Geography PhD Candidate
Climate Studies, Environmental Studies
Email: jbaig@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5426
Office: 105 Condon Hall
Research Interests: Reconstruction of Paleotemperature and vegetation using Multi Proxies in Pacific Northwest
Faith Barter
Associate Professor
Black Studies, English
Email: fbarter@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1510
Office: 320 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2026:
Tuesdays from 12:00-1:30pm
Thursdays from 1:00-2:30pm
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Research Interests: African American Literary and Cultural Studies, 19th-Century American Literary Studies, Cultural Studies, Legal Studies, Black Studies
Martha Bayless
Professor, English
English, Folklore Program, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Email: mjbayles@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3930
Office: 344 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall term 2026: Mondays 3:00-4:00; Wednesdays 12:00-2:00
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies
Kristina Beggen
Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Email: kbeggen@uoregon.edu
Office: 607 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugne OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesdays 2-3 on Zoom and Thursdays 2-3 in-person
Fatima Benhabyb
Undergraduate Program Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: fatimab@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2047
Office: 106 Agate Hall, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: MTWRF 8:30am-4:30pm [Remote Fridays]
Research Interests: International education & diplomacy, soft power & cultural influence, global governance & policy, neocolonialism & power structures, postcolonial & decolonial theory, regional focus: MENA, identity & elite formation.
Kaitlyn Bieber
Environmental Studies
Email: kbieber@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Natural hazard risk and resilience, science communication, environmental justice, wildfire, glaciers
Ashli Blow
Graduate Employee
Ph.D. Student
College of Arts and Sciences, Environmental Studies
Email: ashlib@uoregon.edu
Office: 210 Allen Hall
Christopher Blum
Operations Coordinator
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology, Mathematics
Email: cblum@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1168
Office: 435A PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Margaret C. Boulay
Co-Director, Environmental Leadership Program
ELP Teaching Professor
Environmental Studies
Email: boulay@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Wed 3:30-4:30 pm 244 COL, and by appointment
Melissa Bowers
Associate Director, Academic Support
Classics, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature, Comparative Literature Journal, Digital Humanities, Disability Studies, English, Folklore Program, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies, Philosophy, Religious Studies, Arabic Studies, Environmental Studies
Email: bowersm@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1506
Office: 124 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: (if needed, please contact me via email for an appointment, walk-ins are not guaranteed) Mon. -Wed. 8:30 a.m.-Noon and 1- 5 p.m. (118 PLC) 541.346.1506, Thursday and Friday remote 8am-5pm