Social Sciences

Nakiessa Abbassi

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 8am - 9am
Research Interests: Environmental Law and Policy, Environmental Justice, Sustainable Development, Climate Resilience

Cy Abbott

Ph.D. Student
Geography
Phone: 541-346-4965
Office: 202 Condon, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: Wednesdays 11:30-1:00
Research Interests: Cultural Geography, Border Theory, Geopolitics, Historical Geography, Europe and the Middle East

Jacques Abelman

Assistant Professor
Food Studies
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

Precious Adejumobi

Graduate Student
Anthropology
Office Hours: By appointment via email
Research Interests: Medical Anthropology, Chronic Reproductive Diseases, Women's Health, Alternative Healthcare, Religion and Health, Pentecostalism, Public Spaces, Traditional Markets, Traditional Apprenticeship, Nigeria

Michael Aguilera

Associate Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5059
Office: 732 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2025: No Office Hours
Research Interests: Inequalities and Stratification, Population and Ecology, Race and Ethnicity, Work Economy and Organizations

Carlos Aguirre

Professor
CLLAS, History, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5905
Office: 333 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday 10:00-11:00 a.m., Wednesday 10:00-11:00 a.m.

Mahnoor Ahmed

Graduate Employee
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office Hours: Thursdays, 2pm-3pm
Research Interests: Sustainable and Participatory Development

Melvin Aikens

Director and Professor Emeritus of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Anthropology, Asian Studies
Office Hours:

Ashia Ajani

ESSP Graduate Students/ ENG GE
Environmental Studies, English

Obafemi Akintayo

Mr
African Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office Hours: Fridays, 11:00-1:00
Research Interests: African Politics,Conflict Management and Sensitivity Analyses,Military coup, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Gender and Peacebuidling, Anthropology,

Sena Akkoc

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Stacy Alaimo

Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor in English
Core Faculty in Environmental Studies; Director of Graduate Studies for English Department
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: Please contact via email.
Office: 205 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Week 1 to Week 10: In person: Tuesdays and Thursdays 1:00-4:00. You are welcome to stop by in-person office hours or email to reserve a half hour meeting. [I will be on sabbatical from September 2025 to September 2026, but will reserve one day a month for meeting with graduate students. Check my website.]
Research Interests: Environmental Humanities/Multispecies Studies, Blue Humanities/Critical Ocean Studies, Science and Technology Studies, Posthumanities/New Materialism, American Studies, Cultural Studies, Literary and Critical Theory, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Visual Culture, Race, Ethnicity, and Indignity, Gender, Sexuality, Queer and Trans Studies

Yvette Alex-Assensoh

VP for Equity and Inclusion
Professor
Black Studies, Political Science
Phone: 541-346-3175
Office: 401E Tykeson Hall, 6216 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-6216

Michael Allan

Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Program Faculty in Cinema Studies; Program Faculty in Arabic; Program Faculty in Middle East Studies; Program Faculty in Comic Studies
Comparative Literature, Cinema Studies, Arabic Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Middle East and North African Studies
Office: 358 PLC, 5242 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Wednesdays from 1:15-3:15pm. Please book an appointment at the following link: (https://tinyurl.com/kcp3m73r)
Research Interests: World Literature (Francophone, Arabic, Global Anglophone), Postcolonial Studies, Film and Visual Culture, Media Theory

Melody Allison

PhD Student, TA, Environmental Justice Fellow
Graduate Studies Committee
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
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.

Donella-Elizabeth Alston Cleveland

Faculty Support Specialist, Academic Support Unit 5
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies, Anthropology, Geography
Phone: 541-346-0901

Gabriella Altmire

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 716 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesdays 12-2
Research Interests: Environment, Theory Knowledge Science

Holly Amer

Graduate Student Researcher
Environmental Studies
Research Interests: Soil Science, Climate Change, Sustainable Land Management, Restoration

Adell Amos

Clayton R. Hess Professor of Law
Environmental Studies, Law, Law-JD
Phone: 541-346-3826
Office: 354 Knight Law Center

Tanner Anderson

Graduate Student
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5109
Office: 365 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Thursdays 9-11am via Zoom
Research Interests: Evolutionary genomics, human brain evolution, molecular brain aging