Social Sciences

Lindsay Frederick Braun

Associate Professor
African Studies, History
Phone: 541-346-4838
Office: 365 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: FT 2025: MW 1300-1430
Research Interests: Southern Africa 1750-1950, East Africa 1850-1960, Comparative Colonialism, Environmental History, History of Science and Technology (esp. geography)

Yvonne Braun

Professor
Department Head, Global Studies and Member, Provost's Teaching Academy
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-5752
Office: 118 Friendly Hall, 1245 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1245
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesday 12:00-1:50 (by Zoom or by appt)
Research Interests: gender, intersectionality, social inequality, international development, environmental justice, globalization, infrastructural politics, energy politics, social movements, feminist political ecology

Libby Bridges

Graduate Student
Environmental Studies
Research Interests: ecopedagogy, food studies, climate change, youth climate action, environmental justice

Scott Bridgham

Professor Emeritus, Biology and Environmental Studies
Biology, Environmental Studies
Office: 362 Onyx Hall, 1210 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1210

Hailey Brink

Graduate Student
History

Kirby Brown

Associate Professor, English
English, Native American Studies
Phone: 541-346-5819
Office: 330 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring 2025: T: 3-5 pm, W: 11 am-12 pm, and by email appt.<br /> Schedule here: https://calendly.com/kirbybrown/officehours
Research Interests: Native American and Indigenous Literary and Cultural Studies; Race, Ethnicity, & Indigeneity; Cultural Studies; Modernism Studies; Genre Studies; Nationhood/Nationalism Studies; Sovereignty/Self-Determination Studies

Michael Brown

Instructor
Political Science, Sociology
Office: 605 PLC1, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Samantha Ruth Brown

PhD Candidate
Geography
Phone: 541-346-4965
Office: 202 Condon Hall
Research Interests: cultural geography, food, race/whiteness, Indigenous studies, nationalism, migration/refugees

Steven Brown

Professor of Comparative Literature
Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-4016
Office: 354 PLC, 1249 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 3:30-5:30 on Tuesday (by appt.) via Zoom.
Research Interests: posthumanism, horror cinema, Surrealist film and animation, sound design in film, Japanese popular culture, and critical theory.

Tamara Brown

Operations Assistant
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-4614
Office: 435 PLC, 1287 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Troy Brundidge

PhD Candidate
Geography
Phone: 541-346-4522
Office: 208 Condon Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Research Interests: Insurance and public finance, hazards and emerging risk markets, critical political economy, policing and carceral geography, state-capital relations, Black America

Daniel Buck

Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, Geography, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-2353
Office: 109 Condon Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: M 12-1:50pm, or by appointment
Research Interests: Geography/Asian Studies, Economic Geography, Development, Political Economy, Environment/Society, East Asia and China.

Jamie Bufalino

Senior Instructor
Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Arts and Sciences
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office Hours: Please email faculty using your UO email account or use Canvas if enrolled in a course with the professor.
Research Interests: Gender & sexuality in U.S. history; history of feminism; U.S. consumer culture; U.S. racial politics

Lucas Burke

PhD Student
History
Research Interests: 20th c. US Politics and Environment; US West

Alfredo Burlando

Associate Professor
Director of Master’s Studies
Economics
Phone: 541-346-1351
Office: 513 PLC, 1285 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 10-11; Friday 12:30-2:00
Research Interests: Development economics, economics of corruption, savings strategies in developing countries, health and fertility

Bob Bussel

Professor
Director, Labor Education and Research Center
History
Phone: 541-346-2784
Office: 1675 Agate St., 1289 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1289