Social Sciences

Meredith Jacobson

Graduate Employee
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Office: 828 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2024: By Appointment
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, settler colonial studies, forest and fire governance, labor, social movements

Mary Jaeger

Professor, Graduate Advisor
Classics, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-4068
Office: 335 Susan Campbell Hall, 1267 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1267
Office Hours: By appointment only

Chandler James

Assistant Professor
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4747
Office: 913 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesday 2:00 - 4:00
Research Interests: American Presidency, Public Opinion, and Political Behavior

Jordan James

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 623 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesday 11 am - 1 pm<br />

Dennis Jenkins

Senior Research Associate
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-3026
Office: Or State Mus Of Anth, Bldg 107, 1224 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours:

June Jenkins

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

Janel Jett

Assistant Professor
Political Science
Office: 919 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Owen Jetton

Doctoral Student
Economics
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 417 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesday and Thursday 1:30 - 3:00 PM
Research Interests: Macroeconomics, Econometrics

Geoffrey Johnson

ESSP/Geography PhD Candidate
Geography, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-525-4328
Research Interests: Forest Ecology, Environmental History, Climate Change, Human/Environment

Leigh Johnson

Associate Professor
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-2644
Office: 152 Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wed 10-12pm. In person or Zoom, please schedule either at calendly.com/geoleigh. I am traveling intermittently through Fall term, please check Calendly for availability.
Research Interests: Climate risk and adaptation, political ecology, insurance and finance, development studies, pastoralism, East Africa, restoration, labor, fire and fire suppression

Dee Jolly

Graduate Student
Anthropology
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesdays 1:30-3:30PM
Research Interests: transgender health, stress, embodiment, health inequities, chronic illness, chronic pain, social determinants of health, intersectionality, biocultural anthropology

Gabby Jones

Graduate Student
Anthropology
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Paleoanthropology, Geometric Morphometrics, Human Osteology, Primatology, Comparative Anatomy, Taphonomy.

Micah Jones

Assistant Professor
History
Office: McKenzie Hall 323
Office Hours: Tuesday 12:30pm-1:30pm, Thursday 3:30pm-4:30pm, and by appointment
Research Interests: race, Civil Right Movement, consumerism, consumer activism, gender, U.S. south, 20th century African American History

Ryan Tucker Jones

Professor
Ann Swindells Chair, Department Head, Department of History
Asian Studies, History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4859
Office: 383 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours:
Research Interests: Russia, The Pacific, Global Environment

Philippa Jorissen

Graduate Student
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5109
Office: 365/366 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Tuesday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (virtual)
Research Interests: human ecodynamics, human environmental interactions, coastal and island archaeology, Caribbean archaeology, Pacific archaeology, zooarchaeology, historical ecology, baseline studies, colonization and decolonizing practices