Social Sciences
Nick Kohler
Associate Teaching Professor
Geography
Email: nicholas@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4160
Office: 107E Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Research Interests: GIScience, Remote Sensing, Cartography, Human-Environmental relations, Geography of Adventure.
Van Kolpin
Professor
Associate Head
Economics, SAIL
Email: vkolpin@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3011
Office: 512 PLC, 1285 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Fall 2025: by appointment
Research Interests: game theory, microeconomic theory, social choice theory
Finn Koval
Graduate Programs Assistant
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies, Anthropology, Geography
Email: fkoval@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0192
Office: 201 McKenzie Hall
Richard Kraus
Professor Emeritus
Asian Studies, Political Science
Email: rkraus@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, Chinese Politics, Politics of Culture
Bjørn Ralf Kristensen
ABD Ph.D.
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
Email: brk@uoregon.edu
Office: 144 COL, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5223
Office Hours: On leave for the 25/26 AY
Research Interests: Multispecies Studies, Animal Ethics, Medical and Public Health Ethics, Environmental Philosophy, Hermeneutics, American Pragmatism (John Dewey), Ecofeminism (Val Plumwood), Development Studies, Water and Sanitation, Informal Settlements
Kelsi Kuehn
Graduate Student
Anthropology
Email: kelsik@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5109
Office: 365/366 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1-3 in CON 356 or by appointment on zoom
Research Interests: LGBTQ+ Health and Resilience, Queer Studies, Human Skeletal Biology, Structural Violence, Environmental Stressors
Michael Kuhn
Associate Professor
Economics
Email: mkuhn@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1268
Office: 517 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesday, 2p-4p
Research Interests: Behavioral economics, public economics, labor economics, consumer finance
Ravinder Kumar
Ph.D. candidate and Graduate Employee
History
Email: ravink@uoregon.edu
Phone: 4582509204
Office: 350G McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2025 <br />
Tuesdays - 11:30-12:30<br />
Fridays- 4:00-5:00<br />
Research Interests: British colonial India; colonial and postcolonial states; constitutional and legal history; indigenous communities; nomadic and denotified tribes; liberty and state power; postcolonial state formation.
