Social Sciences

Raoul Lievanos

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Sociology
Office: 640 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Summer 2025: By appointment.
Research Interests: Environment, Health, Risk, Community and Urban Sociology, Race, Ethnicity, Immigration, Science and Technology, Organizations and Institutions, Social Movements, Spatial Analysis, Quantitative Approaches, Qualitative Approaches

Ryan Light

Professor
Associate Head
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5272
Office: 632 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Winter 2025: No Office Hours - Sabbatical
Research Interests: Social Networks, Science & Culture, Inequality, Computational Social Science

Susanna Lim

Associate Professor of Literature, Russian Studies, and Korean Studies
Director of REEES Graduate Studies
College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Global Studies, Korean, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-0691
Office: 1715 Franklin Blvd., Rm 101, 1293 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1293
Research Interests: Korean Studies, Korean Literature, Korean Popular Culture, Race Studies, Race in South Korea, Russian Studies, Koryo Saram, Diaspora, Post-colonialism

Jiayan Lin

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 614 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Friday 2:00-4:00

Krystale Littlejohn

Associate Professor
IRES, Sociology
Office: 740 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wed 3-5pm via Zoom through 1/30, on leave until 4/24 after that
Research Interests: Fertility, Race, Gender, Class, Health and Medicine, Body and Embodiment, Science, Knowledge, Technology, Mixed Methods

Rui Liu

Doctoral Student
Economics
Office: 820 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Sijie Liu

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 816 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wednesday 5:00-6:00pm

Nadia Loan

Instructor
In Memoriam 1968 - 2017
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies

Amy Lobben

Professor
Geography
Phone: 541-346-4566
Office: 275 Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday from 1-2
Research Interests: Geographic Information Science, Human-Environmental Interaction, Spatial Decision Making, Neurogeograhpy, GeoSpatial Cognition and Thinking.

Marina Longaray

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 806 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesdays 5-6PM<br />

Lana Lopesi

Assistant Professor
Interim Director, Native American and Studies (NAIS)
IRES, Native American Studies
Office Hours: Fall 23, Wednesday 11-12:30pm or by appointment
Research Interests: Pacific Islander Studies, Diaspora Studies, Indigenous and Women of Color Feminisms, Contemporary Pacific Art, Pacific Cultural Production, Digital Humanities, Global Indigeneities

Leah Lowthorp

Assistant Professor
Co-DGS, Folklore and Public Culture
Anthropology, Folklore Program
Phone: 541-346-5101
Office: 321 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024, Wednesday 12-3pm
Research Interests: Folklore, Performance, Critical Heritage Studies, Online Narratives of Human Biotechnology, South Asia

Nanosh Lucas

PhD Student
History, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office: 406 Straub Hall, 6244 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday 11:50-1:50
Research Interests: U.S. History, African American History, Race, Black Power Studies

Melissa Lucash

Research Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-4598
Office: 245 Columbia Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: Mon at 2pm, Wed at 11am in Columbia 245
Research Interests: Landscape ecology, forest ecology, climate change, wildfire, spatial modeling

David Luebke

Professor
Katherine G. Brady & Thomas A. Brady, Jr., Roger Chickering & Alison Baker Professor of Central European Histories
Food Studies, History
Phone: 541-346-2394
Office: 357 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

John Lukacs

Professor Emeritus
Anthropology, Asian Studies
Office Hours:

Kathryn Lynch

Co-Director, Environmental Leadership Program
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5070
Office: 140 Columbia Hall, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295
Research Interests: environmental anthropology, environmental education, ethnobotany

Kathy Lynn

Research Assistant
Native American Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5777
Office: 243 Columbia Hall, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295