Social Sciences

Yvette Saavedra

Associate Professor
WGSS Director of Graduate Studies; Convener Women of Color Faculty Project
IRES, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5521
Office: 218 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Please email for appointment.
Research Interests: Chicanx History and Studies; Chicana Lesbian Feminist Theory; U.S.-Mexico Borderlands History and Studies; History of U.S. West; 19th and 20th century U.S History; California History; 19th and 20th century gender and sexuality in the U.S.

Chantel Saban

PhD Candidate
Climate Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-2698
Office: 217A Pacific Hall
Research Interests: Paleoecology, aspen, fire history, Northern Great Basin, vegetation communities, human paleoecology

Edith Sackitey

Graduate Student
Environmental Studies

Damion Sailors

Graduate Student
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5109
Office: 365/366 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Via Zoom
Research Interests: Evolutionary Archaeology, Remote Sensing, Spatial Analysis, Dungeons & Dragons

Doug Sam

Graduate Employee
History
Office: 350C McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Tuesdays 12:00-2:00
Research Interests: Environmental History, Native American History, North American West, Public Lands, Dark Sky Studies

Gabe Sanchez

Assistant Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-9640
Office: 274 Condon Hall
Office Hours: T and Thu from noon to 1 pm or by appointment

Keya Saxena

Doctoral Candidate
SOJC, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office: 312 Allen Hall
Research Interests: Global Communications and Social Change, Media Activism and Social Justice, Gender

Michelle Scalise Sugiyama

Senior Instructor I
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5142
Office: 273 Condon Hall
Office Hours: by appointment
Research Interests: Evolution of cultural transmission, social learning, and symbolic behavior; evolutionary psychology; hunter-gatherers; oral tradition; traditional ecological knowledge; play; warfare

Kate Schau

Undergraduate Specialist
Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Geography, College of Arts and Sciences
Phone: 541-346-2355
Office: 308 Condon Hall
Office Hours: MWR 8am-4:30pm

Nicole Schaub

Graduate Student
Environmental Studies, Geography
Office: Glacier Lab Condon 105
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: glaciers, environmental justice, digital media technologies, the Arctic

Philip W. Scher

Department Head, Cinema Studies and Theatre Arts
Professor of Anthropology and Folklore
Anthropology, Folklore Program, Theatre Arts, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-5104
Office: 322 Fenton Hall
Office Hours: Email for appointment

Madison Schroder

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Office: 840 PLC
Office Hours: Sp 24: Wednesday 9:30am-11:30pm

Brett Scott

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4834
Office: 907 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 2:00-4:00
Research Interests: Race, Ethnicity & Politics, Social Policy, Income & Inequality, Power, Privilege & Politics

Ellen Scott

Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5075
Office: 731 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30 AND BY APPOINTMENT
Research Interests: Low-wage work, carework, public policy, qualitative methods.

Emily Scott

Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, History Art & Arch
Office: Lawrence 218
Office Hours: Thursdays 11am-1pm in Lawrence 218. Contact instructor for sign-up sheet.
Research Interests: Art, politics, and the environment

Garrett Sebra

Graduate Employee
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: 30 Friendly Hall
Research Interests: Law, International Law, Business Law, Diplomacy, Immigration, Human Rights, International Development, Europe, Africa

Bish Sen

Associate Professor
Asian Studies, SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad
Phone: 541-346-2880
Office: 329 Allen Hall

Dirghayu Shah

Doctoral Student
Economics
Office: 820 PLC
Office Hours: Fall24: Monday 1-2

Mohammed Shakibnia

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Sp 24: Monday 5:00-6:00

George Sheridan

Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-4832
Office: 340A McKenzie Hall

Jiannbin Shiao

Professor
Department Head
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5366
Office: 613 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Fall24: Drop-in: Thursdays 2-3 PM; By appointment only: Wednesdays or Fridays 2-3 PM
Research Interests: Race and Ethnicity, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches, Quantitative Approaches

Munkyoung Shin

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Friday 2:00-3:00

Stephen Shoemaker

Professor
History of Christianity
Humanities Program, Middle East and North African Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-4998
Office: 348 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: By appointment only

Samantha Shune

Associate Professor
College of Education, Communication Disorders and Sciences, Food Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-7494
Office: 249 HEDCO Education Bldg
Research Interests: Dysphagia, aging, dementia, caregiver burden

Lucas Silva

Professor of Environmental Studies and Biology
Biology, Environmental Studies
Office: 248 Columbia Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:00pm

Nicky Silver

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 617 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Friday 8-10 on Zoom, or in-person by appointment

Carol Silverman

Professor Emeritus
Anthropology, Comparative Literature, Folklore Program, Judaic Studies Program, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Phone: 541-346-5114
Office Hours:
Research Interests: Arts and human rights, music, Balkans, Roma, gender, ritual

Paul Simonds

1932-2020
Anthropology
Office Hours:

Lars Skalnes

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4886
Office: 929 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesday & Thursdays 1:30-3:00
Research Interests: International Political Economy, International Relations

Nick Sky

Graduate Teaching Fellow
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-6512
Office: 130D Lokey Education Bldg

Cera Smith

Assistant Professor
Black Studies, IRES
Phone: 541-346-1343
Research Interests: U.S. Black Literatures (African American, Afro-Latinx, and other Black diasporic), Radical Protest Literatures of the U.S., Black Studies, Critical Race Theories, Affect Theory, Gender and Sexuality, Histories of Science and Medicine, Health Humanities

Jackson Smith

Visiting Assistant Professor
History
Office: 323 McKenzie Hall

Ryan Smith

Academic and Career Advisor
General Social Sciences
Phone: 541-346-7561
Office: Tykeson 50H

Sijo Smith

Graduate Employee
Environmental Studies
Office: Condon 105

Josh Snodgrass

Professor
Core Faculty, Global Health Program
Anthropology, Food Studies, Global Health Program
Phone: 541-346-4823
Office: 354 Condon Hall
Office Hours: By appointment

Amy Snyder

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 806 PLC
Office Hours: S22 - Virtual: Thurs 3-4 (weeks 1-10 & finals week). Zoom url: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97730570250
Research Interests: Indigenous Hawaiian Studies, Women Gender, and Sexuality, and Public Policy

Kevin Song

Doctoral Student
Economics
Phone: 541-346-7755
Office: 431 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2023: By appointment
Research Interests: Economic Development and Growth

Haifa Souilmi

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Office: 833 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 1:00-2:00
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, International Relations, US Foreign Policy, Middle East and North Africa, Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation, Religion , Race and Politics, Interfaith Dialogue

Priscilla Southwell

Professor Emerita
Middle East and North African Studies, Political Science
Phone: 541-346-9857
Office: 915 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 24: Wednesday 2-4 pm
Research Interests: Political Behavior, U.S. and European Politics

Mae Sowards

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Fall24: By Appointment
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Housing Insecurity, Climate Change, Qualitative Methods

Hunter Spackman

ASIA 399 Graduate Employee
Asian Studies, Global Studies
Office: Friendly Hall 030
Office Hours: Thursdays 11:00am-12:30pm
Research Interests: Japanese Popular Culture

Nick Squires

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Office: 815 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Wednesday 1:00-3:00
Research Interests: International Relations, US Foreign Policy, National Security, Climate Change, Securitization of Migration

Preetham Sridharan

Graduate Employee
History
Phone: 732-585-3006
Office: 340P McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023, Tue 10:00am-12:00pm
Research Interests: Modern European intellectual history, nineteenth and twentieth-century Europe, history of religious and linguistic thought, modern German history

Sarah Stapleton

Associate Professor
College of Education, Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, Curriculum & Teaching, Curriculum and Teacher Education, Educational Foundations, Environmental Studies, Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-5834
Office: 146B Lokey Education Bldg.
Research Interests: climate change education, science and environmental education, food and schools, participatory research

Amanda Stasiewicz

Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5031
Office Hours: Thursdays 10-11:45 Columbia 145B
Research Interests: human dimensions of wildfire, community and organizational adaptation to hazards, cooperative fire risk management, evacuation and alternatives to evacuation, forest and rangeland policy, qualitative and quantitative social science

Beata Stawarska

Professor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Studies for Advising/Curriculum Committee/GTF Appointment Committee/Graduate Placing Committee/Graduate Philosophy Club
Black Studies, Philosophy
Office: 247 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Research Interests: Contemporary European Philosophy, Phenomenology, Structuralism and Post-Structuralism, Philosophical Psychology, Feminism

Annalyse Steele

Academic Programs Assistant
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-1075
Office: 201 McKenzie Hall

Richard Steers

Professor Emeritus
Asian Studies
Phone: 541-346-8239
Office: 311 Lillis Hall

Lynn Stephen

Philip H. Knight Chair, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Anthropology
Co-Director of Graduate Studies (Anthropology), Graduate Faculty in Ethnic Studies, Participating Faculty in Latin American Studies, Women's and Gender Studies
Anthropology, CLLAS, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5168
Office: 316 Condon Hall
Office Hours: T/R 1:30 -2:30 in person in 316 Condon, or by appointment
Research Interests: Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Migration, Indigenous Peoples, Americas, Legal Pluralism, Social Memory, Testimony, Gender Violence

Kirstin Sterner

Associate Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-8614
Office: 352 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Wednesdays from 11am to 1pm in PAC10 or by appointment (Spring 2024 Term)

Grace Stewart

Graduate Employee
MA Student
History
Office: McKenzie 340H

Leticia Stival

Events and Communications Coordinator
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies
Phone: 541-346-0188
Office: 201 McKenzie Hall

Shannan Lenke Stoll

Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5003
Office: 721 PLC

Joe Stone

Professor Emeritus
Economics
Office: 527 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: international economics, labor, applied econometrics.

Sami Stroud

ESSP Doctoral student/GE
Environmental Studies, Geography
Office: Condon 105
Office Hours: Mondays 1-3 PM
Research Interests: Multispecies ethnography, STS, Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) , political ecology, care and care work, ecotourism

Elyse St Sauver

Graduate Employee
Research Assistant
Economics
Phone: 541-346-1664
Office: Friendly 30
Office Hours: Mondays 1:30-2:30

Xiaobo Su

Professor
Asian Studies, Climate Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-4568
Office: 175 Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Research Interests: Tourism and urban development, international political economy, China and Southeast Asia

Peter Suechting

Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 837A PLC
Research Interests: Climate Change, International/Comparative Political Economy, Comparative Politics/Comparative Environmental Politics, Energy Policy, Industrial Policy

Lawrence Sugiyama

Professor
Anthropology
Phone: none
Office: 329 Condon Hall
Office Hours:

Bryn Sullivan

Graduate Student
Anthropology
Office: 366 Condon Hall
Research Interests: Pleistocene archaeology, Great Basin archaeology, human-plant interactions, paleoethnobotany, coprolite analysis

Joe Sussi

Graduate Employee
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-3675
Office: La 254

Naomi Sussman

Assistant Professor
History

Richard Suttmeier

Professor Emeritus
Political Science
Research Interests: Sci & Tech in US-China Relations

Amy Swanson

Assistant Professor of Dance Studies, Theory, and History
Dance, Music, African Studies, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5605
Office: 173 Gerlinger Annex
Research Interests: contemporary African dance, public performance, transnational Senegal, queer African studies, queer theory

Mikaela Sweet

Graduate Employee
History
Office: 340E McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: Soviet Russian History, Women's and Gender History, History of the Family, History of Motherhood, Political History, Social History, Cultural History

Justin Szasz

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 623 PLC
Office Hours: F24: Friday 12-2
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, political economy, climate change