Social Sciences

Craig Kauffman

Professor of Political Science
Director of Graduate Studies; Participating Faculty in Environmental Studies and Latin American Studies
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4974
Office: 916 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 10am - 1pm
Research Interests: Environmental Politics, Ecological Law, Rights of Nature, Sustainable Development, Climate Change, Transnational Networks, Collaborative Governance, Democratization

Harper Keeler

Associate Teaching Professor
Director of the Urban Farm Program
Food Studies, Landscape Arch
Office: 212 Lawrence Hall, 5234 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5234
Research Interests: Civic Agriculture, Local Food Systems, Food Equity

Sheila Keen

Associate Director Academic Service Unit
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-4852
Office: 175 PLC

Vera Keller

Professor
Norman Brown Faculty Fellow
History
Phone: 541-346-6903
Office: 309 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Mondays, 1:30-3:30

Ashley Kemper

Graduate Employee
MS Candidate
Environmental Studies
Research Interests: sustainability, waste colonialism related to fashion/textiles, environmental justice, degrowth, ecology, environmental policy

Kallen Kentner

Graduate Employee
History
Research Interests: US History, Leisure, Entertainment, Public Health, Sports, Gender History

Kamrun Nahar Keya

Graduate Employee
Geography
Office Hours: Friday 10 AM to 11 AM

Alan Kimball

Professor Emeritus
History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Office: 340V McKenzie Hall

Ceili Kirkaldie

Doctoral Student
Economics
Office: 430 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Thursday 5pm-6pm<br />

Sarah Klain

Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies

Jonathan Knight

Operations Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Native American Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-0951
Office: 106 Agate Hall, 1787 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 8:30-5, M-Th

Jonathon Knudson

Doctoral Student
Economics
Office: 419 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesday 12:30p - 1:30p<br />

Stephen Kohl

Associate Professor Emeritus, Japanese Literature
Asian Studies, East Asian Languages
Office: 308 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248

Nick Kohler

Associate Teaching Professor
Geography
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
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
Phone: 541-346-0192
Office: 201 McKenzie Hall

Richard Kraus

Professor Emeritus
Asian Studies, Political Science
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, Chinese Politics, Politics of Culture

Bjørn Ralf Kristensen

ABD Ph.D.
Environmental Studies, Philosophy
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
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
Director of Graduate Studies
Economics
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