Social Sciences

Pierce Bateman

PhD Student
History
Phone: 541-346-4802
Office: 340T McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: history of Alaska and the Pacific World, and oral history

William Baugh

Associate Professor Emeritus
Political Science

Deborah Baumgold

Professor Emerita
College Scholars, Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4884
Research Interests: Political Theory, History of Political Thought

Diane Baxter

Senior Lecturer 1
Pro Tem Instructor
Law, Middle East and North African Studies
Phone: none
Office: none
Office Hours:

Martha Bayless

Professor, English
English, Folklore Program, Food Studies, Humanities Program, Medieval Studies
Phone: 541-346-3930
Office: 344 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: On sabbatical; please email.
Research Interests: Folklore, Medieval Studies, Cultural Studies, Food Studies

Emily Beatty

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-4864
Office: 817 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: SP 24: Thursday 10:30-11:30
Research Interests: American Political Development; Democratic Theory; Critical Phenomenology; Queer and Trans Studies; Social movements

Erin Beck

Associate Professor
CLLAS, Latin American Studies, Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4483
Office: 914 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesday 9:30-12:30 via zoom (https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/97590591398), email to reserve a time.
Research Interests: Latin American Politics, Development, Gender, NGOs, Microfinance, Collective Action

Steven Beda

Assistant Professor
History
Office: 307 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Winter 23, Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-12:30 and by appointment
Research Interests: 20th Century US History, Labor History, Environmental History,

Kristina Beggen

Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Office: 607 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugne OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesdays 2-3 on Zoom and Thursdays 2-3 in-person

Smadar Ben-Natan

Assistant Professor
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, College of Arts and Sciences
Office Hours: Monday 3:30-5:30, by appointment, email me to schedule
Research Interests: International iaw, human Rights, armed conflict, criminal justice, incarceration, colonialism, citizenship, Israel/Palestine

Tom Ben-Shahar

Master's Student
Economics

Fatima Benhabyb

Undergraduate Program Coordinator
African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program
Phone: 541-346-2047
Office: 106 Agate Hall, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: MTWRF 8:30am-4:30pm [Remote Fridays]
Research Interests: International education & diplomacy, soft power & cultural influence, global governance & policy, neocolonialism & power structures, postcolonial & decolonial theory, regional focus: MENA, identity & elite formation.

Olive Bennett

Undergraduate Program Coordinator, ASU5
College of Arts and Sciences, Anthropology, Black Studies, Cinema Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Geography

Lauren Berger

Graduate Student in Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies

Gerald Berk

Professor Emeritus
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4887
Office: 834 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Research Interests: American Political Development, Business Regulation, Economic Sociology, Social Theory

Megan Betts

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 708 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Tiyas Bhattacharyya

Graduate student
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5109
Office: 36/366 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Fridays 10:30 am - 12:30 pm
Research Interests: Southeast Asian archaeology, zooarchaeology, human-animal relations, animal economies in hierarchical societies, environmental reconstruction

Aletta Biersack

Professor Emerita
Anthropology, Asian Studies
Office Hours:

Bruce Blonigen

Edward Maletis Dean, Lundquist College of Business | Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Science
Economics, Lundquist College of Business, SAIL
Office: Lillis 350
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: international trade, industrial organization, applied econometrics.

Ashli Blow

Graduate Employee
Ph.D. Student
College of Arts and Sciences, Environmental Studies, SOJC
Office: 210 Allen Hall