Social Sciences

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, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
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
Director of Graduate Studies
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-8614
Office: Pacific Hall Room 10
Office Hours: Tuesdays from 11am to 1pm in PAC10 or by appointment (Fall 2025 Term)
Research Interests: molecular anthropology, epigenomics, aging and aging-related diseases, primate adaptation

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, Anthropology, Geography

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 2-4 PM
Research Interests: Environmental justice, multispecies ethnography, STS, anti-colonial methods, political ecology, care and care work, ecotourism

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
Research Interests: Climate Change, International/Comparative Political Economy, Comparative Politics/Comparative Environmental Politics, Energy Policy, Industrial Policy

Lawrence Sugiyama

Professor
Anthropology
Office: 329 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours:

Bryn Sullivan

Graduate Student
Anthropology
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, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Naomi Sussman

Assistant Professor
History
Research Interests: Indigenous history, borderlands history, sovereignty, citizenship, race, history of migration

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
Phone: 541-346-5605
Office: 173 Gerlinger Annex
Research Interests: contemporary African dance, public performance, transnational Senegal, queer African studies, queer theory

Jacob Swanson

Graduate Student in ENVS
Environmental Studies

Jacob T. Schmidt

PhD Student
History
Research Interests: Native American History, Environmental History, History of the North American West, History of River Development, Climbing and Mountaineering History.

Christian Tensuan

Graduate Student
Environmental Studies
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, wildfire policy and management, community based adaptation to wildfire, prescribed fire, ecology, and environmental restoration.

'Gifty' Rhodalyn Tetteh

PhD Candidate ESSP
Graduate Employee
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: 144 COL, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5223
Office Hours: Tuesdays 9-11am
Research Interests: Plastic Politics, Marine Microplastic pollution, Plastics and Artisanal fishing

Mark Thoma

Professor Emeritus
Economics
Phone: 541-346-4673
Office Hours: Retired, no office hours

Schmitty Thompson

Postdoctoral Scholar
Geography
Research Interests: Cryosphere, Ice Ages, Sea-Level Change, Climate Change