Social Sciences
Amy Swanson
Assistant Professor of Dance Studies, Theory, and History
Dance, Music, African Studies
Email: aswa@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5605
Office: 173 Gerlinger Annex
Research Interests: contemporary African dance, public performance, transnational Senegal, queer African studies, queer theory
Jacob T. Schmidt
PhD Student
History
Email: jtsch@uoregon.edu
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
Email: ctensuan@uoregon.edu
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
Email: gtetteh@uoregon.edu
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
Email: mthoma@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4673
Office Hours: Retired, no office hours
Schmitty Thompson
Postdoctoral Scholar
Geography
Email: schbt@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Cryosphere, Ice Ages, Sea-Level Change, Climate Change
Hellen Tian
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: hellent@uoregon.edu
Office: 716 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursday 1-2 pm; Friday noon-1 pm.
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Computational Social Science, Sociology of Culture, Economic Sociology
Daniel Tichenor
Philip H. Knight Chair of Social Science
Director of the Program on Democratic Governance, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
Law, Political Science
Email: tichenor@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4707
Office: 927 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Tuesday 2:00 - 4:00pm
Research Interests: Immigration and Citizenship, Social Movements, The American Presidency, Ethnic and Racial Politics, Patterns of Nativism, Religion and Politics, War and Civil Liberties
Nelson Ting
Professor
Anthropology
Email: nting@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8878
Office: 07 Pacific Hall
Research Interests: Wildlife Conservation, Genomics, Ecology, Evolution, Africa
Irina Toland
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Email: itoland@uoregon.edu
Office: 806 PLC, 1284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 10:30 - 11:30 am
Ethan Torres
Graduate Student
Environmental Studies
Email: ethantor@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: Restoration/Community Ecology, Plant-soil feedbacks, Mycorrhizae
Ngan Tran
Doctoral Student
Economics
Email: ntran7@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1291
Office: 428 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Friday 10:00-11:00
Research Interests: Applied microeconomics
Larry Ulibarri
Senior Instructor I
Anthropology
Email: larryu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8188
Office: 373 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: by appointment (in-person or remotely)
Research Interests: Primate ecology and conservation, animal behavior, forensics, nutrition.
Janne Underriner
Assistant Teaching Professor; Director, Northwest Indigenous Language Institute, retired
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics, Native American Studies
Email: jlu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0722
Office: 1629 Moss St Rm 102, 1290 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Mark T. Unno
Professor of Religious Studies
East Asian Religions, Japanese Buddhism, Classical Japanese Buddhism, Early Chinese Thought, Comparative Ethics, Buddhism and Psychotherapy
Asian Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies
Email: munno@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4973
Office: 334 Susan Campbell Hall, 1294 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1294
Office Hours: Mondays 4:30pm-5:15pm on Zoom, Tuesdays 1:00pm-1:45pm on Zoom and by appointment
Mike Urbancic
Senior Instructor II
Economics, SAIL
Email: urbancic@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6482
Office: 474 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Wednesday 9:30-10:30am at the ground floor of the EMU by the O-shaped info desk; Thursday 3:30-4:30 in 474 PLC<br />
Research Interests: Behavioral economics, experimental economics, economic history
Ian Urrea
PhD Student
History
Email: iurrea@uoregon.edu
Office: 340F McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: History of the Pacific Northwest & Alaska, Indigenous History, Captivity in History, Violence & Colonialism in North America
Arafaat A. Valiani
Associate Professor
History
Email: valiani@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5763
Office: 301 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursdays 11:30am-1:00pm, and by appointment.