Social Sciences

Christopher Blum

Operations Coordinator
College of Arts and Sciences, Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1168
Office: 435A PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Scott Blumenthal

Assistant Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-9181
Office: 374 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Tuesday 3:00-5:00pm, or by appointment
Research Interests: Paleoanthropology, Ecology, Stable Isotope Geochemistry

Alexandra Bonds

Professor Emeritus
Professor Emerita
Asian Studies, Theatre Arts
Phone: 541-346-4194
Office: 205 Villard Hall, 1231 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Kelly Bonnville-Sexton

Graduate Student
Geography

Erica Bornstein

Professor, Divisional Associate Dean, Humanities
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-9638
Office: 272 Condon Hall, 1212 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1212
Research Interests: Nonprofits and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), voluntary sector regulation, philanthropy, humanitarianism, human rights, economic development and religion, political and legal anthropology, institutional ethnography, Southern Africa, South Asia.

Mokaya Bosire

Senior Instructor
African Studies, Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics
Phone: 541-346-3916
Office: 377 Straub Hall, 1290 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1290
Office Hours: Mon/Wed 3:30p-4:30p or by appt.
Research Interests: Swahili, Sheng, African languages & Urban vernaculars

Margaret C. Boulay

Co-Director, Environmental Leadership Program
ELP Senior Instructor II
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5945
Office: 244 Columbia Hall, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295
Office Hours: Wed 3:30-4:30 pm 244 COL, and by appointment

Grace Boyd-Bigby

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Office: 840 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284

Robin Brackett

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
Office: 814 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Mondays 1:30-2:30p
Research Interests: International Relations, Comparative Politics, Iranian Foreign Relations, Middle East Nuclear Policy, Nuclear Non-Proliferation

Lindsay Frederick Braun

Associate Professor
African Studies, History
Phone: 541-346-4838
Office: 365 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: FT 2025: MW 1300-1430
Research Interests: Southern Africa 1750-1950, East Africa 1850-1960, Comparative Colonialism, Environmental History, History of Science and Technology (esp. geography)

Yvonne Braun

Professor
Department Head, Global Studies and Member, Provost's Teaching Academy
Global Studies, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-5752
Office: 118 Friendly Hall, 1245 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1245
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Thursday 10:15-12:15 in Agate Hall 202A or by Teams/Zoom, or by appointment
Research Interests: gender, intersectionality, social inequality, international development, environmental justice, globalization, infrastructural politics, energy politics, social movements, feminist political ecology

Libby Bridges

Graduate Student
Environmental Studies
Research Interests: ecopedagogy, food studies, climate change, youth climate action, environmental justice

Scott Bridgham

Professor Emeritus, Biology and Environmental Studies
Biology, Environmental Studies
Office: 362 Onyx Hall, 1210 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1210

Julie Brooks

PhD Student in Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies

Kirby Brown

Associate Professor, English
English, Native American Studies
Phone: 541-346-5819
Office: 330 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring 2025: T: 3-5 pm, W: 11 am-12 pm, and by email appt.<br /> Schedule here: https://calendly.com/kirbybrown/officehours
Research Interests: Native American and Indigenous Literary and Cultural Studies; Race, Ethnicity, & Indigeneity; Cultural Studies; Modernism Studies; Genre Studies; Nationhood/Nationalism Studies; Sovereignty/Self-Determination Studies

Michael Brown

Instructor
Political Science, Sociology
Office: 605 PLC1, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesday and Thursday 130-2:30<br />

Steven Brown

Professor of Comparative Literature
Asian Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-4016
Office: 354 PLC, 1249 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 3:30-5:30 on Tuesday (by appt.) via Zoom.
Research Interests: posthumanism, horror cinema, Surrealist film and animation, sound design in film, Japanese popular culture, and critical theory.

Tamara Brown

Operations Assistant
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-4614
Office: 435 PLC, 1287 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Troy Brundidge

PhD Candidate
Geography
Phone: 541-346-4522
Office: 208 Condon Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Research Interests: Insurance and public finance, hazards and emerging risk markets, critical political economy, policing and carceral geography, state-capital relations, Black America

Daniel Buck

Associate Professor
Asian Studies, Food Studies, Geography, School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-2353
Office: 109 Condon Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: M 12-1:30pm, or by appointment
Research Interests: Geography/Asian Studies, Economic Geography, Development, Political Economy, Environment/Society, East Asia and China.