Sociology

Michael Aguilera

Associate Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5059
Office: 732 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: Monday and Wednesday 1:30-2:30pm
Research Interests: Inequalities and Stratification, Population and Ecology, Race and Ethnicity, Work Economy and Organizations

Gabriella Altmire

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Wednesday 2:30 - 4:30
Research Interests: Environment, Theory Knowledge Science

Oluwakemi "Kemi" Balogun

Associate Professor
Director of African Studies
African Studies, Black Studies, IRES, School of Global Studies and Languages, Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-0558
Office: 311 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays & Tuesdays 10 - 11am and by appointment
Research Interests: Globalization, Nationalism, Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, Embodiment, Africana Studies

Kristina Beggen

Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Office: 607 PLC

Megan Betts

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 708 PLC

Randall E. Blazak

Pro Tem Instructor
Pro Tem Instructor
Sociology
Office: 622 PLC

Michael Brown

Instructor
Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-4675
Office: 605 PLC1

Tamara Brown

Operations Assistant
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-4614
Office: 435 PLC

Val Burris

Professor Emeritus
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5001
Office: 718 PLC
Office Hours: Retired; no office hours
Research Interests: Inequalities and Stratification, Politics and Social Change, Work Economy and Organizations

David Capelle

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 621 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays 9-10 (Remote) Fridays 9-10 (In-Office)

Christine Capili

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 719 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesdays (9:30-11:30 AM via Zoom)
Research Interests: Race & Ethnicity, Political Sociology, Social Stratification, Identity and Identification, Quantitative Methods, and Demography

Avery Cardosi

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesday 1:30-3:30pm

Miranda Carr

Office Generalist
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-2049
Office: 175 PLC

Kason Carté

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 607 PLC
Office Hours: Fall23: Friday 2:00 - 4:00
Research Interests: Gender and sexuality, masculinities, LGBT+ communities, queer theory, conflict theory.

Jess Chalette

Undergraduate Program Assistant
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-2592
Office: 175 PLC

MacKenzie Christensen

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Office: 721 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursdays 2-4pm. Sign-up for office hours here: calendly.com/macc-uoregon
Research Interests: Gender, Digital sociology, Marriage and intimate relationships, Work and family, Transnational sociology, Health and wellbeing

Rachel Claric

Graduate Coordinator
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Office: 175 PLC

Isabella Clark

Doctoral Candidate/Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 721 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Thursday 2:00-4:00
Research Interests: environmental sociology, chemical pollution, gender and environment, reproduction, emotions

Katherine Clarke

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Phone: 360-927-8442
Office: 620 PLC
Research Interests: Deviance, Labor, Substance use, Cultural Studies, Criminology

Stephanie Coonfield

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 619 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Wednesday 2:30-4:30

Elyse Decker

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC

Michael Dreiling

Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5025
Office: 611 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 10-12 and by appointment
Research Interests: social movements and corporate collective action; environmental sociology; comparative peace and conflict studies; network analysis

Benjamin Dreon

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 619 PLC

Tre Dunn III

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 718 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Monday and Wednesday 2:50-3:50

Clare Evans

Associate Professor
Co-Director of Global Health
Disability Studies, Global Health Program, Sociology
Phone: please use email
Office: 606 PLC

Scott Fellman

Pro Tem Instructor
Sociology
Office: 712 PLC

Brandon Folse

PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 607 PLC
Research Interests: migration, citizenship, consumption, teaching sociology, ethnography, futures

John Bellamy Foster

Professor Emeritus
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5016
Office: 628 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: 11:00 A.M.--1:00 P.M. Tuesdays (Zoom Drop-In Office Hours), or by appointment 11:00-12:00 (Email Office Hours)
Research Interests: Population and Ecology, Theory Knowledge Science, Work Economy and Organizations

Linda Fuller

Professor Emerita
Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5522
Office: 323 Hendricks Hall

Isabel Garcia Valdivia

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Office: 618 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Sign-up for office hours here: https://calendly.com/igarciav-uoregon or by appointment
Research Interests: [Im]migration, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification, and Life course/Aging

Sophie Glasswell

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 623 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursdays 3-5 or by appointment
Research Interests: Sex and Gender, Sexuality, Embodiment, Identity, Sport Sociology

Grace Godfrey

Operations Manager
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-0765
Office: 438 PLC

Marion Goldman

Professor Emeritus
Sociology
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5014
Office: 722 PLC
Office Hours: By appointment

Matthew Guerra

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 620 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Friday's 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM, PLC 620
Research Interests: Race and ethnicity, Indigenous studies, Racial identity, Settler-colonialism, Environmental conservation, Quantitative methods, Mixed methods

Aaron Gullickson

Associate Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5061
Office: 727 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Tuesday 11:00-1:00pm and Thursday 12:00-2:00pm
Research Interests: Family Life Course and Society, Inequalities and Stratification, Population and Ecology, Race and Ethnicity, Quantitative Approaches

Patricia Gwartney

Professor Emerita
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5007
Office: 613 PLC
Office Hours: Retired; no office hours
Research Interests: Comparative and Historical Approaches, Family Life Course and Society, Inequalities and Stratification, Population and Ecology, Race and Ethnicity, Qualitative Approaches, Quantitative Approaches

Mary Halverson

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesdays 2 pm - 4 pm

Dawn Harfmann

Ph.D. Candidate
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2022: By appointment only
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, environmental inequalities, political economy, sociology of place, political sociology, social movements, labor sociology, public sociology

Jill Ann Harrison

Associate Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5177
Office: 604 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Sabbatical
Research Interests: Work and Organizations, Place and Environment, Microsociology and Interaction, Qualitative Approaches

Myra Haverda

PhD Student
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 719 PLC
Office Hours: F24: Friday 12-2
Research Interests: Gender, masculinities, trans studies, social movements, social and sociological

Claire Herbert

Associate Professor
Sociology
Office: 729 PLC
Office Hours: Fall24: Tuesday 11:45-1:45
Research Interests: urban sociology, housing, crime/law, property, race and colonialism

Nathalia Hernández-Vidal

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5004
Office: 717 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Monday/Wed 10:30 -11:30 a.m.
Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Feminist and Indigenous STS, Social Movements, Coloniality and Decolonization

Jocelyn Hollander

Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5510
Office: 616 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: no office hours -- on sabbatical
Research Interests: Gender, Social Psychology and Interaction, Qualitative Approaches

Margaret Hong

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesday 11:30-1:30

Tim Ingalsbee

Pro Tem Instructor
Sociology
Office Hours: S23: Tuesday and Thursday 3:30 to 4:00

Meredith Jacobson

Graduate Employee
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-0675
Office: 721 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2023: By Appointment
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, settler colonial studies, forest and fire governance

Jordan James

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Fall24: Wednesday 11:00 - 1:00

Sharon Kaplan

Graduate Specialist
Economics, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 175 PLC

Sheila Keen

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

Hanna LaPointe

Faculty Support Coordinator
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-2577
Office: 435 PLC

Vanessa Lepe

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Monday and Wednesday 11-12

Ken Liberman

Professor Emertius
Asian Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5014
Office: 722 PLC
Office Hours: Retired: No office hours.

Raoul Lievanos

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Sociology
Office: 640 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11am to 12:30pm (and by appointment)
Research Interests: Environment, Health, Risk, Community and Urban Sociology, Race, Ethnicity, Immigration, Science and Technology, Organizations and Institutions, Social Movements, Spatial Analysis, Quantitative Approaches, Qualitative Approaches

Ryan Light

Professor
Associate Head
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5272
Office: 632 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursday 12:00-2:00
Research Interests: Social Networks, Science & Culture, Inequality, Computational Social Science

Jiayan Lin

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Sp24: By Appointment

Krystale Littlejohn

Associate Professor
IRES, Sociology
Office: 740 PLC
Office Hours: Fall24: Wednesday 2pm-4pm and by appointment
Research Interests: Fertility, Race, Gender, Class, Health and Medicine, Body and Embodiment, Science, Knowledge, Technology, Mixed Methods

Bex MacFife

Graduate Employee
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 622 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Thursdays 12-2
Research Interests: Gender and sexuality, LGBTQ+ topics, sex education, medical education, queer and trans health, Gynecological Teaching Associates, reproductive justice, bodies and embodiment, social movements, science and technology studies, queer theory, feminist methods

Julius McGee

Associate Professor
Black Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5514
Office: 631 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Tuesday and Wednesday 1:00pm-2:00pm

Greg McLauchlan

Professor Emeritus
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5028
Office Hours: Retired; no office hours
Research Interests: Inequalities and Stratification, Place and Environment, Politics and Social Change, Sociology of Culture

Mahindra Mohan Kumar

Graduate Employee
National Sciences Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 619 PLC
Office Hours: On Fellowship AY 2024-2025
Research Interests: Urban Sociology, Poverty Governance, Homelessness, Policing, Mobile Crisis Response

Kari Marie Norgaard

Director of Graduate Studies for Sociology
Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Climate Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Native American Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-8615
Office: 634 PLC
Office Hours: Sp24: Tuesday 2:00-4:00
Research Interests: Gender, Place and Environment, Social Psychology and Interaction, Sociology of Culture, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches

Matthew Norton

Associate Professor
Sociology
Phone: (541) 346-5495
Office: 630 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2022: By appointment only
Research Interests: Comparative and Historical Approaches, Social Control Law Crime and Deviance, Politics and Social Change, Sociology of Culture, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches

Robert O'Brien

Professor Emeritus
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1328
Office: 720 PLC
Office Hours: Retired; no office hours

Daniel O'Neil

Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5141
Office: 175 PLC

Ruby Oboro-Offerie

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesdays 3:00-5:00

Brian Palmer

Faculty Specialist
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1846
Office: 435 PLC

CJ Pascoe

Professor
Sociology
Phone: (458) 215-2901
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesday 12-2; Sign Up: https://calendly.com/c_j_pascoe/10min
Research Interests: Sexuality, Inequalities, Culture, Gender, Youth, Education, New Media, Qualitative Research Methods

Alejandra Pedraza

PhD Candidate
Sociology
Office: 718 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Schedule via https://calendly.com/apedraza-1/officehours
Research Interests: Race & Ethnicity, Latina/o Sociology, education, mobility, and the intersections of liberal discourse and colorblind racism

Jasmine Penate

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Monday 12-1, Thursday 4-5

David Purucker

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 617 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Monday & Wednesday 11:00 - 1:00

Nani Ramos

Academic Programs Assistant
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1174

Elaine Replogle

Career Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-7033
Office: 639 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Wednesday 9-2

Amanda Ricketts

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 622 PLC
Research Interests: Place and Environment, Race, Environmental Sociology, Gender, Social Movements, Inequalities and Stratification, Qualitative Approaches

Katie Robison

Undergraduate Coordinator
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-0205
Office: 175 PLC

Ellen Scott

Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5075
Office: 731 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tuesdays 1:30-2:30 AND BY APPOINTMENT
Research Interests: Low-wage work, carework, public policy, qualitative methods.

Jiannbin Shiao

Professor
Department Head
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5366
Office: 613 PLC
Office Hours: Fall24: Drop-in: Thursdays 2-3 PM; By appointment only: Wednesdays or Fridays 2-3 PM
Research Interests: Race and Ethnicity, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches, Quantitative Approaches

Nicky Silver

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 617 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Friday 8-10 on Zoom, or in-person by appointment

Mae Sowards

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Fall24: By Appointment
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Housing Insecurity, Climate Change, Qualitative Methods

Shannan Lenke Stoll

Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5003
Office: 721 PLC

Justin Szasz

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 623 PLC
Office Hours: F24: Friday 12-2
Research Interests: Environmental sociology, political economy, climate change

Hellen Tian

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2024: By Appointment
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Computational Social Science, Sociology of Culture, Economic Sociology

Jessica Vasquez-Tokos

Professor
IRES, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5165
Office: 715 PLC
Office Hours: SP 2024: By Appt
Research Interests: Family Life Course and Society, Race and Ethnicity, Qualitative Approaches

Byron Villacis Cruz

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Office: 707 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: https://calendly.com/b-villacis/fall-2024-office-hours
Research Interests: Expertise, Anticorruptionism, Quantification, Research Methods, Dollarization

Hannah Waight

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Office: 738 PLC
Office Hours: all 2024: Wednesdays, 10am - noon; Tuesdays 2pm - 3pm. Sign up for Office Hours here, or by appointment: https://calendly.com/hannah_waight
Research Interests: Media, Information, China, Quantitative Methods, Text as Data

Stephanie Wiley

Instructor
Director of Criminology Minor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5026
Office: 706 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Tues 2:00 - 3:00 pm (zoom); Wednesday 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Jinsun Yang

Graduate Employee
Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 621 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Thursday 2:00pm-4:00pm
Research Interests: Queer theory, Feminism, Gender Policy, Sociology of Sport, Queer Geopolitics, Colonialism

W. Jamie Yang

Graduate Employee
Sociology
Office: 708 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 24: Thursday 2-4
Research Interests: Gender, sexuality, family and life course, social psychology

Lesley Yates-Pollard

Academic Programs Manager
Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5134
Office: 175A PLC

Richard York

Director of Environmental Studies, Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, SAIL, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5064
Office: 730 PLC
Office Hours: Fall24: Monday 1:00-3:00
Research Interests: Place and Environment, Population and Ecology, Theory Knowledge Science, Quantitative Approaches