Sociology Faculty

Michael Aguilera

Associate Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5059
Office: 732 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2025: No Office Hours
Research Interests: Inequalities and Stratification, Population and Ecology, Race and Ethnicity, Work Economy and Organizations

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
Office: 311 Hendricks Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wednesdays 1 - 3pm www.calendly.com/kbalogun
Research Interests: Globalization, Nationalism, Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, Embodiment, Africana Studies

Michael Brown

Instructor
Political Science, Sociology
Office: 605 PLC1, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

MacKenzie Christensen

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Office: 721 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Sign-up for office hours here: https://calendly.com/macc-uoregon or by appointment
Research Interests: Gender, Digital technologies, Family and intimate relationships, Life course, Inequality and stratification, Quantitative and qualitative methods

Michael Dreiling

Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5025
Office: 611 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Sabbatical leave, appointments only
Research Interests: social movements and corporate collective action; environmental sociology; comparative peace and conflict studies; network analysis

Clare Evans

Associate Professor
Director of Graduate Studies of Sociology
Disability Studies, Global Health Program, Sociology
Phone: please use email
Office: 606 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday/Wednesday 10-11AM (email for Zoom link)

Scott Fellman

Pro Tem Instructor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-0917
Office: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art Room 148

John Bellamy Foster

Professor Emeritus
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5016
Office: 628 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
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

Isabel Garcia Valdivia

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5306
Office: 618 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Sign-up for office hours here: https://calendly.com/igarciav-uoregon/15min or by appointment
Research Interests: [Im]migration, Race and Ethnicity, Social Stratification, and Life course/Aging

Aaron Gullickson

Associate Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5061
Office: 727 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday/Thursday 2:10-4:10pm
Research Interests: Family Life Course and Society, Inequalities and Stratification, Population and Ecology, Race and Ethnicity, Quantitative Approaches

Jill Ann Harrison

Associate Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5177
Office: 604 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Sabbatical
Research Interests: Work and Organizations, Place and Environment, Microsociology and Interaction, Qualitative Approaches

Claire Herbert

Associate Professor
Sociology
Office: 729 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2025: by appointment only
Research Interests: urban sociology, housing, homelessness, crime/law, property, race and colonialism

Nathalia Hernández-Vidal

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5004
Office: 717 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
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, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Friday 11:30-1:30
Research Interests: Gender, Social Psychology and Interaction, Qualitative Approaches

Tim Ingalsbee

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

Raoul Lievanos

Associate Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies
Sociology
Office: 640 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Summer 2025: 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, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Winter 2025: No Office Hours - Sabbatical
Research Interests: Social Networks, Science & Culture, Inequality, Computational Social Science

Krystale Littlejohn

Associate Professor
IRES, Sociology
Office: 740 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wed 3-5pm via Zoom through 1/30, on leave until 4/24 after that
Research Interests: Fertility, Race, Gender, Class, Health and Medicine, Body and Embodiment, Science, Knowledge, Technology, Mixed Methods

Julius McGee

Associate Professor
Black Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5514
Office: 631 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday and Wednesday 12:00-1:00

Kari Marie Norgaard

Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Climate Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Native American Studies, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-8615
Office: 634 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 2-4
Research Interests: Gender, Place and Environment, Social Psychology and Interaction, Sociology of Culture, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches