Sociology Faculty

Michael Aguilera

Associate Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5059
Office: 732 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
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

Oluwakemi "Kemi" Balogun

Associate Professor
Director of African Studies; Interim director of Black 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 2024: Mondays & Tuesdays 10 - 11am and by appointment
Research Interests: Globalization, Nationalism, Culture, Race/Ethnicity, Immigration, Embodiment, Africana Studies

Michael Brown

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

MacKenzie Christensen

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Office: 721 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Sign-up for office hours here: https://calendly.com/macc-uoregon or by appointment
Research Interests: Gender, Digital sociology, Marriage and intimate relationships, Work and family, Transnational sociology, Health and wellbeing

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
Co-Director of Global Health
Disability Studies, Global Health Program, Sociology
Phone: please use email
Office: 606 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday/Wednesday 10-11AM (email for Zoom link)

Scott Fellman

Pro Tem Instructor
Sociology
Office: 471 PLC

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
Office Hours: Winter 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: Winter 2025: Tuesdays and Thursdays 2-3:30pm,
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
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesdays 11:40 - 1:40
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, 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
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, 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
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
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesday Wednesday 1:00-2:00

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, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesday 2-4
Research Interests: Gender, Place and Environment, Social Psychology and Interaction, Sociology of Culture, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches

Matthew Norton

Associate Professor
Sociology
Office: 630 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
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

CJ Pascoe

Professor
Sociology
Phone: (458) 215-2901
Office: Please contact for office location
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesday, Thursday 12:30-1:30 Sign up: https://calendly.com/c_j_pascoe/10min
Research Interests: Sexuality, Inequality, Youth, Education, Qualitative Research Methods, Masculinity, Social Media

Elaine Replogle

Career Non-Tenure-Track Faculty
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-7033
Office: 639 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Winter 2025: By appointment only; not teaching this term.

Ellen Scott

Professor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5075
Office: 731 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: W 2025: Monday 11:30-12:30 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, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Drop-in or by appointment: Thursdays, 2-3 PM; Only by (confirmed) appointment: Wednesdays or Fridays, 2-3 PM
Research Interests: Race and Ethnicity, Theory Knowledge Science, Qualitative Approaches, Quantitative Approaches

Jessica Vasquez-Tokos

Professor
IRES, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5165
Office: 715 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
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: Winter 2025: Mondays, 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Research Interests: Expertise, Anticorruptionism, Quantification, Research Methods, Dollarization

Hannah Waight

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Office: 738 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesdays 2-3pm, Wednesdays 12-2pm
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: Winter 2025: Wednesdays 1:30 - 3:30 pm

Richard York

Director of Environmental Studies, Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, SAIL, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5064
Office: 730 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Fall24: Monday 1:00-3:00
Research Interests: Place and Environment, Population and Ecology, Theory Knowledge Science, Quantitative Approaches