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
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, 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
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
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, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Mondays and Thursdays, 1-2:30pm
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