Sociology Graduate Students
Gabriella Altmire
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: galtmire@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5057
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesdays 12-2
Research Interests: Environment, Theory Knowledge Science
Kristina Beggen
Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Email: kbeggen@uoregon.edu
Office: 607 PLC
David Capelle
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Email: dcapelle@uoregon.edu
Office: 621 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Mondays 9-10 (Remote) Fridays 9-10 (In-Office)
Christine Capili
PhD Candidate
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Email: ccapili@uoregon.edu
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
Email: acardosi@uoregon.edu
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesdays, 2-4 PM
Kason Carté
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: kcarte@uoregon.edu
Office: 607 PLC
Office Hours: Fall23: Friday 2:00 - 4:00
Research Interests: Gender and sexuality, masculinities, LGBT+ communities, queer theory, conflict theory.
Isabella Clark
Doctoral Candidate/Graduate Employee
Sociology
Email: iclark@uoregon.edu
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
Email: kclarke3@uoregon.edu
Phone: 360-927-8442
Office: 620 PLC
Research Interests: Deviance, Labor, Substance use, Cultural Studies, Criminology
Stephanie Coonfield
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: stlc@uoregon.edu
Office: 619 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Mondays 11:30am-1:30pm<br />
Research Interests: Gender and Sexuality, Symbolic Interaction, Social Inequality, Queer Theory, Qualitative Methods
Elyse Decker
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: elysed@uoregon.edu
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 10am - 12pm
Tre Dunn III
Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Email: tdunn3@uoregon.edu
Office: 718 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Wednesday, 12 PM- 2 PM
Sophie Glasswell
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: sgla@uoregon.edu
Office: 623 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesdays 12:00-2:00pm by appointment (https://calendly.com/sgla-uo-ge/office-hours)
Research Interests: Sex and Gender, Sexuality, Embodiment, Identity, Sport Sociology
Matthew Guerra
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: mguerra2@uoregon.edu
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
Mary Halverson
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: mchalv@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday, 12:00 pm - 2:00 PM
Dawn Harfmann
Ph.D. Candidate
Sociology
Email: dharfman@uoregon.edu
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
Myra Haverda
PhD Student
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Email: mhaverda@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 719 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesdays, 10-12 via zoom
Research Interests: Gender, masculinities, trans studies, social movements, social and sociological
Margaret Hong
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: mhong@uoregon.edu
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 9:00-11:00
Meredith Jacobson
Graduate Employee
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Email: mjacobs2@uoregon.edu
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
Email: jjam@uoregon.edu
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Mondays 11 am - 1 pm
Vanessa Lepe
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: vlepe@uoregon.edu
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesdays 12:30pm to 2:30pm
Jiayan Lin
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: jiayanl@uoregon.edu
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Friday 2:00-4:00
Bex MacFife
Graduate Employee
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: bexm@uoregon.edu
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
Mahindra Mohan Kumar
Graduate Employee
National Sciences Foundation Graduate Research Fellow
Sociology
Email: mahindra@uoregon.edu
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
Ruby Oboro-Offerie
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: raob@uoregon.edu
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday 2:00pm to 3:00pm and Wednesday 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Alejandra Pedraza
PhD Candidate
Sociology
Email: apedraza@uoregon.edu
Office: 718 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday and Thursday, 10-11:30. 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
Email: jpenate@uoregon.edu
Office: 636 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesdays 1:00-3:00
David Purucker
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Email: dpurucke@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 617 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Monday & Wednesday 11:00 - 1:00
Amanda Ricketts
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Email: avr@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5002
Office: 622 PLC
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Mondays 1:00-3:00 pm
Research Interests: Place and Environment, Race, Environmental Sociology, Gender, Social Movements, Inequalities and Stratification, Qualitative Approaches
Nicky Silver
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: nsilver@uoregon.edu
Office: 617 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2024: Friday 8-10 on Zoom, or in-person by appointment
Mae Sowards
Doctoral Student
Sociology
Email: msowards@uoregon.edu
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursday, 2-4 PM
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Housing Insecurity, Climate Change, Qualitative Methods
Shannan Lenke Stoll
Doctoral Student
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Email: sstoll2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5003
Office: 721 PLC
Justin Szasz
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Email: jszasz@uoregon.edu
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
Email: hellent@uoregon.edu
Office: 614 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursday 1-2 pm; Friday noon-1 pm.
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Computational Social Science, Sociology of Culture, Economic Sociology
Jinsun Yang
Graduate Employee
Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: jinsuny@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 621 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Monday 12:30-2:30PM
Research Interests: Queer theory, Feminism, Gender Policy, Sociology of Sport, Queer Geopolitics, Colonialism
W. Jamie Yang
Graduate Employee
Sociology
Email: wenyiy@uoregon.edu
Office: 708 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday&Thursday 1:30-2:30pm<br />
Research Interests: Gender, sexuality, family and life course, social psychology