Environmental Studies

Lydia Lapporte

Graduate Employee
Environmental Studies
Research Interests: Water justice, blue humanities

Mason Leavitt

MS Student
Environmental Studies, Geography
Office Hours: Winter 2025 Thursday 2:00 - 4:00 Pm
Research Interests: Leaking Underground Storage Tanks, Environmental Risk Management, Environmental Justice, GIS, Pollution Liability Insurance, Landfills, Methane

Rachael Lee

Environmental Studies Graduate Student
English Graduate Student
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-0050
Office: 269 PLC, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286

Stephanie LeMenager

Professor of English, Faculty Affiliate in Environmental Studies
Barbara and Carlisle Moore Professor 2014-2024
English, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-3966
Office: 457 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Fall 2026: TH 2-4 and by appointment
Research Interests: 19th, 20th, and 21st Century US Literary Studies, Environmental Humanities, Cultures of Energy and Infrastructure

Louise Lootens

Environmental Studies
Research Interests: Food Systems, Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change, Sustainable Land Management, People-Nature Relationships

Melissa Lucash

Research Assistant Professor
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-4598
Office: 245 Columbia Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Office Hours: Open door policy
Research Interests: Landscape ecology, forest ecology, climate change, wildfire, spatial modeling

Kathryn Lynch

Co-Director, Environmental Leadership Program
Distinguished Teaching Professor
Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-5070
Office: 140 Columbia Hall, 5223 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295
Research Interests: environmental anthropology, environmental education, ethnobotany