Food Studies

Katelyn McDonough

Assistant Professor
Curator of Great Basin Archaeology
Anthropology, Food Studies, Native American Studies
Phone: 541-346-9639
Office: 253 Condon Hall, 1212 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1212
Office Hours: Wednesday 1:00pm - 3:00pm, Fall 2026
Research Interests: Environmental Archaeology, Foodways, Paleoethnobotany, Palynology, Great Basin Archaeology, Pleistocene-Holocene Transition

Erin McKenna

Professor of Philosophy
Director of Undergraduate Studies/Curriculum Committee/GTF Appointment Committee/
Philosophy, Food Studies
Office: 237 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 2:00-2:50 and by appointment.
Research Interests: Animal Ethics, Feminist Theory, American Pragmatism, Ecofeminism

David Meek

Associate Professor
Director, Food Studies
Asian Studies, Food Studies, Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Office: Agate Hall 205, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Not on campus Fall 22; available for virtual meetings; please contact at info@uoregon.College
Research Interests: Political ecology, social movements, popular education, food sovereignty

Michael Mitchell

Graduate Student
Food Studies

Geraldine Moreno Black

Professor Emeritus
Anthropology, Asian Studies, Food Studies

Jordan Morris

Office Generalist, ASU 1
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-2579
Office Hours: 8:00a - 4:30p

Mariyem Mounir

Graduate Program Assistant – ASU 1
African Studies, Asian Studies, East Asian Languages, European Studies, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Italian, Japanese, Judaic Studies Program, Korean, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-0028
Office Hours: MTWR 8:30am-4:30pm [Remote Fridays]

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

Lauren Ponisio

Associate Professor
Biology, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, Latinx
Office: 386 Onyx Bridge, 1210 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Jerry Rosiek

Professor
Department Head of Education Studies
College of Education, Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, Curriculum & Teaching, Curriculum and Teacher Education, Educational Foundations, Food Studies, Philosophy
Phone: 541-346-2330
Office: 146B Lokey Education Bldg, 5277 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295

Lisa Ross

Associate Director
African Studies, Asian Studies, Chinese, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, French, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Middle East and North African Studies, Modern Hebrew Language, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Portuguese, Romance Languages, Romance Languages Major, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-4005
Office: 107 Agate Hall
Office Hours: M-F 8-5

Jasmine Samara

Faculty Director, Legal Studies
Law, Law-JD, Food Studies

Samantha Shune

Associate Professor
Director of the Communication Disorders and Sciences Program
College of Education, Communication Disorders and Sciences, Food Studies, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-7494
Office: 249 HEDCO Education Bldg, 5284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5284
Research Interests: Dysphagia, aging, dementia, caregiver burden

Josh Snodgrass

Professor; Department Head, Anthropology
Anthropology, Food Studies, Global Health Program
Phone: 541-346-4823
Office: 354 Condon Hall, 1218University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Thursdays 11:30 am - 1:00 pm in Pacific 12 (Global Health Biomarker Lab). Also by appointment

Sarah Stapleton

Associate Professor
College of Education, Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, Curriculum & Teaching, Curriculum and Teacher Education, Educational Foundations, Environmental Studies, Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-5834
Office: 146B Lokey Education Bldg.
Research Interests: climate change education, science and environmental education, food and schools, participatory research

Lynn Stephen

Philip H. Knight Chair, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Anthropology
Graduate Faculty in Ethnic Studies, Participating Faculty in Latin American Studies, Women's and Gender Studies
Anthropology, CLLAS, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5168
Office: 316 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: On sabbatical AY 2025-2026, return Fall of 2026.
Research Interests: Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Migration, Indigenous Peoples, Americas, Legal Pluralism, Social Memory, Testimony, Gender Violence

Larry Ulibarri

Senior Instructor I
Anthropology, Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-8188
Office: 373 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: by appointment (in-person or remotely)
Research Interests: Primate ecology and conservation, animal behavior, forensics, nutrition.

Marci Viano-Davis

Operations Manager
ASU 1 - Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Phone: 541-346-4019
Office: 116 Friendly, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 9-4 M-F

Sarah D. Wald

Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & English
English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office Hours: M/W, 1:20-3pm (PLC 443 or Zoom) *1:20-1:45pm reserved for in person meetings for ENG 230 students (w/o appointment) Sign Up for Office Hours: https://goo.gl/ZUocxh
Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Environmental Humanities, Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies, Latinx Literary and Cultural Studies, Food Studies, Farmworker Justice, Immigration/Migration, 20/21st Century US Literature, American Studies

Louise Westling

Professor Emerita
College Scholars, English, Food Studies