History

Alan Kimball

Professor Emeritus
History, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Office: 340V McKenzie Hall

Finn Koval

Graduate Programs Assistant
Anthropology, Black Studies, Cinema Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, Geography, History, IRES, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-0192
Office: 201 McKenzie Hall

Ravinder Kumar

Ph.D. candidate and Graduate Employee
History
Phone: 4582509204
Office: 350G McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 2026 Fridays- 3:00-5:00 PM
Research Interests: British colonial India; colonial and postcolonial states; constitutional and legal history; indigenous communities; nomadic and denotified tribes; liberty and state power; postcolonial state formation.

Clara Lechman

Graduate Teaching Fellow
History

Nanosh Lucas

PhD Student
History, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office: 406 Straub Hall, 6244 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday 11:50-1:50
Research Interests: U.S. History, African American History, Race, Black Power Studies

David Luebke

Professor of History
Katherine G. Brady & Thomas A. Brady, Jr., Roger Chickering & Alison Baker Professor of Central European Histories
History
Phone: 541-346-2394
Office: 357 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Fall Term 2025: Wednesdays, 2:00-4:00 pm, or by appointment

Jack Maddex

Professor Emeritus
History Department
History
Office: 350 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288

John McCole

Associate Professor Emeritus
History
Phone: 541-346-5906
Office: 303 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Winter 2026 Thursdays 2-4 in McKenzie 303, or email me for a Zoom link, and by appointment

Spencer McConkie

Graduate Employee
History
Office: 340F McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: Environmental History, History of the American West, Latter-day Saint History

Randall McGowen

Professor Emeritus
History
Office: 350 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Fela McWhorter

Operations Manager, Academic Support Unit 5
Anthropology, Black Studies, Cinema Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, Geography, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5902
Office: 275B McKenzie Hall

Kelly Mendelson

Accounting Technician
Anthropology, Black Studies, Cinema Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, Geography, History, IRES, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-4548
Office Hours: 8:00am-12:00pm; 1:00-5:00pm

Tom Mertes

Academic Programs Manager
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies, Anthropology, Geography
Phone: 541-346-1060
Office: 273A McKenzie Hall

James Mohr

Professor Emeritus
College of Arts and Sciences Distinguished Professor of History and Philip H. Knight Professor of Social Sciences
History
Phone: 541-346-4802

Grant Mongin

PhD Student
History
Office: 343 McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: Environmental History, More-than-Human History, Blue Humanities, History of Science, History of Biology, Borderlands History, Mexican History, Labor History, 20th century

Jeffrey Ostler

Professor of History Emeritus
History, IRES, Native American Studies
Phone: 541-346-1265
Research Interests: The History of the American West, with A Particular Focus On American Indian History

Derrick Owusu

Graduate Teaching Fellow
History

Callie Pappas

Graduate Teaching Fellow
History

Morgan Peters

Graduate Teaching Fellow
History
Research Interests: LGBTQ+ History, Colorado History, US West History, Memory Studies

Lauren C. Pinchin

Associate Director, ASU 5
Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies, Anthropology, Geography
Phone: 541-346-4806
Office: 275B McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288