Social Sciences

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Yvette Saavedra

Associate Professor
IRES, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Latinx
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Office Hours: On sabbatical during the 2025-2026 academic year.
Research Interests: Chicanx History and Studies; Chicana Lesbian Feminist Theory; U.S.-Mexico Borderlands History and Studies; History of U.S. West; 19th and 20th century U.S History; California History; 19th and 20th century gender and sexuality in the U.S.
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Edith Sackitey

Graduate Student
Environmental Studies
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Damion Sailors

Graduate Student
Anthropology
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Phone: 541-346-5109
Office: 365/366 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Via Zoom
Research Interests: Evolutionary Archaeology, Remote Sensing, Spatial Analysis, Dungeons & Dragons
Portrait of Hulda Sakyi

Hulda Sakyi

Miss
College of Arts and Sciences, Global Studies
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Office Hours: By appointment. Please email to request a time.
Research Interests: Sustainable agriculture, food security, food studies, global development, international policies
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Doug Sam

Graduate Employee
History
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Office: 340K McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2026: TBD
Research Interests: Environmental History, Native American History, North American West, Dark Sky Studies, History of Astronomy and Cultural Astronomy, Environmental Humanities
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Jasmine Samara

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

Assistant Professor
Curator of Zooarchaeology, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Anthropology, Latinx, Native American Studies
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Phone: 541-346-9640
Office: 274 Condon Hall, 1212 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1212
Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 9 to 11 am or by appointment
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Keya Saxena

Doctoral Candidate
Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
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Research Interests: Global Communications and Social Change, Media Activism and Social Justice, Gender
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Michelle Scalise Sugiyama

Senior Instructor I
Anthropology
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Office: 273 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Tues 9:00-11:00 a.m. PST and by appointment
Research Interests: Evolution of cultural transmission, cumulative culture, social learning, and symbolic behavior; evolutionary psychology; hunter-gatherers; oral tradition; traditional ecological knowledge; play; warfare
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Nicole Schaub

Graduate Student
Environmental Studies, Geography
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Office: 105 Condon Hall, 1251 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: By Appointment
Research Interests: glaciers, environmental justice, digital media technologies, the Arctic
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Jadon Schmitt

Doctoral Student
Economics
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Office: 827 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Tuesday and Thursday 9:00-10:00am
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Madison Schroder

Doctoral Student
Graduate Employee
Political Science
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Office: 840 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Wednesday 10:00-12:00
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Brett Scott

Political Science
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Phone: 541-346-4834
Office: 907 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Thursday 1:45 - 3:45pm
Research Interests: Race, Ethnicity & Politics, Social Policy, Income & Inequality, Power, Privilege & Politics
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Ellen Scott

Professor
Sociology
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Phone: 541-346-5075
Office: 632 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Wednesday 1:00-2:30 and by Appointment
Research Interests: Low-wage work, carework, public policy, qualitative methods.
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Emily Scott

Assistant Professor of History of Art and Architecture and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, History Art & Arch
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Office Hours: Thursdays 11am-1pm in Lawrence 218. Contact instructor for sign-up sheet.
Research Interests: Art, politics, and the environment.
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Garrett Sebra

Graduate Employee
Global Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
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Research Interests: Law, International Law, Business Law, Diplomacy, Immigration, Human Rights, International Development, Europe, Africa
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Bish Sen

Associate Professor
Asian Studies, SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad
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Phone: 541-346-2880
Office: 329 Allen Hall
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Dirghayu Shah

Doctoral Student
Economics
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Office: 508 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesday 12:00 to 2:00
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Mohammed Shakibnia

Doctoral Student
Political Science
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Office: 810 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Thursday 1:30-2:30pm
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George Sheridan

Professor Emeritus
History
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Office: 340A McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288