Faculty & Staff

Sponsoring Faculty

Reiko Hillyer

Associate Professor of History and Department Chair, Director of Ethnic Studies
U.S. South, African American History, the built environment, prison studies.
Miller Center
503-768-7407
Office Hours:

Spring 2023: W 9-11; Th 9-11

Sepideh Bajracharya

Assistant Professor of Anthropology with Term
JR Howard
503-768-7659
Office Hours:

Friday 2 - 3:30 and by appointment (in person/zoom)

Andrew Bernstein

Associate Professor of History
Japanese history, Environmental history
Miller Center
503-768-7453
Office Hours:

Spring 2023: Available Tuesdays 11:15-12:45; Thursdays 11:15-12:45, 3:30-4:30, & by appointment.

Kimberly Brodkin

Director of Gender Studies Symposium, Director of Ray Warren Symposium on Race and Ethnic Studies, Associate Professor with Term of Humanities
Miller Center
503-768-7678

Maryann Bylander

Associate Professor of Sociology
Migration, Development, Debt/Indebtedness, Microfinance
JR Howard
503-768-7617
Office Hours:

W 11-12:30 (sign up via Google calendar) and by appointment 

David Campion

Dr. Robert B. Pamplin Jr. Associate Professor of History
Modern Britain & Ireland, British Empire, South Asia
Miller Center
503-768-7435
Office Hours:

Spring 2023: Available Mondays & Wednesdays 12-3 & by appointment.

Kundai Chirindo

Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies, Director of General Education
JRH
503-768-7666
Office Hours:

TR 11:10-12:10, W 11-12, & by appointment.

Rachel Cole

Associate Professor of English
American lit, literature and ethics
Miller
503-768-7408
Office Hours:

Spring 2023: Available Tuesdays 4:30-5:30, Thursdays 3:30-5:30, & by appointment. 

Kim Cameron Dominguez

Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Black Diaspora
JR Howard
503-768-7609
Office Hours:

Mondays from 4-5pm

Kristin Fujie

Associate Professor of English
20th-century American Literature
Miller
503-768-7353
Office Hours:

Spring 2023: T 1-2, Th 9-10, 2-3, & by appointment.

Nancy O. Gallman

Assistant Professor of History
Early North America, Borderlands, Law
Miller Center
503-768-7436
Office Hours:

2022-2023: On sabbatical. 

Maureen Healy

Associate Professor of History
Modern Europe
Miller Center
503-768-7449
Office Hours:

Spring 2023: Currently on leave.

Kabir Mansingh Heimsath

Assistant Professor with Term of Anthropology and Asian Studies
Tibet and Himalayan studies; tourism; cities and bodies; visual anthropology; space/place theory; borderlands
JR Howard
503-768-7662
Office Hours:

Tues/Thurs 1-2pm (or by appointment)

Matthew Johnston

Assistant Professor of Art History
Fields Center
503-768-7389

Sidra Kamran

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Gender and Sexuality, Labor, Social Class, Feminist Theory, Digital Culture, Pakistan, South Asia
JRH
503-768-7722
Office Hours:

Tue and Thu, 12: 30 pm to 1:30 pm or by appointment

Oren Kosansky

Associate Professor of Anthropology, Department Chair of SOAN
JR Howard
503-768-7661
Office Hours:

M 1:30 - 2:30
TH: 10:00 - 11:00

Diana Leonard

Assistant Professor
Social and Political Psychology
Biology-Psychology
503-768-7731

Kaley Mason

Associate Professor of Music, Area Coordinator for World Music
Evans Center
503-768-7417

Aine Seitz McCarthy

Assistant Professor of Economics
Economic Development, Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Demography, Econometrics
John R. Howard
503-768-7624

Dawn Odell

Associate Professor of Art History
Fields Center
503-768-7761
Office Hours:

Thursdays 1:00-3:00pm and Fridays 2:00-3:00pm, and by appointment.

Bruce Podobnik

Associate Professor of Sociology
JR Howard
503-768-7664
Office Hours:

 Wednesday and Thursday, 3 - 4pm

Students should sign up on my online calendar, which can be found by running an internet search on Bruce Podobnik homepage.

Magalí Rabasa

Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies, Hispanic Studies Section Head
Miller Center for the Humanities
503-768-7482
Office Hours:

On Sabbatical Spring 2023

Mitch Reyes

Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies, Department Chair
JRH
503-768-7619
Office Hours:

M/W 1:30-3:00 or by appointment

Jenna Tamimi

Adjunct Professor of Theatre
Fir Acres Theatre
503-768-7498

Pauls Toutonghi

Associate Professor of English
Fiction and Creative Nonfiction Writing
Miller
503-768-7404
Office Hours:

2022-2023: On sabbatical.

Freddy Vilches

Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
Miller Center for the Humanities
503-768-7431
Office Hours:

Tuesday: 1:00pm-2:00pm, Wednesday: 11:30am-12:30pm on Zoom
or by appointment

Laura Thaut Vinson

Associate Professor of International Affairs
African politics, The Global South, Ethnic/religious conflict, Religion and global politics, Humanitarianism
Howard Hall 308
503-768-7720 (email best)
Office Hours:

Sign-up HERE

Sarah Warren

Associate Professor of Sociology and Latin American Studies
JR Howard
503-768-7667
Office Hours:

Tuesdays 10:30-11:30 (via Zoom), Wednesdays 10:15-11:15 (in person) or by appointment.

Elliott Young

Professor of History
Latin America
Miller Center
503-768-7454
Office Hours:

Spring 2023: W 9-10:30am on Zoom or Th 11:30am - 1pm in-person.

Yueping Zhang

Associate Professor of Psychology
Behavioral Neuroscience, Co-Chair Neuroscience Program
Biology-Psychology
503-768-7646

Staff

Lisa Wilson

Administrative Coordinator
503-768-7378

Emeriti Faculty

Deborah Heath

Professor Emerita of Anthropology