Graduate Faculty

The University of Oregon’s Department of History has award-winning graduate faculty. Excellent, award-winning historians are also found in the Ethnic Studies Program, the Honors College, and the School of Law. The following faculty are eligible to act as advisors and chair graduate committees in history. Before selecting potential advisor(s), it is important to contact them to determine whether your interests are a good fit with their areas of expertise and whether they are currently accepting new students. Factors that can affect availability include administrative responsibilities and upcoming research leaves and sabbaticals.

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Carlos Aguirre

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor
Phone: 541-346-5905
E-mail: caguirre@uoregon.edu
Office: 333 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday 10:00-11:00 a.m., Wednesday 10:00-11:00 a.m.
Website: Website

Ina Asim

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor
Phone: 541-346-6161
E-mail: inaasim@uoregon.edu
Office: 317 McKenzie Hall
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies

Steven Beda

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Assistant Professor
Phone: 541-346-9048
E-mail: sbeda@uoregon.edu
Office: 307 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Tuesday and Thursday 11:30-12:30 and by appointment
Interests: 20th Century US History, Labor History, Environmental History,

Lindsay Frederick Braun

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor
Phone: 541-346-4838
E-mail: lfbraun@uoregon.edu
Office: 365 McKenzie Hall
City: Eugene
Office Hours: On sabbatical, AY 2023-2024. By appt only.
Affiliated Departments: African Studies, Environmental Studies
Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
Interests: Southern Africa 1750-1950, East Africa 1850-1960, Comparative Colonialism, Environmental History, History of Science and Technology (esp. geography)
Website: Website

Mark Carey

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor of Environmental Studies and Geography
Phone: 541-346-8077
E-mail: carey@uoregon.edu
Office: 110 Condon Hall
Office Hours: by appointment
Affiliated Departments: History
Interests: environmental history, glaciers and society, climate change, environmental justice, Latin America, the Arctic
Website: Website

Charise Cheney

Affiliation: administrative faculty, associate, faculty
Title: Program Head
Phone: 541-346-0870
E-mail: ccheney@uoregon.edu
Office: 201 Alder Building
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday and Tuesday 11:00-12:00 and by appointment
Affiliated Departments: History, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Interests: African American Popular and Political Cultures; Black Nationalist Ideologies and Practices; Gender and Sexuality
Website: Website

Andrew Goble

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor
Phone: 541-346-4800
E-mail: platypus@uoregon.edu
Office: 361 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday and Wednesday 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Religious Studies
Interests: Japan

Bryna Goodman

Affiliation: emeritus
Title: Professor
Phone: 541-346-4825
E-mail: bgoodman@uoregon.edu
Office: 331 McKenzie Hall
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Interests: China

Melissa Graboyes

Affiliation: alumni, faculty
Title: Associate Professor
Phone: 541-346-2829
E-mail: graboyes@uoregon.edu
Office: 369 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Thursdays 1:30-3:30pm Sign up at https://graboyes-officehours.youcanbook.me/
Affiliated Departments: African Studies, Clark Honors College, Global Health Program
Lab Website: Lab
Research Website: Research
Website: Website

Annelise Heinz

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor
Phone: 541-346-4827
E-mail: heinzam@uoregon.edu
Office: 355 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2-3pm
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies
Interests: Histories of U.S. Women and Gender; Sexuality and LGBTQ History; Race & Ethnicity; Consumerism; Transpacific History

Ellen Herman

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor of History
Additional Title: Faculty Co-Director, Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics
Phone: 541-346-3699
E-mail: eherman@uoregon.edu
Office: 280G Knight Law Center
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Tuesdays, 11:45 am - 1:45 pm in 280G Knight Law Center, and by appointment
Affiliated Departments: Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Programs, Research and Outreach: Wayne Morse Center
Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
Website: Website

Julie Hessler

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor
Phone: 541-346-4857
E-mail: hessler@uoregon.edu
Office: 351 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Tuesday 1:45-3:15 p.m. or by appointment
Affiliated Departments: Food Studies
Website: Website

Ocean Howell

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor of History
Phone: 541-346-8095
E-mail: ohowell@uoregon.edu
Office: 313 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: N/A on sabbatical
Affiliated Departments: Historic Preservation, History Art & Arch
Interests: History of US cities, especially on the West Coast; history of architecture and urban planning; history of race and ethnicity.

Ryan Jones

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor
Additional Title: Ann Swindells Chair
Phone: 541-346-4859
E-mail: rtj@uoregon.edu
Office: 383 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:30-3:30
Interests: Russia, The Pacific, Global Environment

Vera Keller

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor
Additional Title: Department Head, Department of History
Phone: 541-346-6903
E-mail: vkeller@uoregon.edu
Office: 309 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Tuesday 2:00-3:00 p.m., Wednesday 3:00-4:00 p.m.
Affiliated Departments: European Studies, Food Studies

David Luebke

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor
Additional Title: Katherine G. Brady & Thomas A. Brady, Jr., Roger Chickering & Alison Baker Professor of Central European Histories
Phone: 541-346-2394
E-mail: dluebke@uoregon.edu
Office: 357 McKenzie Hall
Affiliated Departments: European Studies, German & Scandinavian
Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
Website: Website

John McCole

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor
Phone: 541-346-5906
E-mail: mccole@uoregon.edu
Office: 303 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Spring 2023 W 2-4 in McKenzie 303, or email me for a Zoom link
Affiliated Departments: European Studies, German & Scandinavian
Website: Website

Michelle McKinley

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Bernard B. Kliks Professor of Law
Phone: 541-346-5191
E-mail: michelle@uoregon.edu
Office: 356 Knight Law Center
Affiliated Departments: Anthropology
Programs, Research and Outreach: Legal Studies

Ian F. McNeely

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor of History
Additional Title: Faculty in Residence, Clark Honors College
Phone: 541-346-4791
E-mail: imcneely@uoregon.edu
Office: 128 Chapman
Office Hours: Sign up at https://bit.ly/3fNfWDY. TR 9:00-10:00, 11:20-12:00 (in CHA 128) and F 10:00-12:00 (on Zoom only).
Affiliated Departments: European Studies
Interests: Germany, Europe, world history, history of knowledge

Jeffrey Ostler

Affiliation: emeritus, faculty
Title: Professor of History Emeritus
Phone: 541-346-1265
E-mail: jostler@uoregon.edu
Office: 385 McKenzie Hall
Interests: The History of the American West, with A Particular Focus On American Indian History

Roxann Prazniak

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor
Additional Title: Robert D. Clark Honors College
Phone: 541-346-3345
E-mail: prazniak@uoregon.edu
Office: 310 Chapman Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday and Friday 3:30 - 5:30
Teaching Level: Undergraduate
Website: Website

Daniel Rosenberg

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor
Phone: 541-346-0520
E-mail: dbr@uoregon.edu
Office: 359 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 2024, Weds 12:00-2:00pm by appointment. Schedule meeting: https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/5ebe648ec95e469d87cd9dc11c6d78ec@uoregon.edu?anonymous&ep=plink
Interests: Intellectual History, Enlightenment Europe, History of Information, History of Science and Technology

Brett Rushforth

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor
Phone: 541-346-5913
E-mail: bhrush@uoregon.edu
Office: 311 McKenzie Hall
Affiliated Departments: Black Studies
Interests: Early American History/Colonial America

Arafaat A. Valiani

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor
Additional Title: Graduate Faculty in the Department of Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies and Global Health
Phone: 541-346-5763
E-mail: valiani@uoregon.edu
Office: 301 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Tuesdays 2:00pm-3:00pm, Wednesdays 10:30am-noon PDT, and by appt.
Affiliated Departments: Asian Studies, Clark Honors College, Global Health Program
Programs, Research and Outreach: Wayne Morse Center
Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
Twitter: Twitter
Website: Website

Julie Weise

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor, Department of History
Phone: 541-346-4833
E-mail: jweise@uoregon.edu
Office: 353 McKenzie Hall
Affiliated Departments: Latinx
Interests: Identity, Citizenship, Migration, Race, and Nations in the Americas and the world through the lens of history.

Marsha Weisiger

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor of History
Additional Title: Julie and Rocky Dixon Chair of U.S. Western History; Co-Director, Center for Environmental Futures
Phone: 541-346-4824
E-mail: weisiger@uoregon.edu
Office: 381 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 2:00-3:00 p.m. or via zoom appt
Affiliated Departments: Historic Preservation
Interests: US West, Environmental History, Native Americans
Website: Website

Timothy Williams

Affiliation: associate, faculty
Title: Associate Professor
Additional Title: Associate Department Head & Director of Undergraduate Studies
Phone: 541-346-8798
E-mail: timw@uoregon.edu
Office: 367 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter & Spring 2024: Tuesdays 1-3 PM. Schedule office hours here: https://calendly.com/timw-uo/office-hours
Affiliated Departments: Clark Honors College
Interests: 19th Century U.S. history, the Civil War and Reconstruction, intellectual and cultural history, book history, gender, education, prisons and prisoners.

Lisa Wolverton

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Professor
Phone: 541-346-6158
E-mail: lwolvert@uoregon.edu
Office: 325 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: MTuWTh 9:50-10:20 in Chapman 105; M 3-5 pm in Chapman 128
Affiliated Departments: History
Research Website: Research

Reuben Zahler

Affiliation: faculty
Title: Associate Professor
Phone: 541-346-5907
E-mail: rczahler@uoregon.edu
Office: 363 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Spring 23: Fridays 12:30-2:30pm
Affiliated Departments: Latin American Studies
Interests: Latin America