Administrators

Leslie McGees
Program Director for General Social Sciences

Email: lmclees@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5709
Office: 107C Condon Hall
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Lesley Yates-Pollard    
Academic Program Manager

E-mail: lesleyyp@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5134
Chat: MS Teams
Office: 175A PLC
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Undergraduate Coordinators

Daniel O’Neil
Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Email: doneil6@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5141
Chat: MS Teams
Office: 175 PLC
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Katie Robison
Undergraduate Coordinator

Email: krobison@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0205
Office: 175 PLC
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Jess Chalette
Undergraduate Program Assistant

Email: jesschal@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2592
Office: 175 PLC
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Commitment to Equity and Inclusion

The General Social Sciences Program is committed to establishing a safe and inclusive space in which human diversity (in terms of gender, sexuality, class, race, ethnicity, citizenship, and ability) is celebrated.

Across the United States, we are bearing witness today to extreme examples of the harms that result from systemic oppression. Instances of state violence against people of color, particularly African Americans, look tragically familiar; a devaluation of human life that is ongoing throughout U.S. history. While this dire situation affects everyone in our community, it is vital to acknowledge the justifiable sorrow and rage of our communities of color. Universities, including the University of Oregon, suffer from and often perpetuate systemic inequalities. The GSS program is committed to challenging injustice on campus and to being a resource for students.

Territorial Acknowledgment

The University of Oregon is located on Kalapuya Ilihi, the traditional indigenous homeland of the Kalapuya people. Following treaties between 1851 and 1855, Kalapuya people were dispossessed of their indigenous homeland by the United States government and forcibly removed to the Coast Reservation in Western Oregon. Today, descendants are citizens of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians of Oregon, and continue to make important contributions in their communities, at UO, and across the land we now refer to as Oregon.*

We express our respect for all federally recognized Tribal Nations of Oregon. This includes the Burns Paiute Tribe, the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians, the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of Oregon, the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs, the Coquille Indian Tribe, the Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Tribe of Indians, and the Klamath Tribes.  We also express our respect for all other displaced Indigenous peoples who call Oregon home.

*We thank the Native Strategies Group for this portion of our statement.