Contact the Department of History

Contact Info

Email: history@uoregon.edu  
Phone: 541-346-4802

Department Head: HistDH@uoregon.edu  
Director of Undergraduate Studies: HistDUS@uoregon.edu  
Director of Graduate Studies: HistDGS@uoregon.edu

Note: History faculty do not perform appraisals of items such as antiques, manuscripts, and paintings.

Mailing Address

Department of History  
275 McKenzie Hall  
1288 University of Oregon  
Eugene, OR 97403

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Undergraduate Advising and Inquiries

For general advising inquiries, contact historyadvising@uoregon.edu.

Tim Williams

Director of Undergraduate Studies

Email: HistDUS@uoregon.edu

Alohi Wright

Undergraduate Program Coordinator

Phone: 541-346-4171  
Email: awright8@uoregon.edu

Kendall Wilber

Academic Programs Assistant

Email: kwilber@uoregon.edu


Graduate Advising and Inquiries

Julie Hessler

Director of Graduate Studies

Email: HistDGS@uoregon.edu

Emily Cornell

Graduate Program Support Specialist

Email: ecornell@uoregon.edu

Finn Koval 

Graduate Programs Assistant

Email: fkoval@uoregon.edu


Department Leadership & Staff

Vera Keller

Department Head

Phone: 541-346-6903  
Email: vkeller@uoregon.edu​​​

Lauren Pinchin

Associate Director, ASU5

Phone: 541-346-4806  
Email: lpinchin@uoregon.edu

Fela McWhorter

Operations Manager, ASU5

Phone: 541-346-5902  
Email: felaw@uoregon.edu


Donella-Elizabeth Alston Cleveland

Faculty Support Specialist, ASU5

Phone: 541-346-0901  
Email: donella@uoregon.edu

Leticia Stival

Events and Communications Coordinator

Phone: 541-346-0188  
Email: stival@uoregon.edu

Jennifer Chaney

Operations Assistant

Phone: 541-346-9779  
Email: jchaney7@uoregon.edu


Rosie Dillon

Executive Support Specialist

Phone: 541-346-1405  
Email: roseannd@uoregon.edu

Tom Mertes

Academic Programs Manager

Phone: 541-346-1060  
Email: tmertes@uoregon.edu

Kate Tallman

Operations Coordinator, ASU5

Phone: 541-346-8104  
Email: tallman2@uoregon.edu


Cia Crowe 

Office Generalist 

Phone: 541-346-2305
Email: ciac@uoregon.edu

Michele Drake

Accounting Technician & Buyer 

Phone: 541-346-1378
Email: michele7@uoregon.edu

Michelle Wright 

Media Coordinator 

Phone: 541-346-8261
Email: mlwright@uoregon.edu



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.