Faculty Who Teach NAIS Core Courses

Gabriela Pérez Báez

Associate Professor of Linguistics

Kirby Brown, NAIS director

Associate Professor of English; Director, Native American and Indigenous Studies

  • E-mail: kbrown@uoregon.edu
  • Phone: 541-346-5819
  • Office: 330 PLC
  • Teaching Level: Doctoral, Masters, Undergraduate
  • Affiliated Departments: IRES
Brian Bull

Assistant Professor of Journalism

Mark Carey in Iceland

Professor of History and Environmental Studies

Ashley Cordes, Faculty Portrait

Assistant Professor of Indigenous Studies in ENVS and ENG

Kevin Hatfiles, Director of Academic, Residential, and Research Initiatives; University Housing

Director of Academic, Residential, and Research Initiatives; University Housing

Burke Hendrix, Associate Professor of Political Science; Director of Graduate Studies

Associate Professor of Political Science; Director of Graduate Studies

Derrick Hindery, Associate Professor; UO Study Abroad Programs Committee Member; Provost’s Teaching Academy Member

Associate Professor; UO Study Abroad Programs Committee Member; Provost’s Teaching Academy Member

Michelle Jacob

Professor of Education

Torsten Kjellstrand, Professor of Practice, School of Journalism and Communications

Professor of Practice, School of Journalism and Communications

Brian Klopotek

Associate Professor; Department Head, Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies

Ana Maurine Lara

Associate Professor of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies; William and William and Susan Piché Faculty Fellow; WGSS Director of Graduate Studies

Lana Lopesi
Lana Lopesi (Samoan)

Assistant Professor of Pacific Islander Studies, Department of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies

Kathy Lynn, NAIS Research Assistant​​​​​​

Research Assistant​​​​​​

Theresa May, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts

Associate Professor of Theatre Arts

Anthropology faculty, Katelyn McDonough

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Kari Marie Norgaard, Professor of Sociology

Professor of Sociology

Jennifer O'Neal, Faculty Portrait

Assistant Professor of Indigenous, Race, and Ethnic Studies

Jeffrey Ostler, Beekman Professor of Northwest and Pacific History

Beekman Professor of Northwest and Pacific History

Scott L. Pratt, Professor of Philosophy

Professor of Philosophy

 rushforth Brett Rushforth, Associate Professor of History

Associate Professor of History

Leilani Sabzalian

Assistant Professor of Education

Anthropology faculty, Gabe Sanchez

Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Lynn Stephen

Philip H. Knight Chair of Anthropology; Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences; Professor of Anthropology; Graduate Faculty in Ethnic Studies; Participating Faculty in Latin American Studies; Women's and Gender Studies

Janne Underriner, Professor of Linguistics

Professor of Linguistics

Lissa Wadewitz, Associate Professor of History

Associate Professor of History

Marsha Weisiger, Associate Professor of History; Julie and Rocky Dixon Chair of U.S. Western History; Co-Director, Center for Environmental Futures

Associate Professor of History; Julie and Rocky Dixon Chair of U.S. Western History; Co-Director, Center for Environmental Futures

Jason Younker, Assistant VP & Advisor to the President on Sovereignty & Gov't-to-Gov't Relations

Assistant VP & Advisor to the President on Sovereignty & Gov't-to-Gov't Relations