This List of University of Oregon faculty and staff includes presidents, staff, and faculty of the University of Oregon.
Presidents of the University of Oregon The following persons had served as president of the university:
Image Name Term start Term end Notes 1 1876 1893 Interim John Straub 1893 1893 2 1893 1899 3 1899 1902 4 1902 1925 5 1926 1932 6 1934 1938 7 1938 1943 Interim Orlando John Hollis 1944 1945 8 1945 1953 Interim Victor Pierpont Morris 1953 1954 9 1954 1960 Interim William C. Jones 19601961 10 1961 1968 Interim Charles Ellicott Johnson 1968 1969 Interim N. Ray Hawk 1969 1969 11 1969 1975 12 1975 1980 13 1980 1989 14 July 1, 1989 June 30, 1994 15 July 1, 1994 June 30, 2009 16 July 1, 2009 December 2011 Interim Robert M. Berdahl December 9, 2011 July 31, 2012 17 August 1, 2012 August 6, 2014 Interim Scott Coltrane August 7, 2014 June 30, 2015 18 July 1, 2015 August 19, 2022 Interim Patrick Phillips August 20, 2022 March 13, 2023 Interim Jamie Moffitt March 14, 2023 June 30, 2023 19 July 1, 2023 present
Academic faculty
Architecture and allied arts Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference Professor of history of art and architecture American art and architecture historian 1954-? Professor of architecture Canadian architect 1966–1986 Professor of Art Established printmaking program; outstanding contributions as an educator, studio artist, and arts activist; national president of Artists Equity Founder and former dean of the School of Architecture and Allied Arts Architect of Knight Library, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, McArthur Court Former professor of landscape architecture Landscape architect
Humanities and social sciences Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference Professor emeritus of literature AuthorA. Aneesh2022–presentExecutive director of the School of Global Studies and Languages at the University of Oregon and a professor of Global Studies and SociologyAuthor, sociologist Professor emeritus of anthropology Anthropologist Philip H. Knight Professor of Humanities Religious studies scholar, author Former professor of history and dean of the College of Arts and Sciences President of the Association of American Universities, former president of the University of Texas at Austin, former chancellor of University of California, Berkeley Founder of the Department of Anthropology, former professor of sociology Anthropologist 1965–1985 Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature Visiting Fulbright Lecturer to Germany in 1967 and Fulbright grantee John Erlandson Philip H. Knight Professor of Social SciencesAnthropologist 1924–1950 Professor of EnglishPlaywright, teacher, freelance writer and reporter Former professor of creative writing Pulitzer Prize winner (1979 in feature writing, 1985 in explanatory writing) Former professor of history and English literature Former president of University of Washington and Oregon Agricultural College Professor emeritus of linguistics Linguist † Co-director of Archaeological Field School Archaeologist Philip H. Knight Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences Linguist, philosopher Professor emerita Novelist, historian, former director of UO's Clark Honors College, and founding director of Women's and Gender Studies at the university Professor of Economics Prominent economics blogger † ?–present Assistant professor of journalism Pulitzer Prize winner (1997, Investigative Journalism) Former vice provost for research, dean of the graduate school, and professor of anthropology President of the University of Tulsa 1960–1996 Professor emeritus of physical education Catcher and outfielder in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League
Law Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference Former professor of law Former Oregon Supreme Court chief justice Former dean and professor of law Former Oregon Supreme Court chief justice 2005–2006 Former Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics First female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation Former dean of the School of Law, former assistant professor of law Former US senator Former professor of law Former Oregon Supreme Court chief justice 2001–2002 Former Wayne Morse Chair of Law and Politics 1987–1997, 2001 Former associate dean of academic affairs, former professor of law Current Oregon Court of Appeals judge Mary Christina WoodPhilip H. Knight Professor of LawDirector of the University of Oregon School of Law's Environmental and Natural Resources Law Program
Journalism and communication Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference Professor of journalism Journalism and communication law scholar
Music and dance Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference Assistant professor of composition Composer Philip H. Knight Professor of Composition and Theory Composer
Natural sciences Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference Philip H. Knight Professor of Natural Science; director, Center for High Energy Physics High energy particle physicist; ATLAS experiment, Large Hadron Collider, CERN; LIGO; International Linear Collider Former professor of chemistry Molecular biologist Former director of the Shared Laser Facility Former Philip H. Knight Professor of Natural Science Geologist, vulcanologist Former professor of Geology Geologist and paleontologist 1966–19721982–1983 Former Physics Department chair; retired professor of Physics Physicist renowned in the field of low temperature physics Professor emerita of Computer & Information ScienceKnown for her pioneering research in human-computer interaction; elected to European Academy of Sciences, June 2002 1990–1991 Former visiting assistant professor of Psychology 1972–1981 Former professor at the Institute of Molecular Biology Geneticist Former professor of theoretical physics Co-founder of SafeWeb Professor emeritus of psychology One of the founders of the modern skeptical movement Department of Psychology Directory 2014–present Professor of chemistry First organic chemist to synthesize the elusive cycloparaphenylene Professor emeritus of computer science Known for his research on the graph isomorphism problem and on algorithms for computational group theory Stephanie A. MajewskiAssistant professor of physicsExperimental high energy particle physics; Department of Energy Early Career Research award Professor emeritus of physics Biochemist, biophysicist 1995–present Professor of psychology and neuroscience Neuroscientist Former professor of mathematics Number theorist; former president of the Mathematics Association of America Founder of the Institute of Molecular Biology Member of the Manhattan Project Professor emeritus of neuroscience Neuroscientist; member of National Academy of Sciences; National Medal of Science 1981–2022 Professor emeritus of Earth Sciences Paleopedologist, wrote the book on fossil soils 1985–present Professor of Chemistry Chemist, Recipient of the National Medal of Science Professor of psychology Judgement and decision making Professor of Physics J. J. Sakurai Prize for Theoretical Particle Physics, is presented by the American Physical Society Professor emeritus of biology Conducted Meselson–Stahl experiment in 1958 Professor of management Cognitive psychologist on organizational behavior Former professor of biology First person to clone a vertebrate (1981) 2002–2012 Former professor of biology Evolutionary biologist Former dean of the graduate school and former professor of psychology Former president of the American Psychological Association Marie A. Vitulli1976–2011Professor emerita of mathematicsCommutative algebraist; fellow of the American Mathematical Society and the Association for Women in Mathematics Former professor of chemistry Discovered pantothenic acid; former president of the American Chemical Society 2017–present Research professor Nobel Prize laureate in physics, 2012
Athletic staff Name Term Position(s) Notability Reference Current basketball head coach ‡ Former athletic director, football head coach, and offensive coordinator ‡ESPN analyst † Former track and field head coach ‡ Former football head coach ‡Former football head coach of the Kentucky Wildcats Former football offensive coordinator Former head coach of BYU † Former track and field head coach ‡ Former basketball head coach Former head coach of the Charlotte Hornets Former track and field coach, former athletic director ‡Former Olympic coach Former basketball head coach ‡ Baseball head coach ‡Former baseball head coach of the Cal State Fullerton Titans Former football head coach, former offensive coordinator ‡ † Former basketball head coach ‡ Former football offensive coordinator Former football head coach of the Arizona State Sun Devils Associate athletic director and track and field head coach ‡Former track and field head coach of the Stanford Cardinal Assistant track and field head coach ‡Former track and field head coach of the San Francisco State Gators, personal coach for Ashton Eaton (decathlon and indoor heptathlon world record holder, double Olympic gold medalist, now special consultant for Indonesia Former wide receivers coach Football head coach of the Boise State Broncos Former assistant football coach Former football head coach of the San Francisco 49ers Former football offensive coordinator Football head coach of the California Golden Bears
Notes † Also an alumnus of the University of Oregon ‡ Notability inherent within the position at the University of Oregon
See also List of University of Oregon alumni Oregon Ducks Lists of Oregon-related topics
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