Kevin Hatfield is the Assistant Vice Provost for Undergraduate Research and Distinguished Scholarships and Director of Academic Residential and Research Initiatives—a joint position with the Division of Student Services and Enrollment Management and University Housing/Residence Life with a dotted-line report to Vice President for Research and Innovation. He oversees the interdivisional academic partnerships and programs that support the residential first-year experience, including Academic Residential Communities, Faculty-in-Residence, Faculty Fellows, and Academic Success Hub. Kevin is responsible for fostering centralized and equity-minded institutional support to students exploring and participating in undergraduate research, distinguished scholarships, and post-completion opportunities through the allied offices of the Center for Undergraduate Research and Engagement (CURE), Office of Distinguished Scholarships (ODS), Ronald E. McNair Scholars Program, DucksRISE Program, Undergraduate Research Symposium, Alpha of Oregon chapter of Phi Beta Kappa and Affiliated Students of Undergraduate Research and Engagement.

Kevin is a fifth-generation Oregonian and first-generation “triple duck” with bachelor’s and doctorate degrees in History from the University of Oregon. He also earned a master's degree in History from Utah State University. Kevin has served as an affiliated faculty member with the Department of History and Robert D. Clark Honors College since 2003. His scholarship and courses specialize in the history of race, ethnicity, immigration, settler-colonialism, and the environment the Pacific Northwest. His community-centered research has engaged with the Bizkaian Basque communities of the Northern Great Basin, and the Northern Paiute communities of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs and Burns Paiute Tribe through the “Decolonizing Research: The Northern Paiute History Project” co-developed with UO Professor Jennifer O’Neal, Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies. He has also served as the coordinator of the Reacting to the Past (RTTP) curriculum at the University of Oregon—an immersive, game-based, role-playing pedagogy.

Kevin enjoys spending time with family, outdoor recreation, woodworking, and restoring classic cars.