CAS Social Sciences Faculty

Glen Waddell

Professor

Economics, Lundquist College of Business, SAIL, College of Arts and Sciences

Phone: 541-346-1259

Office: Prince Lucien Campbell 533

Office Hours: Fall 2022: On Canvas (or by appointment)

Research Interests: applied econometrics, data science, labour, education, health, crime, risky behaviours, sports, personnel, contracts

Lissa Wadewitz

Beekman Professor of Northwest and Pacific History

History

Email: wadewitz@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-1831

Office Hours: By appointment

Research Interests: Native American, Pacific/Marine World, US West, US Environmental

Hannah Waight

Assistant Professor

Sociology

Email: hwaight@uoregon.edu

Office: 738 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Spring 2026: Wednesdays 12-2

Research Interests: Media, Information, China, Quantitative Methods, Text as Data

Sarah D. Wald

Professor, Environmental Studies & English

English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx

Email: sdwald@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-1613

Office Hours: Mon, 7-7:45pm (Zoom only) Tues, 3:30-4:15 pm (PLC 443/Zoom) (3:20-3:40 reserved for ENVS 203 students) Thur, 12-12:30 pm (PLC 443/Zoom) Sign Up for Office Hours: https://goo.gl/ZUocxh

Research Interests: Environmental Justice, Environmental Humanities, Asian American Literary and Cultural Studies, Latinx Literary and Cultural Studies, Food Studies, Farmworker Justice, Immigration/Migration, 20/21st Century US Literature, American Studies

Peter Walker

Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies, Geography

Email: pwalker@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4541

Office: 100 Condon Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251

Research Interests: Political ecology, environmental politics, climate change adaptation, wildfire, collaborative and community based resource management, land use, American West, Africa

Lesley Jo Weaver

Professor

Global Studies

Email: ljweaver@uoregon.edu

Office Hours: My Fall 2026 office hours are scheduled (not drop-in!) from 10:30-11:30 Mon and Wed in Pacific Hall 12, or via Zoom. Please make an appointment for a 30-min time slot at https://calendly.com/ljweaver/dr-weaver-office-hours. When you book at this link, you can also choose your preferred location (Zoom or Pacific Hall). If the available meeting times don’t work for you, please email me to set something up .

Research Interests: medical anthropology; mental health; race; chronic diseases; food insecurity; health disparities; Brazil; India; USA; global health

Julie Weise

Associate Professor, Department of History

Digital Humanities, History, IRES, Latinx

Email: jweise@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4833

Office Hours: Spring 2026: Tuesdays 10-11 am, MCK 353 Or by appointment: http://calendly.com/julieweise

Research Interests: Immigration, Migration, Mexico, United States, World History

Marsha Weisiger

Professor of History and Environmental Studies

Julie and Rocky Dixon Chair of U.S. Western History; Founding Co-Director, Center for Environmental Futures (2016-2025)

History, Environmental Studies

Email: weisiger@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-4824

Office: 381 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288

Office Hours: Spring 2026 T-R, 2:30-3:30 p.m., or by appointment

Research Interests: US West, Environmental History, Native Americans

Rachel Weissler

Assistant Professor

Director of Undergraduate Studies in Linguistics and Interdisciplinary Cognitive Sciences

Black Studies, Linguistics

Email: rweissle@uoregon.edu

Office: Straub Hall 375

Office Hours: Use Dr. Weissler's booking link or email Dr. Weissler to set up a meeting

Research Interests: sociolinguistics, emotion perception, neurolinguistics, language experience, language ideologies, raciolinguistics, language and social justice

Mark Whalan

Robert D. and Eve E. Horn Professor of English

Head of English

English, Black Studies

Email: whalan@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-3926

Office: 118 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286

Office Hours: By appointment

Research Interests: Modernist studies; American literary and cultural studies, 1900-1950; First World War Studies; Harlem Renaissance; African American Literary Studies

Frances White

Professor

Faculty Curator of Biological Collections, Museum of Natural and Cultural History

Anthropology

Email: fwhite@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-5278

Office: 302C Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218

Office Hours: Spring 2026 Thursday 2 to 4 pm (Zoom link in Canvas sites)

Research Interests: Primate behavioral ecology, primate evolution

Timothy Williams

Associate Professor

History

Email: timw@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-8798

Office: 367 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288

Office Hours: Tuesdays 1-3 PM. Schedule office hours here: https://calendly.com/timw-uo/office-hours

Research Interests: 19th Century U.S. history, the Civil War and Reconstruction, intellectual and cultural history, book history, gender, education, prisons and prisoners.