CAS Social Sciences Faculty
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
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & English
English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx
Email: sdwald@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office Hours: M/W, 1:20-3pm (PLC 443 or Zoom)
*1:20-1:45pm reserved for in person meetings for ENG 230 students (w/o appointment)
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
Associate Professor
Global Health Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Black Studies
Email: ljweaver@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Fall 2025: 10-1130, by appointment (https://calendly.com/ljweaver/dr-weaver-office-hours)
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: https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/8695a6ddbb834d17bd692e877d0a9086@uoregon.edu/meetingtype/bNrnFb6MVkK9n1fLKGVW1w2?bookingcode=fb9915ea-b03b-4edb-86f5-6345c75b9a7a&anonymous&ismsaljsauthenabled&ep=mlink
Research Interests: sociolinguistics, emotion perception, neurolinguistics, 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
Director of Undergraduate Studies
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.
Woan Foong Wong
Associate Professor
Economics
Email: wfwong@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1335
Office: 539 PLC, 1285 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Spring 2025: By Appointment
Research Interests: International Trade
Stephen Wooten
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, Global Studies
Provost's Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies, African Studies, Anthropology, Folklore Program, Food Studies
Email: swooten@uoregon.edu
Office: 322 FR, Eugene OR 97403-5206
Office Hours: Tuesdays 12- 2pm or by appointment. Please email to request a time.
Research Interests: Food studies, local-global dynamics, agrarian change, expressive culture
Jiabin Wu
Associate Professor
Economics, SAIL
Email: jwu5@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5778
Office: 475 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Thursday 1pm-2pm
Research Interests: Game Theory, Experimental Economics, Political Economy
Kristin Yarris
Professor, Global Studies and Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Department Head, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Disability Studies, Global Health Program, Global Studies, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: keyarris@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1363
Office: Hendricks Hall 218A, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Sp 2026: Wednesdays 5-6pm in the EMU atrium in front of the Women's Center; also, remotely by appointment in Teams
Research Interests: transnational migration, migrant rights, social movements, mental health, health equity, wellbeing & social care
Richard York
Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Sociology
Email: rfyork@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5064
Office: 730 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Tuesday 2-4 via Zoom: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/8212956802
Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Political Economy, Sociological Theory, Sociology of Science
Reuben Zahler
Associate Professor
History
Email: rczahler@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5907
Office: 363 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Research Interests: Latin America, gender, law, political culture, political transformations