CAS Social Sciences Faculty

Rachel Weissler

Assistant Professor

Director of Undergraduate Studies, Linguistics and Interdisciplinary Sciences

Black Studies, Linguistics

Office: Straub Hall 375

Office Hours: Please consult your course syllabus or contact the instructor directly for office hours/student hours.

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

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: Fall 2025 Wednesday 2 pm 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: Fall 2025: Monday/Wednesday 12:50 to 1:50

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: Fall 2025: Wednesdays 5:30-6:30pm Lawrence Hall, 2nd floor, Hearth Cafe area and remotely by appointment in Teams. Send message in Teams for appointment.

Research Interests: transnational migration, migrant rights, social movements, mental health, health equity, wellbeing & social care