Schnitzer School Faculty
Samantha Shune
Associate Professor
College of Education, Communication Disorders and Sciences, Food Studies, SAIL
Email: sshune@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7494
Office: 249 HEDCO Education Bldg, 5284 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5284
Research Interests: Dysphagia, aging, dementia, caregiver burden
Josh Snodgrass
Professor; Department Head, Anthropology
Anthropology, Food Studies, Global Health Program
Email: jjosh@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4823
Office: 354 Condon Hall, 1218University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: By appointment (in Pacific 12 Global Health Biomarker Lab)
Priscilla Southwell
Professor Emerita
Middle East and North African Studies, Political Science
Email: psouth@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-9857
Office: 915 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1284
Office Hours: Fall 24: Wednesday 2-4 pm
Research Interests: Political Behavior, U.S. and European Politics
Sarah Stapleton
Associate Professor
College of Education, Critical and Sociocultural Studies in Education, Curriculum & Teaching, Curriculum and Teacher Education, Educational Foundations, Environmental Studies, Food Studies
Email: sstaplet@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5834
Office: 146B Lokey Education Bldg.
Research Interests: climate change education, science and environmental education, food and schools, participatory research
Lynn Stephen
Philip H. Knight Chair, Distinguished Professor of Arts and Sciences, Professor of Anthropology
Co-Director of Graduate Studies (Anthropology), Graduate Faculty in Ethnic Studies, Participating Faculty in Latin American Studies, Women's and Gender Studies
Anthropology, CLLAS, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx, SAIL
Email: stephenl@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5168
Office: 316 Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: T/R 1:30 -2:30 in person in 316 Condon, or by appointment
Research Interests: Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Migration, Indigenous Peoples, Americas, Legal Pluralism, Social Memory, Testimony, Gender Violence
Michael Stern
Associate Professor of German & Scandinavian
Director of Undergraduate Studies Scandinavian
German & Scandinavian, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: mjstern@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4126
Office: 112B Mac Court, 1250 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesdays 12:00pm-1:00pm, Thursdays 4-5, or by appointment
Research Interests: Nietzsche, Kierkegaard, Western European Intellectual History, Africana philosophy, literature, and film, 19th Century Scandinavian Literature and film, decolonial thought
Amy Swanson
Assistant Professor of Dance Studies, Theory, and History
Dance, Music, African Studies
Email: aswa@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5605
Research Interests: contemporary African dance, public performance, transnational Senegal, queer African studies, queer theory
Analisa Taylor
Associate Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: analisa@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-521-9762
Office: 326 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Research Interests: Culture and Social Movements in Latinx USA and Latin America; Mesoamerican Foodways, Migrations, and Human Rights; Ecology, Culture, Capital, and the State in the Americas
Claudia Ventura
Senior Instructor II of Italian
Second Year Supervisor
Italian, Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: vencla@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4039
Office: 216 Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Mondays, Fridays and Wednesdays 11-11:45 AM in MCK 175
Yosa Vidal
Instructor of Spanish
Spanish
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish
Email: yosav@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4497
Office: 198C Esslinger Hall, 1525 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1525
Office Hours: T-Th 12:00-12:50
Research Interests: Latin American Literature, Aesthetics and Politics, Comic Studies, Creative Writing.
Matthias Vogel
Senior Instructor II and Language Coordinator
Director of Undergraduate Studies, German and Faculty Fellow, Yasui Hall
German & Scandinavian, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: matvogel@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-337-2634
Office: 117 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tue/Thu 9:00 AM to 9:50 AM and by appointment
Research Interests: German language, culture, and pedagogy; Globalization and Global Engagement Issues; Study Abroad; Identity Discourses and Multiculturalism; Food Studies; Higher Education Organizational Leadership; Academic Residential Communities and Residential Life
David Wacks
Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: wacks@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4029
Office: 105C Friendly Hall, 1233 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1233
Office Hours: Tuesday 11:30-1:30 and by appointment
Research Interests: Medieval Iberian literature and culture, Sephardic studies, Mediterranean Studies
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: Tues, 7pm-8pm (Zoom) <br />
Thur, 3:20pm-5:20pm (PLC 443 or Zoom)<br />
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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
Glynne Walley
Associate Professor, Japanese Literature
East Asian Languages, Folklore Program, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: glynne@uoregon.edu
Office: 423 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Spring 2025: by appointment
Yugen Wang
Professor of Chinese Literature
East Asian Languages
Email: ygwang@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3503
Office: 304 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Fall 2025, WED 11 am-1 pm, on Zoom
Lesley Jo Weaver
Associate Professor
Global Health Program, School of Global Studies and Languages
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
Sunhee Woo
Korean language instructor
Renewable non-tenure-track faculty
East Asian Languages, Korean
Email: swoo@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7166
Office: 308 Friendly Hall, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Wed1:30~3:30 p.m.
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: By appointment. Please email to request a time.
Research Interests: Food studies, local-global dynamics, agrarian change, expressive culture
Jean Wu
Teaching Professor, Chinese Language
Chinese Language Program Coordinator
East Asian Languages, School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: jeanywu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4098
Office: 402 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
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, School of Global Studies and Languages, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
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