Schnitzer School Faculty
Analisa Taylor
Associate Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, Schnitzer 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, Schnitzer 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
Assistant Teaching Professor
Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: yosav@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4497
Office: 198C Esslinger Hall, 1525 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1525
Office Hours: T-Th 10:00-10:50
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, Schnitzer 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, Schnitzer 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, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: glynne@uoregon.edu
Office: 423 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Monday 1-3 pm
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, Schnitzer 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: Tuesdays 12- 2pm or 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, Schnitzer 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, 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