School of Global Studies and Languages
David Wacks
Professor of Spanish: Department Head, Romance Languages
Romance Languages
Email: wacks@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4029
Office: 105C Friendly Hall
Office Hours: By appointment https://tinyurl.com/yfw9rr35
Research Interests: Medieval Iberian literature and culture, Sephardic studies, Mediterranean Studies
Sarah D. Wald
Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & English
Director of Graduate Admissions for English
English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx
Email: sdwald@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office: 443 PLC
Office Hours: By appt. only
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
Lindsey Waldrop
Graduate Student
East Asian Languages
Email: waldrop@uoregon.edu
Office: Friendly Hall 27
Research Interests: Late-imperial Chinese Literature
Glynne Walley
Associate Professor, Japanese Literature
East Asian Languages
Email: glynne@uoregon.edu
Office: 423 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Friday 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Xiaoyu Wang
PhD candidate
Japanese GE
East Asian Languages
Email: xwang12@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4656
Office: UO Annex, Ste 3
Research Interests: Okinawan literature, minority literature, Japanese television drama
Yugen Wang
Professor, Chinese Literature, Department Head
East Asian Languages
Email: ygwang@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3503
Office: 304 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023, WED 11-1
Peter A. Warnek
Associate Professor of Philosophy
German & Scandinavian, Philosophy Department
Email: warnek@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5542
Office: 246 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2023: Tuesdays, 2-3 pm; Thursdays, 11 am -12 pm.
Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy, 19th-20th Century Continental Philosophy, Kant, Philosophy of Nature, Myth, Tragedy, History of Philosophy
Lesley Jo Weaver
Associate Professor
Black Studies, Global Health Program, Global Studies
Email: ljweaver@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5089
Office: Friendly 312
Office Hours: Fall 2023: https://calendly.com/ljweaver/dr-weaver-office-hours?month=2023-09
Research Interests: medical anthropology; mental health; race; chronic diseases; food insecurity; health disparities; Brazil; India; USA; global health
Janis Weeks
Professor Emerita
African Studies, Biology
Email: jweeks@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4517
Office: 325A Huestis Hall
Julie Weise
Associate Professor, Department of History
History, IRES, Latin American Studies, Latinx
Email: jweise@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4833
Office: 353 McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: Identity, Citizenship, Migration, Race, and Nations in the Americas and the world through the lens of history.
Anita Weiss
Professor
Global Studies, Religious Studies
Email: aweiss@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3245
Office: 307 PLC
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1-3 pm & by appointment
Research Interests: Pakistan: development, women's rights, political Islam
Alex Weissenberger
Undergraduate and Office Coordinator
East Asian Languages, German & Scandinavian, Japanese, Korean
Email: aweisse2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0951
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M-F 8:30-4:30
Research Interests: Traveling, Scandinavian Culture, Photography, Hiking
Louise Westling
Professor Emerita
College Scholars, English, Food Studies
Email: lhwest@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3938
Office: 827 PLC
Peter Wetherwax
Faculty, Retired
Biology, Latin American Studies
Email: pwax@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4514
Office: 73A Klamath Hall
Nathan Whalen
Senior Instructor II of Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish
Email: natewh@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4257
Office: 192H Esslinger Hall
Office Hours: Wednesday 9-11 or by appointment
Kendall Wilber
Academic Programs Assistant
Black Studies, Cinema Studies Program, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latin American Studies, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: kwilber@uoregon.edu
Office: 201 McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: Frogs, Irish folk songs, animation, and cheesecake.
Olivia Wilkinson
Student Office Worker
German & Scandinavian
Email: owilkin2@uoregon.edu
Office: Office 114 Friendly Hall
Juan Eduardo Wolf
Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology
Director of Latin American Studies; Coordinator, UO World Music Series & Ethnomusicology
Latin American Studies, Music, SAIL
Email: ewolf2@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-2852
Office: 126 Frohnmayer Music Bldg
Research Interests: Latin America, decolonial thought, ethnography, folkloristics
Lisa Wolverton
Professor
Clark Honors College, History, Medieval Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: lwolvert@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6158
Office: 325 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: MTuWTh 9:50-10:20 in Chapman 105; M 3-5 pm in Chapman 128
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
Office Hours: Tue,Thur 12:00~1:00 p.m.
Stephen Wooten
Associate Professor
Provost's Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies
Email: swooten@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5299
Office: 354 PLC
Office Hours: Mondays 2-3:00 pm and Thursdays 9-10 pm, or by appointment.
Research Interests: Food studies, local-global dynamics, agrarian change, expressive culture
Jean Wu
Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
Chinese Flagship Academic Director
East Asian Languages
Email: jeanywu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4098
Office: 402 Friendly Hall