Humanities

David Wacks

Professor of Spanish: Department Head, Romance Languages
Romance Languages
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

Angela Waddell

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-8750
Office: 228C PLC
Office Hours: Winter Term: M 2-3:30pm, W 11am-12pm, F 11-11:30am

Erin Wai

Folklore Graduate Student/ ENG GE
English, Folklore Program
Office: 213 PLC
Office Hours: Winter Term: MW 3-4:30pm

Eleanor Wakefield

Career Instructor
English
Phone: 541-346-0055
Office: 301B Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: By appt. only

Sarah D. Wald

Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & English
Director of Graduate Admissions for English
English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office: 443 PLC
Office Hours: Winter Term: M 4:15-5pm (in Person or Zoom), T 2-4:15pm (Zoom by appt)
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
Office: Friendly Hall 27
Research Interests: Late-imperial Chinese Literature

Karen E. Walker

Associate Professor (On Sabbatical 2023-2024)
Associate Professor
Creative Writing Program
Phone: 541-346-0544
Office: 212 Alder Bldg

Michael Walker

Scene Shop Coordinator
Theatre Arts
Phone: 541-346-4105
Office: 117A Theatre Arts

Ryan Walker

Graduate Student, Department of Comparative Literature
Comparative Literature
Office: 313 Villard Hall
Office Hours: Thursdays 12:00-1:00 PM
Research Interests: Ancient Greek & Latin literatures; English & German Romanticism; Mythology, Philosophy, & Literature; Classical Reception; Poetics; Criticism & Theory; Epics, "National Epics"; Literature of Empire; Secularization; magic and (dis)enchantment in modernity

Glynne Walley

Associate Professor, Japanese Literature
East Asian Languages
Office: 423 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Winter 2024: by appointment

Xiaoyu Wang

PhD candidate
Japanese GE
East Asian Languages
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
Phone: 541-346-3503
Office: 304 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Winter 2024, WED 11-1

Peter A. Warnek

Associate Professor of Philosophy
German & Scandinavian, Philosophy
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

Janet Wasko

Professor and Emeritus Knight Chair in Communication Research
Affiliated Faculty, New Media & Culture Program
Cinema Studies Program, SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad
Phone: 541-346-4174
Office: 208 Allen Hall

Jack Watson

Associate Professor Emeritus
Theatre Arts
Phone: 541-346-4187
Office: 210 Villard Hall

Anita Weiss

Professor
Global Studies, Religious Studies
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
Phone: 541-346-0951
Office: 114 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: M-F 8:30-4:30
Research Interests: Traveling, Scandinavian Culture, Photography, Hiking

Rachel Weissler

Assistant Professor
Black Studies, Linguistics
Office: Straub Hall 375
Office Hours: Wed 11:00a-1:00p and by appt NOTE: Dr. Weissler will be on leave Spring 2024
Research Interests: sociolinguistics, emotion perception, neurolinguistics, language and social justice

Louise Westling

Professor Emerita
College Scholars, English, Food Studies
Phone: 541-346-3938
Office: 827 PLC

Mark Whalan

Professor
Head of English, Horn Endowed Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-3926
Office: 207 PLC
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: African American Literary Studies, American Studies, Modernism Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity

Nathan Whalen

Senior Instructor II of Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish
Phone: 541-346-4257
Office: 422 Friendly
Office Hours: Friday 10-12 or by appointment

Elizabeth (Betsy) Wheeler

Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Disability Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-3929
Office: 238 PLC
Office Hours: Winter Term: MW 2-3:30pm
Research Interests: Disability Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, American Studies, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity

Dakota Whisler

PhD Student
General Linguistics Program
Linguistics
Office: 264 Straub Hall

George Wickes

Professor Emeritus
English
Office Hours:

Kendall Wilber

Academic Programs Assistant
Black Studies, Cinema Studies Program, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Office: 201 McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: Frogs, Irish folk songs, animation, and cheesecake.

Jenée Wilde

Senior Instructor of English
CSWS Dissemination Specialist
English
Phone: 541-346-8033
Office: 331 PLC
Office Hours: 2024 Winter Term: TR 3:30-5pm or by appt.
Research Interests: gender and sexuality studies, queer studies, science fiction, folklore, popular culture, creative nonfiction writing

Olivia Wilkinson

Student Office Worker
German & Scandinavian
Office: Office 114 Friendly Hall

Jerry Williams

Professor Emeritus
Theatre Arts

Misti R. Williamsen

Instructor
Senior Instructor I
American English Institute
Phone: 541-346-3945
Office: 213 Agate Hall

Colin Williamson

Faculty
Cinema Studies Program
Phone: 541-346-1333
Office: 271 PLC

Katherine Wilson

English Graduate Student
English

Malcolm Wilson

Professor of Classics
Classics, Humanities Program, Philosophy, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-4155
Office: 320 Susan Campbell Hall
Office Hours: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays 11:00am-12:00pm
Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy; The history of science and the philosophical issues surrounding the organization of systematic knowledge in antiquity; Greek Philosophy; Aristotle; Greek Intellectual History

Nick Wirtz

Comparative Literature Graduate Student
English Department GE
Comparative Literature
Phone: 541-346-0050
Office: 269 PLC
Research Interests: Realisms and countervisuality, reference and materiality, comics, photography, history and autobiography, visual rhetoric, visual culture, media genealogy.

John Witte

Senior Instructor Emeritus
English
Phone: 541-346-5935
Office: 206 PLC
Office Hours: Checking email intermittently

Genevieve Witter

English Graduate Student/ GE
English

Daniel Wojcik

Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-3946
Office: 463 PLC
Office Hours: Winter Term: MW 1:15-3pm
Research Interests: Cultural Studies, Folklore Studies, Religion & Mythology

Lisa Wolverton

Professor
Clark Honors College, History, Medieval Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
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

Henry Wonham

Professor
English
Phone: 541-346-3266
Office: 436 Tykeson Hall
Office Hours: No office hours; available by email

Sunhee Woo

Korean language instructor
Renewable non-tenure-track faculty
East Asian Languages, Korean
Phone: 541-346-7166
Office: 308 Friendly Hall
Office Hours: Tue,Thur 12:00~1:00 p.m.

Mary Wood

Professor
Disability Studies, English
Phone: 541-346-3010
Office: 445 PLC
Office Hours: Winter Term: MW 1:15-3pm
Research Interests: 19th Century American Literary Studies, Autobiography Studies, Feminism Studies Gender and Sexuality Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity

Alohi Wright

Undergraduate Program Coordinator
Pronouns: she/her/hers
Black Studies, Cinema Studies Program, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-4171
Office: 201B McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: Coonhounds, butter mochi, decorating for the holidays, remembering what life was like when I had hobbies, thinking about reading all the books on my nightstand, and Schitt's Creek.

Michelle Wright

Media Coordinator
Black Studies, Cinema Studies Program, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-8261
Office: 275 McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: Graphic design; communications; website, newsletter, and social media content and updates

Jean Wu

Senior Instructor II, Chinese Language
Chinese Flagship Academic Director
East Asian Languages
Phone: 541-346-4098
Office: 402 Friendly Hall