Humanities
Yixuan Wang
East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: yiw@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Tuesday 3:30-4:30pm
Research Interests: Cognitive semantics, discourse analysis, pragmatics, Modern Chinese literature
Yugen Wang
Professor of Chinese Literature
East Asian Languages, Medieval Studies
Email: ygwang@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3503
Office: 304 Friendly Hall, 1248 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205
Office Hours: Winter 2026, WED 11 am-1 pm, on Zoom
Peter A. Warnek
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Philosophy
Email: warnek@uoregon.edu
Office: 246 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Office Hours: Winter 2026: Wednesday, 2-4 pm.
Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy, 19th-20th Century Continental Philosophy, Kant, Philosophy of Nature, Myth, Tragedy, History of Philosophy
Janet Wasko
Professor of Media Studies
Knight Chair in Communication Research Emeritus; Affiliated Faculty, New Media & Culture Program
SOJC, SOJC-Media Studies Master's, SOJC-Media Studies PhD, SOJC-Media Studies Undergrad, Cinema Studies
Email: jwasko@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4174
Office: 208 Allen Hall, 1275 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1275
Jack Watson
Associate Professor Emeritus
Theatre Arts
Email: jwatson@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4187
Office: 210 Villard Hall
Ed Weiser
Courtesy Professor Of Practice
Philosophy
Email: eweiser@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Medical Ethics, Neuroethics, Philosophy of Sport, and Sports Ethics as related to health and well-being
Peg Weiser
Courtesy Professor
Philosophy
Email: pweiser@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: Aesthetics, Feminist Aesthetics, Philosophy of Sport, Sports Ethics as related to gender, race, and social justice
Anita Weiss
Professor Emerita
Global Studies, Religious Studies
Email: aweiss@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3245
Office: 307 PLC, 5206 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5206
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1-3 pm & by appointment
Research Interests: Pakistan: development, women's rights, political Islam
Rachel Weissler
Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Linguistics and Interdisciplinary Cognitive Sciences
Black Studies, Linguistics
Email: rweissle@uoregon.edu
Office: Straub Hall 375
Office Hours: Please consult your course syllabus, or contact Dr. Weissler directly for office hours/student hours.
Research Interests: sociolinguistics, emotion perception, neurolinguistics, language and social justice
Maia Wellborn
Doctoral Candidate
Philosophy
Email: mwellbor@uoregon.edu
Phone: na
Office: Susan Campbell Hall 11B
Office Hours: Mondays 10:30AM-12:30PM
Research Interests: Critical Phenomenology, Feminist Philosophy, Queer and Trans Studies, Twentieth Century Continental Philosophy
Mark Whalan
Robert D. and Eve E. Horn Professor of English
Head of English
English, Black Studies
Email: whalan@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3926
Office: 118 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Modernist studies; American literary and cultural studies, 1900-1950; First World War Studies; Harlem Renaissance; African American Literary Studies
Nathan Whalen
Senior Instructor II of Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: natewh@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4257
Office: 422 Friendly
Office Hours: Tuesdays 12 -2 and by appointment
Elizabeth (Betsy) Wheeler
Professor
Comics and Cartoon Studies, Disability Studies, English
Email: ewheeler@uoregon.edu
Office: 238 PLC, 1286 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286
Office Hours: Spring Term: MW 2:30-4pm in person (drop-in or by appt.) or on Zoom by appt. (email for appt.)
Research Interests: Disability Studies, Comics and Cartoon Studies, American Studies, Postmodern and Contemporary Literary Studies, Race, Ethnicity, and Indigeneity
