Humanities
Karen Thompson Walker
Associate Professor
Associate Professor
Creative Writing Program
Email: ktwalker@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-0544
Office: 212 Alder Bldg, 5243 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5243
Michael Walker
Scene Shop Coordinator
Theatre Arts
Email: mwalker9@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4105
Office: 117A Theatre Arts, 1231 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1231
Ryan Walker
Comparative Literature Graduate Student/ ENG GE
Comparative Literature, English
Email: rwalker9@uoregon.edu
Office: 316 PLC
Office Hours: Mondays 11-12 & Wednesdays 10-12
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, Folklore Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: glynne@uoregon.edu
Office: Mac Court 104A
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Thursday 3:30-5:30 pm
Joey Wanczyk
English
Email: jwanczyk@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Mondays, 1pm-2pm; Wednesdays, 9:30am-10:30am; Fridays, 1pm-2pm
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: Spring 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: Spring 2026: Tuesday, 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
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: Use Dr. Weissler's booking link or email Dr. Weissler to set up a meeting: https://outlook.office.com/bookwithme/user/8695a6ddbb834d17bd692e877d0a9086@uoregon.edu/meetingtype/bNrnFb6MVkK9n1fLKGVW1w2?bookingcode=fb9915ea-b03b-4edb-86f5-6345c75b9a7a&anonymous&ismsaljsauthenabled&ep=mlink
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