Schnitzer School
Cynthia Vakareliyska
Professor Emerita
Linguistics, Medieval Studies, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies
Email: vakarel@uoregon.edu
Marci Viano-Davis
Operations Manager
ASU 1 - Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
College of Arts and Sciences, East Asian Languages, Food Studies, German & Scandinavian, Global Studies, Ichishkiin Language, Italian, Japanese, Latin American Studies, Middle East and North African Studies, Northwest Indian Language Institute, OCIAS, Romance Languages, Russian East European and Eurasian Studies, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: marcid@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4019
Office: 116 Friendly, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 9-4 M-F
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, Medieval Studies
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: M/W, 1:20-3pm (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: Mac Court 104A
Office Hours: Winter 2026: Monday 1-3 pm
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
Lesley Jo Weaver
Associate Professor
Global Health Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, Black Studies
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
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
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
Olivia Wilkinson
Student Office Worker
German & Scandinavian
Email: owilkin2@uoregon.edu
Office: Office 114 Friendly Hall
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
Yang Xi
East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: yxi@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: T 12-12:50 and Th 1:00-1:50
Research Interests: Chinese linguistics
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: Wi 2026: Wednesdays 5:30-6:30pm in the Tykeson Café area; also, 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