Social Sciences

Glen Waddell

Professor
Economics, Lundquist College of Business, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-1259
Office: Prince Lucien Campbell 533
Office Hours: Fall 2022: On Canvas (or by appointment)
Research Interests: labor, education, health, industrial organization

Lissa Wadewitz

Beekman Professor of Northwest and Pacific History
History
Phone: 541-346-1831
Research Interests: Native American, Pacific/Marine World, US West, US Environmental

Jensen Wainwright

Graduate Student
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5109
Office: 365/366 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Wednesdays 12-1 via zoom (or by appointment)
Research Interests: Paleoenviornment, stable isotope geochemistry, small mammals

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: Spring Term: Wednesday, 12:30pm-2:30pm PLC 443
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

Peter Walker

Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-4541
Office: 100 Condon Hall
Research Interests: Political ecology, environmental politics, climate change adaptation, wildfire, collaborative and community based resource management, land use, American West, Africa

Tian Walker

Graduate Student
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5109
Office: 365/366 Condon Hall
Office Hours: Tuesday and Wednesday 10:30-11:30, and more by appointment.

Sophie Yan Wang

Doctoral Student
Economics
Office: 430 PLC
Office Hours: 2:30-3:30pm Thursday
Research Interests: Macroeconomics

Zhuoran Wang

Doctoral Student
Political Science
Office: 810 PLC
Office Hours: SP 24: Tuesday 11:00 - 12:00

Janis Weeks

Professor Emerita
African Studies, Biology
Phone: 541-346-4517
Office: 325A Huestis Hall

Julie Weise

Associate Professor, Department of History
History, IRES, Latin American Studies, Latinx
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.

Marsha Weisiger

Associate Professor of History
Julie and Rocky Dixon Chair of U.S. Western History; Co-Director, Center for Environmental Futures
Environmental Studies, History
Phone: 541-346-4824
Office: 381 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter 23, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday 2:00-3:00 p.m. or via zoom appt
Research Interests: US West, Environmental History, Native Americans

Anita Weiss

Professor Emerita
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

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

Peter Wetherwax

Faculty, Retired
Biology, Latin American Studies
Phone: 541-346-4514
Office: 73A Klamath Hall

Frances White

Professor
Faculty Curator of Biological Collections, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5278
Office: 302C Condon Hall
Office Hours: Winter 2024 Monday 3 to 5 pm (Zoom)
Research Interests: Primate behavioral ecology, primate evolution

Connor Wiegand

Doctoral Student
Economics
Phone: 541-346-7755
Office: 508 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2024: Wednesday 11:00-1:00

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.

Stephanie Wiley

Instructor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5026
Office: 706 PLC
Office Hours: Sp 24: Monday 2:30-3:30

Eric Wilken

Doctoral Student
Economics
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 407 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2023:Tuesday and Thursday: 1:00-2:00pm
Research Interests: Economics of LGBT issues, Behavioral economics

Brenna Williams

Office Generalist
She/Her
Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-2095
Office: Condon 107

Neil Williams

Postdoctoral Scholar
Geography
Phone: 541-346-2699
Office: 246 Columbia Hall
Research Interests: silviculture, succession and stand dynamics, disturbance ecology, climate change effects on forests and forest management

Timothy Williams

Associate Professor
Associate Department Head & Director of Undergraduate Studies
History
Phone: 541-346-8798
Office: 367 McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Winter & Spring 2024: Tuesdays 1-3 PM. Schedule office hours here: https://calendly.com/timw-uo/office-hours
Research Interests: 19th Century U.S. history, the Civil War and Reconstruction, intellectual and cultural history, book history, gender, education, prisons and prisoners.

Brock Wilson

Doctoral Student
Economics
Phone: 541-346-7755
Office: 418 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2022: Monday and Wednesday 1:30-2:30PM

Wesley Wilson

Professor Emeritus
Economics
Phone: 541-346-4690
Office: 470 PLC
Office Hours: By appointment only
Research Interests: Industrial organization, transportation, applied econometrics

Olivia Wing

Graduate Employee
History
Phone: 541-346-0900
Office Hours: Spring 23: Tuesdays 3:30-4:20pm, Wednesdays 1-2pm & by appointment
Research Interests: Asian American History, Modern U.S. History, History of Youth Culture, Gender History

Harry Wolcott

(1929-2012)
Anthropology

Juan Eduardo Wolf

Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology
Director of Latin American Studies; Coordinator, UO World Music Series & Ethnomusicology
Latin American Studies, Music, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-2852
Office: 126 Frohnmayer Music Bldg
Research Interests: Latin America, decolonial thought, ethnography, folkloristics

Dehlia Wolftail

Research Assistant
Environmental Studies

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

Woan Foong Wong

Assistant Professor
Economics
Phone: 541-346-1335
Office: 539 PLC
Office Hours: F23: Tuesday 10:00-12:00

Ellie Wood

Graduate Student
Environmental Studies

Micaela Wood

Doctoral Student
Economics
Phone: 541-346-1261
Office: 430 PLC
Office Hours: SP24: Tuesday & Thursday 10-11am
Research Interests: Environmental economics, behavioral economics

David Woolley

Doctoral Student
Economics
Office: 827 PLC

Stephen Wooten

Associate Professor
Provost's Teaching Academy Member
Global Studies
Phone: 541-346-5434
Office: 354 PLC
Office Hours: Mondays 2-3:00 pm and Thursdays 9-10 am on Zoom, or by appointment.
Research Interests: Food studies, local-global dynamics, agrarian change, expressive culture

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: 541-346-9736
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

Jiabin Wu

Associate Professor
Economics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-5778
Office: 475 PLC
Office Hours: Fall 2022: 12:30pm-1:30pm Monday 12:30pm-1:30pm Tuesday
Research Interests: Game Theory, Experimental Economics, Political Economy