Social Sciences

Janne Underriner

Director, Northwest Indigenous Language Institute, retired
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics, Native American Studies
Phone: 541-346-0722
Office: 1629 Moss St Rm 102, 1290 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Mark T. Unno

Professor of Religious Studies
East Asian Religions, Japanese Buddhism, Classical Japanese Buddhism, Early Chinese Thought, Comparative Ethics, Buddhism and Psychotherapy
Asian Studies, Medieval Studies, Religious Studies
Phone: 541-346-4973
Office: 334 Susan Campbell Hall, 1294 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1294
Office Hours: Mondays 4:30pm-5:15pm on Zoom, Tuesdays 1:00pm-1:45pm on Zoom and by appointment

Mike Urbancic

Senior Instructor II
Economics, SAIL
Phone: 541-346-6482
Office: 474 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Tu 9:30–10:30am at the EMU by O-shaped info desk; Th 11:30am–12:30pm on Zoom: uoregon.zoom.us/j/92326346653<br />
Research Interests: Behavioral economics, experimental economics, economic history

Alvin Urquhart

Professor Emeritus
Geography

Ian Urrea

PhD Student
History
Office: 340F McKenzie Hall
Research Interests: History of the Pacific Northwest & Alaska, Indigenous History, Captivity in History, Violence & Colonialism in North America

Arafaat A. Valiani

Associate Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-5763
Office: 301 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Tuesday, Wednesdays 1:00pm-2:30pm, and by appointment.

Mackenzie VanLaar

Graduate Student
Anthropology
Research Interests: health justice, health autonomy, networks of care, housing, activist anthropology and Gaelic cultural studies

Jessica Vasquez-Tokos

Professor
IRES, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5165
Office: 715 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Thursdays 10am-12Noon and by appointment<br />
Research Interests: Race and Ethnicity, Latinos/as/xs in the U.S., Family Life Course and Society, Qualitative Approaches

Irma Velasquez

Courtesy Professor
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5102

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, School of Global Studies and Languages, Spanish, Spanish Heritage Language Program, Yamada Language Center
Phone: 541-346-4019
Office: 116 Friendly, University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: 9-4 M-F

Sofía Vicente-Vidal

Doctoral Candidate
Anthropology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Phone: 541-346-5109
Office: Hendricks Hall 218B
Office Hours: Spring 2025 <br /> Wednesdays 10:30 am to 12:30 pm or by appointment.

Byron Villacis Cruz

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Office: 707 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Mondays, 4:00 PM to 6:00 PM
Research Interests: Expertise, Anticorruptionism, Quantification, Research Methods, Dollarization

Tuong Vu

Professor
Political Science
Phone: 541-346-4866
Office: 918 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Mondays 11am - 2pm and by appointment
Research Interests: Comparative Politics, Ideology, Revolution, Communism, Nationalism, East and Southeast Asia

Glen Waddell

Professor
Economics, Lundquist College of Business, SAIL, College of Arts and Sciences
Phone: 541-346-1259
Office: Prince Lucien Campbell 533
Office Hours: Fall 2022: On Canvas (or by appointment)
Research Interests: applied econometrics, data science, labour, education, health, crime, risky behaviours, sports, personnel, contracts

Lissa Wadewitz

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

Hannah Waight

Assistant Professor
Sociology
Office: 738 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2025: Wednesdays 12-2<br />
Research Interests: Media, Information, China, Quantitative Methods, Text as Data

Jensen Wainwright

Graduate Student
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5109
Office: 365/366 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
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
English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office Hours: Tues, 7pm-8pm (Zoom) <br /> Thur, 3:20pm-5:20pm (PLC 443 or Zoom)<br /> *3:20-3:45 reserved for in person meetings for ENVS 203 students (w/o appointment)<br /> <br /> Sign Up for Office Hours: https://goo.gl/ZUocxh<br />
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

Lauren Walker

Graduate Employee, M.S Student
Geography
Office Hours: Tuesdays 12:50-1:50pm
Research Interests: Forest ecology, land management, landscape modeling

Peter Walker

Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies
Environmental Studies, Geography
Phone: 541-346-4541
Office: 100 Condon Hall, 1251 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1251
Research Interests: Political ecology, environmental politics, climate change adaptation, wildfire, collaborative and community based resource management, land use, American West, Africa