Social Sciences
Ngan Tran
Doctoral Student
Economics
Email: ntran7@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1291
Office: 428 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Friday 10:00-11:00
Research Interests: Applied microeconomics
Larry Ulibarri
Senior Instructor I
Anthropology, Food Studies
Email: larryu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-8188
Office: 373 Condon Hall, 1218 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: by appointment (in-person or remotely)
Research Interests: Primate ecology and conservation, animal behavior, forensics, nutrition.
Janne Underriner
Assistant Teaching Professor; Director, Northwest Indigenous Language Institute, retired
Language Teaching Studies, Linguistics, Native American Studies
Email: jlu@uoregon.edu
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
Email: munno@uoregon.edu
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
Email: urbancic@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-6482
Office: 474 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Wednesday 9:30-10:30am at the ground floor of the EMU by the O-shaped info desk; Thursday 3:30-4:30 in 474 PLC
Research Interests: Behavioral economics, experimental economics, economic history
Arafaat A. Valiani
Associate Professor
History
Email: valiani@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5763
Office: 301 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Tuesday, Thursdays 11:30am-1:00pm, and by appointment.
Mackenzie VanLaar
Graduate Student
Anthropology
Email: mvanlaa2@uoregon.edu
Research Interests: health justice, health autonomy, networks of care, housing, activist anthropology and Gaelic cultural studies
Jessica Vasquez-Tokos
Professor
IRES, Sociology, Latinx
Email: vasquezj@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5165
Office: 715 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291
Office Hours: Spring 2026: By Appointment
Research Interests: Race and Ethnicity, Latinos/as/xs in the U.S., Family Life Course and Society, Qualitative Approaches, International Migration
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, 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
Sofía Vicente-Vidal
Doctoral Candidate
Anthropology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Email: svicente@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-5109
Office: Hendricks Hall 218B
Office Hours: Spring 2025
Wednesdays 10:30 am to 12:30 pm or by appointment.
Byron Villacis Cruz
Assistant Professor
Sociology, Latinx
Email: villacis@uoregon.edu
Office: 707 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Monday 4-6pm
Research Interests: Expertise, Anticorruptionism, Quantification, Research Methods, Dollarization
Tuong Vu
Professor
Political Science
Email: thvu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4866
Office: 918 PLC, 1284 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Thursday 11:00-2:00
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
Email: waddell@uoregon.edu
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
Email: wadewitz@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1831
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: Native American, Pacific/Marine World, US West, US Environmental
Hannah Waight
Assistant Professor
Sociology
Email: hwaight@uoregon.edu
Office: 738 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Wednesdays 12-2
Research Interests: Media, Information, China, Quantitative Methods, Text as Data
Jensen Wainwright
Graduate Student
Anthropology
Email: jensenw@uoregon.edu
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
Email: sdwald@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office Hours: M/W, 1:20-3pm (PLC 443 or Zoom)
*1:20-1:45pm reserved for in person meetings for ENG 230 students (w/o appointment)
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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