Social Sciences

Shaoda Wang

Doctoral Student
Economics
Office: 522 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesday 9-10 am, 4-5 pm

Sophie Yan Wang

Doctoral Student
Economics
Office: 430 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Thursday 2:00-4:00
Research Interests: Macroeconomics

Graham Ward

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC, 1291 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025 Friday 10:00am - 12:00pm

Gabriel Wasserman

Doctoral Student
Sociology
Office: 636 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: Fall 2025: Tuesday/Thursday 10:00 - 12:00

Shelly Watson

Undergraduate Coordinator ASU 8
Earth Sciences, Economics, General Social Sciences, Mathematics, Political Science, Sociology
Phone: 541-346-2558

Lesley Jo Weaver

Professor
Global Studies
Office Hours: My Fall 2026 office hours are scheduled (not drop-in!) from 10:30-11:30 Mon and Wed in Pacific Hall 12, or via Zoom. Please make an appointment for a 30-min time slot at https://calendly.com/ljweaver/dr-weaver-office-hours. When you book at this link, you can also choose your preferred location (Zoom or Pacific Hall). If the available meeting times don’t work for you, please email me to set something up .
Research Interests: medical anthropology; mental health; race; chronic diseases; food insecurity; health disparities; Brazil; India; USA; global health

Janis Weeks

Professor Emerita
African Studies, Biology

Julie Weise

Associate Professor, Department of History
Digital Humanities, History, IRES, Latinx
Phone: 541-346-4833
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Tuesdays 10-11 am, MCK 353 Or by appointment: http://calendly.com/julieweise
Research Interests: Immigration, Migration, Mexico, United States, World History

Marsha Weisiger

Professor of History and Environmental Studies
Julie and Rocky Dixon Chair of U.S. Western History; Founding Co-Director, Center for Environmental Futures (2016-2025)
History, Environmental Studies
Phone: 541-346-4824
Office: 381 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: Spring 2026 T-R, 2:30-3:30 p.m., or by appointment
Research Interests: US West, Environmental History, Native Americans

Anita Weiss

Professor Emerita
Global Studies
Phone: 541 337-4499
Office: N/A
Office Hours: Please send me an email if you would like to arrange for a time to meet.
Research Interests: Pakistan; South Asia; comparative Muslim societies; development, women's rights, political Islam

Rachel Weissler

Assistant Professor
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Linguistics and Interdisciplinary Cognitive Sciences
Black Studies, Linguistics
Office: Straub Hall 375
Office Hours: Use Dr. Weissler's booking link or email Dr. Weissler to set up a meeting
Research Interests: sociolinguistics, emotion perception, neurolinguistics, language experience, language ideologies, raciolinguistics, language and social justice

Louise Westling

Professor Emerita
College Scholars, English, Food Studies

Mark Whalan

Robert D. and Eve E. Horn Professor of English
Head of English
English, Black Studies
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

Frances White

Professor
Faculty Curator of Biological Collections, Museum of Natural and Cultural History
Anthropology
Phone: 541-346-5278
Office: 302C Condon Hall, 1218 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1218
Office Hours: Fall 2026 Tuesday 2 to 4 pm (Zoom link in Canvas sites)
Research Interests: Primate behavioral ecology, primate evolution

Zachary Whitworth

PhD Student
History
Office: 340U McKenzie Hall
Office Hours: Fall 2026: Tuesdays, 11am–12:30pm (or by appointment)
Research Interests: Revolutions & utopian studies, communalism, social ecology, 19th–20th century history of Russia and the US, history of Oregon, Russian-American Jewish history

Stephanie Wiley

Associate Teaching Professor
Director of Criminology Minor
Sociology
Phone: 541-346-5026
Office: 706 PLC
Office Hours: Spring 2026: Wednesday 11:00-1:00

Timothy Williams

Associate Professor
History
Phone: 541-346-8798
Office: 367 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288
Office Hours: By appointment
Research Interests: 19th Century U.S. history, the Civil War and Reconstruction, intellectual and cultural history, book history, gender, education, prisons and prisoners.

Wesley Wilson

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

Olivia Wing

PhD Student
History
Phone: 541-346-0900
Research Interests: Asian American History, Modern U.S. History, History of Youth Culture, Gender History

Harry Wolcott

(1929-2012)
Anthropology