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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

Alohi Wright

Undergraduate Programs Coordinator

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Black Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies, Cinema Studies, Anthropology, Geography

Email: awright8@uoregon.edu

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

Operations Coordinator: Media & Design

Anthropology, Black Studies, Cinema Studies, CLLAS, Creative Writing Program, Geography, History, IRES, Latinx, Native American Studies, Theatre Arts, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies

Email: mlwright@uoregon.edu

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

Email: jwu5@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-5778

Office: 475 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1285

Office Hours: Fall 2025: Monday/Wednesday 12:50 to 1:50

Research Interests: Game Theory, Experimental Economics, Political Economy

Wei "Herbert" Xin

Doctoral Student

Economics

Email: hxin@uoregon.edu

Office: 522 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Fall 2025: By appointment

Moeko Yamazaki

Graduate Employee

History

Email: moekoy@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-9590

Office: 340H McKenzie Hall, 1288 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288

Research Interests: Labor history, business history, economic history, history of capitalism, US history

Jinsun Yang

Graduate Employee

Sociology, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies

Email: jinsuny@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-1261

Office: 621 PLC, 1298 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Fall 2025: Wed 2-4PM

Research Interests: Queer theory, Feminism, Gender Policy, Sociology of Sport, Queer Geopolitics, Colonialism

W. Jamie Yang

Graduate Employee

Sociology

Email: wenyiy@uoregon.edu

Office: 708 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Spring 2025: Tuesday&Thursday 1:30-2:30pm

Research Interests: Gender, sexuality, family and life course, social psychology

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

Dante Yasui

Doctoral Student

Economics

Email: dyasui@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-7755

Office: 525 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Fall 2025: Monday 10-11am, Wednesday 1-2pm

Research Interests: Urban economics, econometrics

Lesley Yates-Pollard

Academic Programs Manager

Economics, General Social Sciences, Political Science, Sociology

Email: lesleyyp@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-2537

Office: 175A PLC, 1245 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Richard York

Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies, Sociology

Email: rfyork@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-5064

Office: 730 PLC, 1291 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1291

Office Hours: Spring 2025: M 12-2 via Zoom: https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/8212956802

Research Interests: Environmental Sociology, Political Economy, Sociological Theory, Sociology of Science

Phil Young

(1936-2013)

Anthropology

Jason Younker

Asst VP & Advisor to the President

Anthropology

Email: jyounker@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-5672

Office: 1776 Millrace Dr., Ste 391, 1226 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Thursday 2-4:00 or by appointment

Xinyi "Cindy" Yuan

Doctoral Student

Economics

Email: cindyuan@uoregon.edu

Office: 420 PLC, 1285 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403

Office Hours: Fall 2025: Monday 2:00 - 3:00, Tuesday 1:00 - 2:00

Reuben Zahler

Associate Professor

History

Email: rczahler@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-5907

Office: 363 McKenzie Hall, 1288 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1288

Research Interests: Latin America, gender, law, political culture, political transformations

Hannah Zeller

English Graduate Student

English, Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies

Email: hzeller@uoregon.edu

Phone: 541-346-0529

Office: 323 HEN

Office Hours: Email or check syllabus for times and Zoom links.

Research Interests: Post 1970 American Fantasy; Comics; Care Theory; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Black Feminism; Critical University Studies; Queer of Color Critique