Schnitzer School
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
Yosa Vidal
Assistant Teaching Professor
Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: yosav@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4497
Office: McArthur Court 004A, 1233 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Office Hours: M-W 9:00-10:00
Research Interests: Latin American Literature, Aesthetics and Politics, Comic Studies, Creative Writing.
Matthias Vogel
Teaching Professor and Language Coordinator'
Director of Undergraduate Studies, German
German & Scandinavian, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: matvogel@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-337-2634
Office: 220B Agate Hall
Office Hours: Winter 2025: Mo/We 11:00 AM to 11:50 AM and by appointment
Research Interests: German language, culture, and pedagogy; Globalization and Global Engagement Issues; Study Abroad; Identity Discourses and Multiculturalism; Food Studies; Higher Education Organizational Leadership; Academic Residential Communities and Residential Life
David Wacks
Professor of Spanish
Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: wacks@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4029
Office: 205 Agate Hall
Office Hours: T 11:30-1:30 and by appointment: https://tinyurl.com/5n8wywns
Research Interests: Medieval Iberian literature and culture, Sephardic studies, Mediterranean Studies
Sarah D. Wald
Professor, Environmental Studies & English
English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx
Email: sdwald@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-1613
Office Hours: Mon, 7-7:45pm (Zoom only)
Tues, 3:30-4:15 pm (PLC 443/Zoom) (3:20-3:40 reserved for ENVS 203 students)
Thur, 12-12:30 pm (PLC 443/Zoom)
Sign Up for Office Hours: https://goo.gl/ZUocxh
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
Glynne Walley
Associate Professor, Japanese Literature
East Asian Languages, Folklore Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: glynne@uoregon.edu
Office: Mac Court 104A
Office Hours: on sabbatical leave AY 2026-2027
Yixuan Wang
East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages, College of Arts and Sciences
Email: yiw@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: Friday 3-4 pm
Research Interests: East Asian Linguistics
Yugen Wang
Professor of Chinese Literature, Chinese Sector Head
East Asian Languages, Medieval Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: ygwang@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-3503
Office Hours: Fall 2026 TUE 3-5 pm on Zoom
Lesley Jo Weaver
Professor
Global Studies
Email: ljweaver@uoregon.edu
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
Anita Weiss
Professor Emerita
Global Studies
Email: aweiss@uoregon.edu
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
Nathan Whalen
Senior Instructor II of Spanish
Romance Languages, Spanish, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: natewh@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4257
Office: 422 Friendly
Office Hours: Tuesdays 12 -2 and by appointment
Olivia Wilkinson
Student Office Worker
German & Scandinavian
Email: owilkin2@uoregon.edu
Office: Office 114 Friendly Hall
Sunhee Woo
Korean language instructor
Renewable non-tenure-track faculty
East Asian Languages, Korean
Email: swoo@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-7166
Office: 308 Friendly Hall, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1248
Office Hours: Wed1:30~3:30 p.m.
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
Phone: 541-346-5299
Office: Agate Hall 205, 5206 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
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
Jean Wu
Teaching Professor, Chinese Language
Chinese Language Program Coordinator
East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: jeanywu@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4098
Office: PLC 104, 1248 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403
Yang Xi
East Asian Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: yxi@uoregon.edu
Office Hours: T 12-12:50 and Th 1:00-1:50
Research Interests: Chinese linguistics
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: Sp 2026: Wednesdays 5-6pm in the EMU atrium in front of the Women's Center; also, remotely by appointment in Teams
Research Interests: transnational migration, migrant rights, social movements, mental health, health equity, wellbeing & social care
Jeremiah Young
PhD Student
German & Scandinavian, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages
Email: jyoung7@uoregon.edu
Phone: 541-346-4051
Office: 110 McArthur Court, 1601 University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon 97403-1250
Office Hours: M/T:2-3 or by appointment
Research Interests: Trauma, Old Norse Literature, English and German Romanticism, Narratology, Oral Tradition, Psychoanalysis, German and Scandinavian Modernism, Eco-criticism, Early Cinema