CAS Faculty

David Wacks

Professor of Spanish

Romance Languages, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: info@uoregon.College

Phone: 541-346-4029

Office: 205 Agate Hall

Office Hours: By appointment: https://tinyurl.com/5n8wywns

Research Interests: Medieval Iberian literature and culture, Sephardic studies, Mediterranean Studies

Angela Waddell

Assistant Teaching Professor

English

Phone: Email is best

Office: TYK 301 D

Office Hours: Check current Canvas site

Research Interests: Rhetoric, Composition, Community Teaching

Glen Waddell

Professor

Economics, Lundquist College of Business, SAIL, College of Arts and Sciences

Email: info@uoregon.College

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: info@uoregon.College

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: info@uoregon.College

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

Eleanor Wakefield

Associate Teaching Professor

Director of Composition Program Writing Lab

English

Email: info@uoregon.College

Phone: 541-346-0055

Office: 301B Tykeson Hall, 1286 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1286

Office Hours: Winter 2025: Tuesdays 1:00-2:30, Thursdays 2:00-3:30, and by appointment

Sarah D. Wald

Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & English

English, Environmental Studies, Food Studies, IRES, Latinx

Email: info@uoregon.College

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) 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

Ashley Walker

Associate Professor

Human Physiology

Email: info@uoregon.College

Phone: 541-346-5058

Office: 162 Onyx Bridge, 1240 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1240

Research Interests: Aging and Vascular Physiology

Karen Thompson Walker

Associate Professor

Creative Writing Program

Email: info@uoregon.College

Phone: 541-346-0544

Office: 212 Alder Bldg, 5243 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5243

Peter Walker

Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies

Environmental Studies, Geography

Email: info@uoregon.College

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

Paul Wallace

Professor

Earth Sciences

Email: info@uoregon.College

Phone: 541-346-5985

Office: 220 Cascade Hall, 1272 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Research Interests: Igneous petrology, volcanology, geochemistry

Glynne Walley

Associate Professor, Japanese Literature

East Asian Languages, Folklore Program, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: info@uoregon.College

Office: Mac Court 104A

Office Hours: Spring 2026: Thursday 3:30-5:30 pm

Hailin Wang

Professor

Alec and Kay Keith Chair in Physics

OMQ, Physics

Email: info@uoregon.College

Phone: 541-346-4758

Office: 274 Willamette Hall, 1274 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1205

Research Interests: Experimental optical and condensed matter physics; quantum optics with spins, excitons, and nanomechanical oscillators, quantum information processing

Yugen Wang

Professor of Chinese Literature, Chinese Sector Head

East Asian Languages, Medieval Studies, Schnitzer School of Global Studies and Languages

Email: info@uoregon.College

Phone: 541-346-3503

Office Hours: Spring 2026, WED 11 am-1 pm, on Zoom

Peter A. Warnek

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Philosophy

Email: info@uoregon.College

Office: 246 Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295

Office Hours: Spring 2026: Tuesday, 2-4 pm.

Research Interests: Ancient Philosophy, 19th-20th Century Continental Philosophy, Kant, Philosophy of Nature, Myth, Tragedy, History of Philosophy