People
Rebecca Dinwoodie
Codirector
rcd@uoregon.edu
Rebecca Dinwoodie (formerly Rebecca Flynn) joined the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics in 2011. She has deep experience in both law and politics, having been an organizer and staff member for numerous grassroots organizations, most recently Basic Rights Oregon and previously the ACLU, the Human Rights Campaign, Green Corps and the Endangered Species Coalition. Rebecca has a JD from Harvard Law School (2003) where she was editor of the Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. After law school she clerked for Justice Robert D. (Skip) Durham at the Oregon Supreme Court and worked in the Oregon Department of Justice as general counsel to state natural resources agencies.
Dan Tichenor
Codirector
tichenor@uoregon.edu
541-346-4707
Dan Tichenor, Philip H. Knight Chair of Social Science, joined the Wayne Morse Center in 2008. He served as senior faculty fellow and director of the Program for Democratic Governance prior to becoming codirector in 2024. His most recent book, Democracy’s Child (with Alison Gash), explores the activism and influence of young people in our political life. His research awards include the American Political Science Association’s Gladys Kammerer Award, Jack Walker Prize, Mary Parker Follette Award, Polity Prize, Charles Redd Award, and Emerging Scholar Award.He has testified and provided expert briefings to Congress on immigration and refugee policy, and provided commentary and essays for National Public Radio, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Utne Reader, and The Nation.
Christine Waite
Accounting Coordinator
cwaite5@uoregon.edu
541-346-3723
Christine Waite has managed finances at academic institutions for more than 20 years. After working as a research technician for neuroscience laboratories at Rutgers and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, she migrated her grant management skills to financial administration positions. Prior to moving to Oregon to be near family, she managed finances at New York University’s Center for Cosmology and Particle Physics, and Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health.