Ian Anderson

Program Specialist
anderso9@uoregon.edu

Ian Anderson (he/him/his) joined the Wayne Morse Center in 2024. He earned a B.A. in history, medieval studies, and religious studies from the University of Oregon, and an M.A. in history from Western Michigan University. Ian became involved with organized labor as a graduate employee. Since finishing his graduate program in 2018 he has spent the last six years working as a professional political and labor organizer both in higher education and healthcare.  He plans to attend law school in the future.

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.

Emma Gunn

Emma (she/her/hers) joined the Wayne Morse Center as a program assistant in 2022. She is a current undergraduate student majoring in political science with a minor in art. She enjoys keeping up to date with current events and American politics, and hopes to attend law school after graduation.

Ellen Herman

Ellen Herman, professor of history, was codirector of the Wayne Morse Center from 2016 to 2024. She is now the center's Senior Scholar.

Abbie Stillie

Associate Director
astillie@uoregon.edu
541-346-3717

Abbie Stillie joined the Wayne Morse Center for Law and Politics in 2009. She manages fundraising and communications for the Wayne Morse Center. She has a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Alaska and an M.S. in Journalism from the University of Oregon. She was previously a newspaper reporter at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner in Fairbanks, Alaska. Abbie serves on the board of the Eugene Science Center and the Eugene School District 4J Budget Committee. 

Dan Tichenor

Codirector
tichenor@uoregon.edu
541-346-4707

Dan Tichenor, Philip H. Knight Chair of Political 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.