Faculty
Faculty
Shelby L. Anderson (2011) Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology. Ph.D. 2011 University of Washington.
Douglas Deur (2008) Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Anthropology. Ph.D. 2000 Louisiana State University.
Michele R. Gamburd (1995) Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology. Ph.D. 1995 University of Michigan.
Charles H. Klein (2012) Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Anthropology; Associate Professor of Anthropology. Ph.D. 1996 University of Michigan.
Jeremy Spoon (2009) Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology. Ph.D. 2008 University of Hawaii.
Mrinalini Tankha (2017) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology. Ph.D. 2013 Brandeis University.
Natalie Vasey (2002) Ph.D.
Professor of Anthropology. Ph.D. 1997 Washington University.
Douglas Wilson (2004) Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Anthropology. Ph.D. 1991 University of Arizona.
Complex Systems Academic Area Faculty
Academic Area Lead TBD
Faculty
Catherine de Rivera (2005) Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 1999 University of California, San Diego.
Patrick Edwards (2000) Ph.D.
Senior Instructor II of Environmental Science and Management and Director of the Environmental Professionals Program and the Student Watershed Research Program. Ph.D. 2014 Portland State University.
Linda George (2002) Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 1991 Portland State University.
Jeffrey Gerwing (2002) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 2001 Pennsylvania State University.
Kelly Gleason (2018) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 2015 Oregon State University.
Elise Granek (2006) Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 2006 Oregon State University.
Melissa Haeffner (2017) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 2015 Colorado State University.
Amy Larson (2008) Ph.D.
Teaching Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 2007. University of California at Davis & San Diego State University.
Jennifer Morse (2013) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 2010 Duke University.
Max Nielsen-Pincus (2013) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 2007 University of Idaho.
Yangdong Pan (1996) Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 1993 Bowling Green State University.
Arick Rouhe (2018) Ph.D.
Instructor of Environmental Science and Management and Interim Director of the Center for Lakes and Reservoirs. Ph.D. 2018 Portland State University.
Geography Academic Area Faculty
David Banis (2004) M.S.
GIS Lab Manager and Instructor. M.S. 2004 Portland State University.
Alida Cantor (2017) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography. Ph.D. 2016 Clark University.
Heejun Chang (2001) Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs and Professor of Geography. Ph.D. 2001 Pennsylvania State University.
Jiunn-Der (Geoffrey) Duh (2004) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography. Ph.D. 2004 University of Michigan.
Chris Grant (2018) Ph.D.
Senior Instructor II. Ph.D. 1995 University of Oregon.
Andrés Holz (2013) Ph.D.
Professor of Geography. Ph.D. 2009 University of Colorado, Boulder.
Nancy Hunter (2016) Ph.D.
Research Assistant Professor and Director of the Center for Geography Education in Oregon. Ph.D. 2016 Portland State University.
Martin Lafrenz (2005) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography. Ph.D. 2005 University of Tennessee.
Paul Loikith (2012) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography. Ph.D. 2012 Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey.
Pronoy Rai (2018) Ph.D.
Academic Area Lead, Associate Professor of Geography. Ph.D. 2018 University of Illinois.
Vivek Shandas (2005) Ph.D.
Professor of Geography. Ph.D. 2005 University of Washington.
Hunter Shobe (2006) Ph.D.
Professor of Geography. Ph.D. 2006 University of Oregon.
Martin Swobodzinski (2014) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geography. Ph.D. 2012 San Diego State University and University of California, Santa Barbara.
Geology Academic Area Faculty
John Bershaw (2014) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geology, Ph.D. 2011 University of Rochester.
Adam M. Booth (2013) Ph.D.
Academic Area Lead, Professor of Geology. Ph.D. 2012 University of Oregon.
David Bowman (2025) Ph.D.
Dean, College of Liberal Arts and Sciences; Professor of Geology. Ph.D. 1999 University of Southern California.
Jonathan Fink (2019) Ph.D.
Professor of Geology, Ph.D. 1979 Stanford University.
Jill Marshall (2023) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geology. Ph.D. 2015 University of Oregon.
R. Benjamin Perkins (2003) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geology. Ph.D. 2000 Portland State University.
Alex Ruzicka (2000) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geology. Ph.D. 1996 University of Arizona.
Martin J. Streck (1999) Ph.D.
Professor of Geology. Ph.D. 1994 Oregon State University.
Ashley Streig (2015) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Geology. Ph.D. 2014 University of Oregon.
Associated Faculty
Associated Faculty
Kate Barcalow (2020) M.A., J.D.
Adjunct Instructor. M.A. 2015 Portland State University; J.D. 2008 Lewis and Clark Law School.
Maria Beebe (2020) Ph.D.
Affiliate Research Faculty. Ph.D. 1993 Stanford University.
Melanie Chang (2014) Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2005 University of Pennsylvania.
Robert David (2020) Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2012 University of California - Berkeley.
Michael Kilman (2020) M.S.
Adjunct Instructor. M.S. 2014 Portland State University.
Lani Kingston (2022) M.S.
Adjunct Instructor. M.S. 2015 University of Adelaide.
David Moore (2000) M.A.
Adjunct Instructor. M.A. 1994 Portland State University.
Reno Nims (2020) M.S.
Adjunct Instructor. Ph.D. 2022, Auckland University.
Aimee Potter (2012) Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2004 University of Oregon.
Savita Rajurkar (2022) Ph.D., MD
Adjunct Professor, Ph.D. 2007 Tilak Maharashtra University; 2000 MD in Alternative Medicines.
Leah Rosenkranz (2022) M.S.
Adjunct Instructor. M.S. 2022 Portland State University.
Buck Santisteven (2023) M.S.
Adjunct Instructor. M.S. 2008 University of Florida.
Salvador Sepulveda (2022) M.A.
Adjunct Instructor. M.A. 2021 Portland State University.
Cameron McPherson Smith (2004) Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor. Ph.D. 2004 Simon Fraser University.
Complex Systems Academic Area Associated Faculty
Mark Bedau (1993) Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy and Humanities, Reed College. Ph.D. 1985 University of California, Berkeley.
John Fitzgerald (2007) Ph.D.
Field Researcher, Purdue Pharma L.P. Ph.D. 2007 Portland State University.
Jeffrey A. Fletcher (2007) Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Systems Science and University Studies. Ph.D. 2004 Portland State University.
Marcus Harris, Ph.D.
CFO, Bonneville Power. Ph.D. 2023. Portland State University.
David E. Hall (2009) Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Systems Science. Ph.D. 2008 Portland State University.
Michael S. Johnson (2006) Ph.D.
Director, Care Data Analysis, Kaiser Permanente. Ph.D. 2006 Portland State University.
James McNames (1999) Ph.D.
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. Ph.D. 1999 Stanford University.
Nancy Perrin (1995) Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Kaiser Permanente, Center for Health Research. Ph.D. 1986 Ohio State University.
Danil Prokhorov (2004) Ph.D.
Computational Intelligence Manager, Toyota. Ph.D. 1997 Texas Tech.
Patrick Roberts (2005) Ph.D.
Biomedical Engineering, OHSU; Computational Neuroscientist, in Silico Biosciences, Inc. Ph.D. 1993 University of Gothenberg.
Thaddeus T. Shannon, III (2007) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Lighting Design, Department of Theatre-Dance, Western Oregon University. Ph.D. 2007 Portland State University.
Renjeng Su (2009) D. Sc.
Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science. D.Sc. 1980 Washington University, St. Louis.
Christof Teuscher (2008) Ph.D.
Professor of Engineering & Computer Science. Ph.D. 2004 Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Lausanne.
ESM Academic Area Associated Faculty
Gabriel Campbell (2022) Ph.D.
Research Associate and Director of the Rae Selling Berry Seed Bank and Plant Conservation Program. PhD. 2020 University of Florida.
Cody Evers (2015) Ph.D.
Research Associate. Ph.D. 2019 Portland State University.
Eugene Foster (1996) PhD.
Adjunct Assistant Professor. PhD. 1996 Oregon State University.
Kaley Major (2022) PhD.
Adjunct Assistant Professor. PhD. 2018 University of Massachusetts, Boston.
Dan Sabota (2016) Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor. PhD. 2007 Oregon State University.
Geography Academic Area Associated Faculty
Idowu (Jola) Ajibade
Ph.D. Western University, Canada, 2013.
Matthew Claudel
Ph.D. Advanced Urbanism, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020.
Michael C. Houck
M.S.T. Biology, Portland State University, 1972.
Andrew Martin
Ph.D. Meteorology, Florida State University, 2012.
Randy Morris
M.S. Geography, Portland State University, 2014.
Rebecca McLain
Ph.D. Forest Resources, University of Washington, 2000.
Tim Palmer
B.S. Landscape Architecture, Pennsylvania State University, 1971.
Colin Thorne
Ph.D. Geography, University of East Anglia, U.K., 1978.
Geology Academic Area Associated Faculty
Sheila Alfsen (2006) M.A.T.
Adjunct Professor of Geology, M.A.T. Western Oregon University.
Matthew Brunengo (2004) Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Geology, Ph.D. 2012 Portland State University.
Frank Granshaw (2004) Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Geology, Ph.D. 2011 Portland State University.
Melinda Hutson (2000) Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Geology, Ph.D. 1996 University of Arizona.
Megan Faust (2013) M.S.
Adjunct Professor of Geology. M.S. University of Vermont.
William Orr (1968) Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Geology. Ph.D. 1968 Michigan State University.
Erik Shafer (2017) M.S.
Adjunct Professor of Geology. M.S. Portland State University.
Vanessa Swenton (2021) Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Geology. Ph.D. 2022 Portland State University.
Barry Walker (2014) Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor of Geology. Ph.D. 2011 Oregon State University.
Emeriti Faculty
Emeriti Faculty
Virginia L. Butler (1994) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Anthropology. Ph.D. 1990 University of Washington.
Sharon A. Carstens (1987) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Anthropology and International Studies. Ph.D. 1980 Cornell University.
Marc R. Feldesman (1971) Ph.D.
Chair Emeritus, Department of Anthropology; Professor Emeritus of Anthropology. Ph.D. 1974 University of Oregon.
Jacob Fried (1965) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology. Ph.D. 1952 Yale University.
Complex Systems Emeriti Faculty
George G. Lendaris (1970) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Systems Science and Electrical Engineering. Ph.D. 1961 University of California, Berkeley.
Harold A. Linstone (1970) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Systems Science. Ph.D. 1954 University of Southern California.
Beatrice T. Oshika (1989) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Systems Science. Ph.D. 1973 University of Michigan.
Wayne W. Wakeland (1976) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Systems Science. Ph.D. 1977 Portland State University.
Martin Zwick (1976) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Systems Science. Ph.D. 1968 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
ESM Academic Area Emeriti Faculty
Marion Dresner (1995) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 1985 University of Michigan.
David E. Ervin (1999) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 1974 Oregon State University.
Richard R. Petersen (1970) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 1970 Duke University.
John G. Rueter, Jr. (1979) Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 1979 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Mark D. Sytsma (1998) Ph.D.
Professor of Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 1992 University of California, Davis.
Roy W. Koch (1982) Ph.D., P.E.
Professor Emeritus of Civil Engineering and Environmental Science and Management. Ph.D. 1982 Colorado State University.
Geography Academic Area Emeriti Faculty
Sona Andrews (2010) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Geography. Ph.D. 1981 Arizona State University.
Barbara Brower (1994) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Geography. Ph.D. 1987 University of California, Berkeley.
Teresa L. Bulman (1990) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Geography. Ph.D. 1990 University of California, Davis.
Andrew G. Fountain (1998) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Geography. Ph.D. 1992 University of Washington.
Daniel M. Johnson (1977) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Geography. Ph.D. 1978 Arizona State University.
Larry W. Price (1968) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Geography. Ph.D. 1970 University of Illinois.
Martha A. Works (1985) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Geography. Ph.D. 1985 Louisiana State University.
Geology Academic Area Emeriti Faculty
Scott F. Burns (1990) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Geology. Ph.D. 1980 University of Colorado.
Sherry L. Cady (1998) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Geology. Ph.D. 1994 University of California, Berkeley.
Kenneth M. Cruikshank (1994) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Geology. Ph.D. 1991 Purdue University.
Michael L. Cummings (1978) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Geology. Ph.D. 1978, University of Wisconsin.
Andrew G. Fountain (1998) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Geology. Ph.D. 1992 University of Washington.
Paul E. Hammond (1963) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Geology. Ph.D. 1963 University of Washington.
Ansel G. Johnson (1973) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Geology. Ph.D. 1973 Stanford University.
Curt D. Peterson (1989) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Geology. Ph.D. 1983 Oregon State University.
Richard E. Thoms (1964) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Geology. Ph.D. 1965 University of California, Berkeley.