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.