Portland-State-University 2023-2024 Bulletin

College of Urban and Public Affairs

Shawn Smallman (1996) Ph.D.
Interim Dean, College of Urban and Public Affairs; Professor of Political Science and International and Global Studies. Ph.D. 1995 Yale University.

 

Laura Hickman (2007) Ph.D.

Interim Associate Dean, College of Urban and Public Affairs, Director of Criminology & Criminal Justice Online. Ph.D. 2000 University of Maryland, College Park, MD.

Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice

Faculty

Christopher Campbell (2015) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice. Ph.D. 2015 Washington State University.

 

Christopher Carey (2005) J.D.; Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice. J.D. 1995 Southern Illinois University; Ph.D. 2008 Arizona State University.

 

Christopher Dollar (2023) Ph.D.

Teaching Assistant Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice. Ph.D. 2023 Washington State University.

Kelsey Henderson (2016) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice. Ph.D. 2016 University of Florida.

Kris Henning (2001) Ph.D.
Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice. Ph.D. 1995 University of Vermont.

 

Laura Hickman (2007) Ph.D.
Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice; Director, Criminology & Criminal Justice Online. Ph.D. 2000 University of Maryland.

 

Arynn Infante (2020) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice. Ph.D. 2020 Arizona State University.

Mark Leymon (2012) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice. Ph.D. 2010 University of Oregon.

 

Mauri Matsuda (2016) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice. Ph.D. 2014 University of Maryland.

Danielle McGurrin (2007) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice. Ph.D. 2007 University of South Florida.

Brian C. Renauer (2000) Ph.D.
Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice; Chair, Criminology & Criminal Justice; Director, Criminal Justice Policy Research Institute. Ph.D. 2000 State University of New York at Albany.

Curt Sobolewski (2011) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice. Ph.D. 1999 Arizona State University.

Kathryn Wuschke (2016) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice. Ph.D. 2016 Simon Fraser University.

Emeriti Faculty

William H. Feyerherm (1990) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Ph.D. 1977 State University of New York, Albany.

Annette I. Jolin (1990) Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Ph.D. 1985 Portland State University.

Department of Economics

Faculty

Grace Arnold (2018) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics. Ph.D. 2018 Louisiana State University

Randall A. Bluffstone (2003) Ph.D.

Professor of Economics. Ph.D. 1993 Boston University.

Sahan T. Dissanayake (2017) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics. Ph.D.  2011 University of Illinois.

John Luke Gallup (2009) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics. Ph.D. 1994 University of California, Berkeley.

John B. Hall (1985) Ph.D.

Professor of Economics. Ph.D. 1984 The Graduate Faculty, New School for Social Research.

Hiroyuki Ito (2004) Ph.D.

Professor of Economics. Ph.D. 2004 University of California, Santa Cruz.

 

Riju Joshi, (2018) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Economics, Ph.D. 2018 Michigan State University

Arnab Mitra (2013) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics. Ph.D. 2010 University of Arizona.

Cesar M. Rodriguez (2013) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics. Ph.D. 2009 University of Pittsburgh.

Rajiv Sharma (1998) Ph.D.

Professor of Economics. Ph.D. 1998 University of Florida.

Sarah Tinkler (2005) Ph.D.

Professor of Economics. Ph.D. 1989 University of Oregon.

J. Forrest Williams (2014) Ph.D.

Department Chair and Associate Professor of Economics. Ph.D. 2014 Texas A&M University.

James Woods (2004) Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics. Ph.D. 2003 University of California, Davis.

Emeriti Faculty

Giles H. Burgess (1969) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Economics. Ph.D. 1973 University of Oregon.

Nelson B. Crick (1967) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Economics. Ph.D. 1967 University of Colorado.

 

David E. Ervin (1999) Ph.D.

Professor of Environmental Management; Professor of Economics: Fellow in the Institute for Sustainable Solutions. Ph.D. 1974 Oregon State University.

Mary C. King (1992) Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of Economics. Ph.D. 1991 University of California, Berkeley.

Kuan-Pin Lin (1979) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Economics. Ph.D. 1977 State University of New York, Stony Brook

 

Thomas Potiowsky (1983) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Economics. Ph.D. 1981 University of Colorado.

 

John F. Walker (1966) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Economics. Ph.D. 1972 University of Utah.

Helen L. Youngelson-Neal (1967) Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of Economics. Ph.D. 1966 Columbia University.

 

Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning

Faculty

Lisa K. Bates (2009) Ph.D.

Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 2006 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

 

C.N.E. Corbin (2020) Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 2020 University of California, Berkeley.

Jennifer Dill (2001) Ph.D.

Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 2001 University of California, Berkeley.

Yiping Fang (2011) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 2005 University of Colorado at Denver.

Matthew F. Gebhardt (2012) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 2009 Columbia University. 

Aaron Golub (2015) Ph.D.

Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 2003 University of California, Berkeley.

Megan Horst (2015) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 2015 University of Washington.

Jenny Hsing-I Liu (2012) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 2010 University of California, Berkeley.

 

Kacy McKinney (2019) Ph.D.

Teaching Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 2011 University of Washington.

Moriah McSharry McGrath (2017) Ph.D.

Teaching Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 2013 Portland State University.

Gregory R. Schrock (2010) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning; Director, Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning. 

Ph.D. 2010 University of Illinois at Chicago.

 

Gerald Sussman (1995) Ph.D.

Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 1983 University of Hawaii.

 

Ozcan Tunalilar (2020) Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 2016 University of Florida.

Liming Wang (2012) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 2009 University of Washington, Seattle.

Yu Xiao (2017) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 2008 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Marisa Zapata (2013) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 2009 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Emeriti Faculty

Carl Abbott (1978) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 1971 University of Chicago.

Sy Adler (1982) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 1980 University of California, Berkeley.

Leonard D. Cain, Jr. (1969) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Sociology and Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 1955 University of Texas, Austin.

Nancy J. Chapman (1973) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 1969 University of California, Berkeley.

Kenneth J. Dueker (1979) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 1967 University of Washington.

Karen Gibson (1998) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Urban Studies and Planning.  Ph.D. 1996 University of California, Berkeley.

Charles H. Heying (1995) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning.  Ph.D. 1995 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Loren Lutzenhiser (2002) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 1988 University of California, Davis.

Margaret B. Neal (1986) Ph.D.
Professor Emerita of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 1985 Portland State University.

Paul L. Niebanck (1993) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 1966 University of Pennsylvania.

Connie Ozawa (1994) Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 1988 Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

William A. Rabiega (1975) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 1973 Southern Illinois University.

Anthony M. Rufolo (1980) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 1975 University of California, Los Angeles.

Ethan P. Seltzer (1992) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 1983 University of Pennsylvania.

James G. Strathman (1982) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Planning. Ph.D. 1981 University of Iowa.

Department of Politics and Global Affairs

Faculty

Lindsay Benstead (2009) Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science. Ph.D. 2008 University of Michigan.

 

Richard L. Clucas (1995) Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science. Ph.D. 1990 University of California, Santa Barbara.

 

Joshua Eastin (2013) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Political Science; Chair of Politics and Global Affairs. Ph.D. 2013 University of Washington.

 

Safia Farole (2020) Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Political Science and International and Global Studies. Ph.D. 2019 University of California, Los Angeles.

 

Bruce Gilley (2008) Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science. Ph.D. 2007 Princeton University.

Maureen Hickey (2017) Ph.D.

Teaching Assistant Professor of International and Global Studies. Ph.D. 2010 University of Washington.

 

Priya Kapoor (2014) Ph.D.

Professor of International and Global Studies. Ph.D. 1995 Ohio University.

 

David Kinsella (2002) Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science and International Studies. Ph.D. 1993 Yale University.

 

Jack Miller (2016) Ph.D.

Teaching Assistant Professor of Political Science. Ph.D. University of Washington. 

 

Leopoldo Rodriguez (2001) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of International and Global Studies. Ph.D. 1999 University of Texas at Austin.

 

Christopher Shortell (2008) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Political Science. Ph.D. 2004 University of California, San Diego.

 

Shawn Smallman (1996) Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science and International and Global Studies. Ph.D. 1995 Yale University.

 

Melody E. Valdini (2006) Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science. Ph.D. 2006 University of California, San Diego.

 

Kim Williams (2011) Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Political Science. Ph.D. 2001 Cornell University.

 

Birol A. Yesilada (1998) Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science and International Studies; Director, Mark O. Hatfield Cybersecurity & Cyber Defense Policy Center; Director, Center for Turkish Studies; Turkish Political Economy and Trade Chair. Ph.D. 1984 University of Michigan.

Emeriti Faculty

Ralph E. Bunch (1970) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Political Science. Ph.D. 1968 University of Oregon.

Craig L. Carr (1985) Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science. Ph.D. 1978 University of Washington.

Mel Gurtov (1986) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Political Science and International Studies. Ph.D. 1970 University of California, Los Angeles.

Joseph Long (1998) Ph.D.
Associate Professor Emeritus of International and Global Studies. Ph.D. 1997 Stanford University.

Gary L. Scott (1979) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Political Science. Ph.D. 1973 University of Washington.

Ron L. Tammen (1975) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Political Science. Ph.D. 1975 University of Michigan.

Department of Public Administration

Faculty

Jennifer Allen (2009) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1996 George Mason University.

Peter Chaillé (2017) Ph.D.
Instructor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 2006 University of California, Santa Barbara.

Grace Chikoto-Schultz (2017) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 2009 Georgia State University & Georgia Institute of Technology.

Phillip Cooper (2004) Ph.D.
Professor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1978 Syracuse University.

Jack Corbett (1996) Ph.D.
Professor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1974 Stanford University.

Shane Day (2018) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 2012 Indiana University.

Georgia Harris (2004) Ph.D.
Professor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 2003 Rutgers University.

Marcus Ingle (2003) Ph.D.
Professor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1977 Syracuse University.

Theresa Kaimanu (1988) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1988 University of Washington.

Kevin Kecskes (2012) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 2008 Portland State University.

Hal Nelson (2016) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 2006 Portland State University.

Masami Nishishiba (2003) Ph.D.
Professor of Public Administration. Chair, Public Administration. Ph.D. 2003 Portland State University.

Kent Robinson (2016) Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 2004 Portland State University.

Billie Sandberg (2012) Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 2011 Arizona State University.

Emeriti Faculty

Ronald C. Cease (1966) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1965 Claremont Graduate School.

Lindsay Desrochers (1991) Ph.D.

Professor Emerita of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1980 University of California, Berkeley.

Walter G. Ellis (1976) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1971 University of Washington.

Suzanne Feeney (1996) Ph.D.

Associate Professor Emerita of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1984 University of Washington.

Erna G. Gelles (1998) Ph.D
Associate Professor Emerita of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1994 University of Georgia.

Henry D. Kass (1996) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1969 The American University.

Douglas Morgan (1996) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1971 University of Chicago.

Daniel E. O’Toole (1977) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1977 University of Southern California.

Craig Shinn (1996) Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1992 University of Washington

Brian Stipak (1982) Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1976 University of California, Los Angeles.

Associated Faculty

Eric Einspruch (2010) Ph.D.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 1988 University of Miami, Coral Gables.

 

Erin Elliot (2014) M.P.A. 

Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Administration. M.P.A. 2011 The Evergreen State College.

 

Linda Golaszewski (1996) M.A.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Administration. M.A. 1977 University of Illinois.

 

Dennis Morrow (2000) M.B.A.
Adjunct Associate Professor of Public Administration. M.B.A 1986 University of Portland.

 

Judith A. Ramaley (2012) Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Public Service. Ph.D. 1966 University of California, Los Angeles.

Affiliate Faculty

Sean Gordon (2006) Ph.D.
Affiliate Assistant Professor of Public Administration. Ph.D. 2006 Oregon State University.

Gary Larsen (2008) Ph.D.
Affiliate Associate Professor of Public Administration and Senior Fellow in the Center for Public Service. Ph.D. 2008 Portland State University.

Eric Mogren (2011) Ph.D.

Affiliate Associate Professor of Public Administration and Senior Fellow in the Center for Public Service. Ph.D. 2011 Portland State University.

Claudia Vargas (1989) Ph.D.
Affiliate Professor of Public Administration and Senior Fellow in the Center for Public Service. Ph.D. 1989 University of Southern California.