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	Best Campus Leader: Kari Anne McDonald	Graduate Student
	Runner up for Student Employee of the Year: Britni Childs	Undergraduate Student
	Jasbir Puar. Lecture and Workshop at the Portland Center for Public Humanities	Research
	Applying Nature's Lessons to Saving the Environment Associate Professor of Biology, Radu Popa and his colleagues are using black soldier fly larvae to recycle nutrients from waste water.	Research
	The Bright Side of a Heavy Metal PSU innovators Andrea Goforth and Anna Brown see Bismuth nanoparticle materials as the imaging agents of the future.	Research
	Nathan Cogan. Donor of Fund for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.	Gift
	Tracy J. Prince. Scholar in Residence at the Portland Center for Public Humanities	Research
	Professor Barbara Brower	Faculty Member
	Professor Martha Works Professor of Geography & International Studies	Faculty Member
	Religion Matters Lecture Series	Resource
	Faculty Lunch and Lecture Series	Resource
	Medieval Consortium	Resource
	Religion and Society Research Group	Resource
	Professor Geoffrey Duh Research focuses on developing geocomputational theory and techniques to integrate GIS and remote sensing technologies in spatial decision-making.	Faculty Member
	Professor Joe Poracsky “Computers make it easy for people to make bad maps quicker.” – Ron Eastman	Faculty Member
	Professor Tom Harvey A cultural geographer with interests in local distinctiveness	Faculty Member
	Professor Keith Hadley Dr. Hadley's teaching and research interests focus on the spatial and temporal patterns of environmental change.	Faculty Member
	Professor Teresa Bulman Professor Teresa Bulman keeps Geography Education on the map!	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Hillary Jenks Assistant Professor of the University Honors Program	Faculty Member
	Understanding the Social Dimensions of Sustainability	Publication
	Karin Waller Keeps the Geography Department running!	Staff Member
	Assistant Professor Pamela Yeh	Faculty Member
	Nicole Miller Rigelman, Ed.D. Connect2Math-Connect2Science Grant Co-Principal Investigator	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Emiko Konomi Dr. Konomi teaches Japanese with passion.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Masami Nishishiba Assistant Professor of Public Administration	Faculty Member
	Riley Meinershagen Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Doug Lownsbery MST Student	Graduate Student
	Meet Brianna	Undergraduate Student
	Meet Sara	Undergraduate Student
	PSU's Outlist We are here. We are your professors, alumni, students, staff, faculty, coworkers and friends. We support the Portland State University lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and ally community. We acknowledge the importance of speaking out against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.	Publication
	Claudia Welala Long Claudia Welala Long recalls her experience as a TRIPLE alumna of the School of Social Work, (BSW, MSW, PhD).	Alumnus
	Ask Professor Liza Finkel How critical are partnerships in improving professional teacher education?	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Jon Holt Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature	Faculty Member
	Dr. John J. Perona Quantitative biology of the protein translation apparatus.	Faculty Member
	Aaron Choate World Languages & Literatures	Graduate Student
	Ian Garrett Department of Biology	Graduate Student
	Tanya Cheek Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Biology	Graduate Student
	Tess McBride Communications	Graduate Student
	Worker Wellness Resolving stress between work and family	Faculty Member
	Empowerment Project Broadens Outreach to Women of Color and Women Veteran Students The Empowerment Project at The Women’s Resource Center provides social and networking opportunities.	Resource
	Meet Olesya V. Kisselev - Russian Flagship As an instructor and curriculum development specialist for the Russian Flagship Partnership Program, Ms. Kisselev has helped bring an innovative new approach to Russian language acquisition to Oregon.	Faculty Member
	Meet Yasmeen Hanoosh - Arabic An award winning translator of Arabic short stories, Dr. Hanoosh's academic interests are as international...as they are diverse.	Faculty Member
	Meet KyungAh Yoon - Korean A scholar of language and culture, KyungAh Yoon is helping to design the next generation of online learning environments for the Korean Language	Faculty Member
	Meet Tony Lewis	Faculty Member
	Meet Ben Alberts	Faculty Member
	Meet Martha Dyson	Faculty Member
	Meet Jon Rousseau	Faculty Member
	This Week in Mentoring... The Center for Interdisciplinary Mentoring Research (CIMR) launches a new Blog with updates and resources on mentoring research.	Publication
	Anika Baker-Lawrence Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Annie Lawrence MST Student	Graduate Student
	How important is comfort in conserving energy?	Student Project
	Meet Anousha Sedighi - Persian As the first scholar to publish on Persian as a heritage language, Dr. Sedighi is a linguist who understands the need to balance theory with practice.	Faculty Member
	Lindsey Mockel Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Matt McCaw Parkrose School District Teacher On Special Assignment (TOSA)	Faculty Member
	Tina L. Johnston, Ph.D. Research Associate	Faculty Member
	Ensuring Health Measuring the benefits of health coverage	Faculty Member
	Game Theory Calculating optimum strategies	Faculty Member
	Hot Pursuit Searching for new life forms at Earth's extremes	Faculty Member
	Health and Sciences Magnet Program (HS2) HS2 is a small options high school for students interested in science and medicine.	Community Partnership
	Arturo Garcia Mathematics - LSAMP Student Action team	Graduate Student
	Mike Tejada MST Student	Graduate Student
	Lorna Tran, Ed.D. LSAMP - Program Director	Staff Member
	Oregon MESA at PSU Engaging 6th-12th grade students in hands-on, inquiry-based math, engineering, science and technology projects.	Community Partnership
	Remembering Carol Franks, 1948 – 2010 Award-winning teacher and essayist, Carol Franks embodied the virtues of civility, tolerance, intellectual curiosity, and good humor.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Delys Ostlund - Spanish With an expert's knowledge of the Theater of Spain's Golden Age, Dr. Ostlund brings classic Spanish literature to life.	Faculty Member
	Meet Instructor Ines Warnock - Spanish As a senior instructor in the Spanish department, Ines Warnock helps students translate their dreams of spanish language fluency...into reality.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Suwako Watanabe - Japanese Dr. Watanabe relishes the moments when the "light bulb" goes on in her students and their japanese language learning becomes meaningful to them.	Faculty Member
	Dr. Erik Johansson Surface chemistry, photovoltaics, and photoelectrochemistry	Faculty Member
	Meet Instructor Angela Zagarella - Italian Combining excellent teaching with community engagement, Angela Zagarella is one of the dynamos behind PSU's expanding Italian program	Faculty Member
	Meet Instructor David Thompson - Latin Taking a fresh approach to an ancient language, Latin instructor David Thompson has an encyclopedic knowledge of all things Medieval	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Stephen Walton - French From the authors of West Africa to the poets of the Caribbean, Dr. Walton is a Francophone with a love for literature.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Stephen Wadley - Chinese Introducing students to the beauty of the Chinese language and culture is Dr. Wadley's mission.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Robert Sanders - Spanish Dr. Sanders is a PSU original who combines a passion for biking with a passion for Spanish literature.	Faculty Member
	Mike Ellison Community Learning and Teaching in the West Doctoral Student	Graduate Student
	Andrew Mankowski Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Mike Wilder Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Stephanie Van Raden Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Nancy Smith Mitchell Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Jared Renfro Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Rachel Wallack Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Stephen Walsh Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Dean Thomas Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Rachel Stagner Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Anna Ricks Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Julia Langston Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Jennifer Johnson-Griffith Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Doug Howe Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Jessica "Jessie" Foster Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Bradley Davis Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	John "Mike" Tejada MST Student	Graduate Student
	Robert Cressman MST Student	Graduate Student
	Gretchen See MST Student	Graduate Student
	Jessica Beauchemin MST Student	Graduate Student
	Stephanie Wagner, MS MST Program Coordinator	Faculty Member
	Sybil Kelley, Ph.D. Research Associate	Faculty Member
	DG Gonzales Work Study	Staff Member
	Timothy Fiser Noyce Scholar	Graduate Student
	Heather Ohana Intel NWSE Assistant Fair Director	Staff Member
	Cary Sneider, Ph.D. Associate Research Professor	Faculty Member
	Emily Saxton, MST Director of Research, Oregon Teacher Scholars Program	Faculty Member
	Nancy Lapotin Portland Public School Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) program liaison	Faculty Member
	Carol Biskupic-Knight Beaverton School District Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) program liaison	Faculty Member
	Chris Steiner, M.A. Hillsboro School District Teacher on Special Assignment (TOSA) program liaison	Faculty Member
	Melissa Potter, D.Ed. Instructor, Science Education	Faculty Member
	Celine Fitzmaurice, M.S. Adjunct Faculty Instructor	Faculty Member
	Todd Duncan, Ph.D. Assistant Professor	Faculty Member
	Stephanie Jones Intel Northwest Science Expo Director	Staff Member
	Jennifer Wells, MST Research Associate	Faculty Member
	William Becker, Ph.D. Center for Science Education Director	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Dirgham H. Sbait - Arabic A specialist in the improvised poetry and folk songs of the middle east, Dr. Sbait is always happy to share his vast knowledge of Arabic culture	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Anna Yatsenko Focusing on the grammar, stylistics and practice of teaching Russian, Dr. Yatsenko is helping produce the next generation of scholars in this critical language.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Jennifer Perlmutter - French Knowledge, power and identity play important roles in the scholarship of Dr. Perlmutter.	Faculty Member
	Meet Inger M. Olsen - Danish Inger Olsen makes Danish language, literature and film accessible and come alive.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Nila Friedberg - Russian	Faculty Member
	Meet Eva Núñez-Méndez - Spanish With a passion for linguistics, Dr. Núñez-Méndez is PSU's resident expert on phonetics, syntax and the history of the Spanish language.	Faculty Member
	Meet Timm Menke - German Dr. Menke teaches German culture and literature courses from 1750 to the present	Faculty Member
	Meet Galina Kogan - Russian Teaching Russian poetry and literature to native and advanced Russian speakers	Faculty Member
	Martha Hickey - Russian A diversified scholar, Dr. Hickey teaches Russian language and literature and is the Director of International Studies.	Faculty Member
	Gina Greco - French The next time you are in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso ask about Dr. Greco, whose scholarship takes her around the world.	Faculty Member
	Kathie Godfrey - German From Deutsche Sommershule to the Russian Flagship, you will find the enthusiastic scholarship of Kathie Godfrey.	Faculty Member
	Steven Fuller - German German cultural history and the German immersion experience are the domains of Dr. Fuller.	Faculty Member
	William B. Fischer The Entrepreneurial Educator - Dr. Fischer specializes in language teaching, educational technology, language teacher training, and the interaction of science and technology with literature and language.	Faculty Member
	Annabelle Dolidon Post WW II France? If your interest is piqued, see Dr. Dolidon.	Faculty Member
	Ona Aliaj - Spanish Meet Ona Aliaj, a true polyglot, instructor and advisor in Spanish	Faculty Member
	Keren Brown Wilson PhD '83 and Michael DeShane MA '72, PhD '77 Creating age-friendly cities	Alumnus
	Fariborz Maseeh '80, MS '84 Return Investor	Alumnus
	Marisa Lino '71 Diplomatic Assignment	Alumnus
	Paul De Muniz '72 Bringing justice to the people	Alumnus
	Seed Science Assessing the impact of biotech on farming	Faculty Member
	Dropouts Drop-in Creating online tools to help adults finish school	Faculty Member
	Ice Field Calculating climate change	Faculty Member
	Dr. Andrea Mitchell Goforth	Faculty Member
	Native Knowledge Challenging students to think critically about history and cultural identity	Faculty Member
	Dr. Gwen Shusterman	Faculty Member
	Dr. Robert Strongin	Faculty Member
	Dr. Mark Woods	Faculty Member
	Dr. Rueben H. Simoyi	Faculty Member
	Dr. Shankar B. Rananavare	Faculty Member
	Dr. James F. Pankow	Faculty Member
	Dr. Dirk Iwata-Reuyl	Faculty Member
	Dr. Albert S. Benight Our research program involves investigations of melting transition phenomena in DNA, RNA and proteins and discovery of biomarkers for human disease.	Faculty Member
	Dr. David H. Peyton	Faculty Member
	Dr. Carl C. Wamser Our research is aimed at developing novel organic solar cells using conductive polymers.	Faculty Member
	Dr. Tami Lasseter Clare We study newly emerging technologies in materials chemistry to advance practices in cultural heritage conservation.	Faculty Member
	Dr. Kevin A. Reynolds	Faculty Member
	Dr. Niles Lehman The Lehman lab is interested in prebiotic chemistry and the origins of life on the Earth. We use catalytic RNA (ribozymes) to reconstruct primitive living processes such as self-assembling systems, cooperative catalytic networks, and simple evolving and/or decision-making molecular constructs.	Faculty Member
	Dr. Dean B. Atkinson	Faculty Member
	From West Africa to the Pacific Northwest Stéphanie Van Hook combines international service and conflict resolution skills in her graduate work	Graduate Student
	Working toward peaceful change in Cyprus Larry Fergeson went to Cyprus on a CR-sponsored course. Now he calls the island home	Graduate Student
	Drama for conflict transformation CR student Anya Hankin uses the creative arts to strengthen community, engage in conflict resolution and explore effective interpersonal communication	Graduate Student
	Restorative Justice in Salem CR grad students and alumni coordinate a dialogue program at the Oregon State Correctional Institution	Graduate Student
	Widening the path of peace and justice work Conflict Resolution director Rob Gould helped develop a number of Northwest-based peace and conflict resolution community organizations.	Faculty Member
	Documenting women peacemakers Emi Noma uses film to tell the stories of women peacemakers around the world.	Alumnus
	Advocating for equality, speaking out on violence Gabriele Ross translates academic pursuits into meaningful community contributions.	Alumnus
	Worlds Together Weighing global issues on a human scale	Faculty Member
	Sisters of the Road Café Professor Tom Hastings leads nonviolence trainings for organizers and street people at a Portland community center.	Faculty Member
	Sentencing Service Program Kate McCracken '08 advocates for alternatives for juvenile and adult offenders in San Francisco.	Alumnus
	These Numbers Have Faces Conflict Resolution alum Justin Zoradi's non-profit confronts generational poverty in South Africa.	Graduate Student
	Research Profile - John Dash Researchers around the world, including John Dash, professor emeritus of physics, are pursuing a way to make hydrogen squeeze itself, so to speak.	Research
	Takuro Uehara Systems Science Graduate Program - Ph.D. Student	Graduate Student
	Casey Campbell Casey values being well rounded and focused and believes students should too.	Faculty Member
	Meet Associate Professor Jennifer Ruth From Victorian England to modern day China, Jennifer Ruth feels equally at home.	Faculty Member
	Dr. Byron Haines Dr. Byron Haines Philosophy Professor Emeritus	Alumnus
	Languages Offered at PSU Offering over 23 languages	Research
	Venezuelan Killifish In partnership with the American Heart Association	Research
	Center for Electron Microscopy and Nanofabrication Working with local industries to build structures	Community Partnership
	Climate Change Glacier research at Portland State	Research
	Oregon Geographic Alliance Grants awarded for Oregon teachers	Community Partnership
	In Memory of Peter Nicholls Peter was an important member of the Philosophy Department for two decades and fulfilled his role in an admirable manner. His gentle, unprepossessing manner and commitment to his students, colleagues and community will be sorely missed.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor David Ritchie Curious about how the brain makes sense of language? David Ritchie thinks metaphor and playful language hold the key.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Heejun Chang Professor Chang believes that the 21st century will be the Climate and Water Century.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Geoffrey Duh Professor Geoffrey Duh believes that every student is capable of exceeding his or her own expectations.	Faculty Member
	Meet Associate Professor Cynthia-Lou Coleman A former reporter turned professor studies mass media, uncovering values and mores that lurk beneath the construction of news stories.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor John Hall Just as a great piece of music is composed to draw the listener inside to discover a special world, Professor Hall attempts to draw his students into the special world of social science ideas and reasoning.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Hiro Ito Professor Ito is an expert in East Asian economics.	Faculty Member
	Dr. Leslie B. Hammer, Professor of Psychology Leslie Hammer is the Director of a new Occupational Health Psychology graduate training program at PSU	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Ken Ruoff Dr. Ken Ruoff, Director of the Center for Japanese Studies, is an expert in Japanese history.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Larry Kominz Professor Kominz brings the joy of Japanese performing arts to students and audiences alike.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Anna-Louise Reysenbach Professor Reysenbach is interested in the microscopic life that resides in one of the last frontiers on Earthhot springs in the deep-sea and on land.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Jong Sung Kim Professor Kim's students learn that the key to success is understanding the fundamental difference between random and fixed quantities.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Katy Barber Professor Katy Barber's students participate in collaborative projects that result in both academic and community outcomes.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Steve Reder Professor Steve Reder makes learning experiential by engaging students in interaction with people as they collect language and literacy data.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Karen Marrongelle In Professor Marrongelle's classroom mathematics is an active subject.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Aslam Khalil Whether from rice paddies, cities, landfills or cattle, Professor Khalil understands how trace gases effect global warming.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Peter Collier Professor Peter Collier's research helps first generation students who don't know the taken-for-granted scripts for "being a college student."	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Matthew Carlson Professor Matthew Carlson demonstrates to lawmakers the real impact of their health care policy decisions.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor K. Pelin Basci From religion to pop culture, Professor K. Pelin Basci believes there is no experience that cannot be translated into every culture.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Sandra Freels Sandra Freels sees language as the key to culture.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor R Kevin Hill Professor R. Kevin Hill envisions himself as a tour guide, leading his students through the strange and exotic lands of philosophers.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Primus St. John Professor Primus St. John writes to dream people into existence.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Cynthia Mohr Professor Cynthia Mohr understands that psychologists are like Sherlock Holmes, examining the clues of human behavior to discover how one individual influences another.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Friedrich Schuler At fifteen Professor Friedrich Schuler got lost in the library. Today he still goes to the stacks to discover the truth about the past.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Janice Haaken Whether studying drag queens, false memories or the wearing of the hijab, Professor Haaken knows that there is often more than meets the eye.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Michael Shaughnessy Among students, Professor Michael Shaughnessy is known as "Mr. Probability".	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Patricia Wetzel Professor Patricia Wetzel travels the linguistic landscape of Japan.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Rolf Koenenkamp When it comes to harvesting the sun's energy, Professor Rolf Koenenkamp is often light years ahead.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Curt D. Peterson For Professor Curt Peterson the fun of science is time travel.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Andrew G. Fountain This Ice Man travels the world to study glaciers, including the one named after him the Fountain Glacier in Antarctica.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Dennis Stovall The Center for Excellence in Writing's Ooligan Press continues to grow with the guidance of Program Coordinator Dennis Stovall.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Robert Liebman Robert Liebman understands how communities change.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Mark Sytsma When aliens invade our waters, Mark Sytsma fights back.	Faculty Member

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