Current and Recent Projects
Education
The Long-Term Educational Attainment of Same-Sex Attracted Students, Sponsored by American Educational Research Association (AERA), Lindsey Wilkinson, co-PI with Jennifer Pearson, PI (Wichita State University).
Examining the Role of Heteronormative School Contexts in Sexual Identity Development and Disclosure in Young Adulthood sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF) through the American Sociological Association Fund for the Advancement of the Discipline: Lindsey Wilkinson, PI
Student Mentors Inspiring Latino Excellence/Somos Mentores Impulsando Latinos al Exito (SMILE) , José Padin PI with the Portland Public Schools District including the following high schools: Roosevelt, Jefferson, Madison, and Marshall; and middle schools including George, Ockley Green, Clarendon at Portsmouth, Madison, 8th Grade Academy, Roseway Heights, Rigler, Lane, Clark at Binsmeade, Harvey Scot, and Lent.
Students First: Improving First-Generation Student Retention in Higher Education: Peter Collier PI with consultants, David Morgan and Amy Driscoll
Health
Asian Wellness Connection sponsored by the United Way through the Asian Health and Wellness Center, Matthew Carlson, PI
Building an Evidence Base for Treating the Vulnerable: A Community Partnership sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) through Oregon Health Sciences University (OHSU): Bob Lowe PI and Matthew Carlson and Stephanie Farquhar, co-PIs, with Central City Concern, Carol Romm, Community Research Associate
Healthy Eating Active Living (HEAL) sponsored by the Northwest Health Foundation and U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services through the Multnomah County Health Department (MCHD): Margaret Everett PI with Sonja Manhas (MCHD), Project Manager; Meg Merrick, Geography Coordinator (PSU’s Institute of Portland Metropolitan Studies); and consultants including Carlos Crespo and Suzanne Briggs (Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (CHR)
Healthy Kids Studysponsored by the Oregon Health and Policy Research (OHPR), Matthew Carlson, PI, Heidi Allen and Bill Wright, co-PIs with the Center for Outcomes Research and Education (CORE) at Providence Health Systems
Integrative Model to Alleviate Health Inequality across Social Strata in Korea sponsored by the National Research Foundation of Korea: Jinyoung Kim PI (Korea University) with Hyeyong Woo, co-PI
The Oregon Health Plan Lottery: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Medicaid Eligibility and Coverage, Matthew Carlson PI and Bill Wright co-PI with Providence Health Systems Center for Outcomes Research and Education in collaboration with MIT Dept. of Economics and the Harvard School of Public Health
Impact of Oregon Health Plan Changes on Health Care Access and Quality: Matthew Carlson, Principal Investigator (PI) and Bill Wright, Co-Investigator (co-PI) with Providence Center for Health Outcomes Research Education (CORE)
Portland Bridges to Baccalaureate (PBTB) Program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health (NIH):Carlos Crespo PI and Stephanie Farquhar, co-PI with Peter Collier as a consultant with Portland Community College and a roster of participating faculty-mentors across PSU in disciplines such as community health, sociology, psychology, chemistry, and biology
Immigration
Economic Development and the Need for Foresight in the Incorporation of Immigrant Workers sponsored by The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through Oregon Sea Grant, José Padin PI with numerous community partners such as the Lincoln City Chamber of Commerce, Newport Chamber of Commerce, Astoria Chamber of Commerce, Lincoln County School District and Clatsop County School District
Immigration and Social Sustainability sponsored by the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation: Alex Stepick, PIwith co-PIs, Veronica Dujon, Mary King (PSU’s School of Business Administration (SBA) and Dan Van Lehman and Jack Corbett (PSU’s Hatfield School of Government)
Neighborhoods
Examining Race and Ownership Status in Long-term Businesses and Organizations’ Reactions to Gentrification, Daniel Sullivan PI
Invasion-Succession or Welcome Mat: Examining Race and Ownership Status in Low-Income Neighborhoods and Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) sponsored by NSF, Daniel Sullivan PI
Social and Criminal Justice
Gender Differences in Drug Use and Crime: Patterns of Continuity and Change Melissa Thompson PI with co-PI Christopher Uggen, University of Minnesota, and consultant Brent Fuller, OHSU
Social and Environmental Sustainability
Community Food Projects: Promoting Participation of Latino Farmers in Local Sustainable Food Systems sponsored by the US Department of Agriculture and the NW Health Foundation through Adelante Mujeres: Betty Izumi (School of Community Health, PSU) and Margaret Everett, co-PIs
Social Sustainability Planning Grant sponsored by the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation: Veronica Dujon and Eileen Brennan (PSU’s School of Social Work) with campus wide collaborators
Socioeconomic assessment of Coral Reef Resource Use and Management in the Comoros; Veronica Dujon, co-PI with Elis Granek PI with PSU's Environmental Science and Management Programs
Contested Water Rights in the Klamath Basin: Veronica Dujon PI
Sustaining Ecosystem Services to Support Rapidly Urbanizing Areas, NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship Program (IGERT): David Ervin, PI with co-PIs Veronica Dujon, Elise Granek and Alan Yeakley (ESR), Darrell Brown (PSU School of Business Administration), Heejun Chang (PSU Department of Geography), Vivek Shandas (PSU Urban Studies and Planning) and others across the PSU campus with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Forest Service, Mt. Hood National Forest; and the U.S. Geological Survey; Willamette Partnership
Director: Matthew Carlson, carlsonm@pdx.edu or 503-725-9554
Program Planning and Grants Director: Olivia Thomas, thomaso@pdx.edu or 503-725-9575
