Faculty & Staff Directory

Click through the links below to find office hours for the current term for each of our Politics and Global Affairs faculty, and a list of faculty advisors for each academic program offered by our department. When you are contacting a faculty member for advising, please set up an appointment to talk with them by email. Faculty advisors are generally available during the Fall-Winter-Spring terms. 

Full-Time Faculty

Faculty	Name	Title	Contact
	Lindsay Benstead	Professor of Political Science	Email:benstead@pdx.edu Office: URBN 650G
	Richard Clucas	Professor of Political Science	Email: clucasr@pdx.edu Office: URBN 650F
	Joshua Eastin	Associate Professor of Political Science and Department Chair	Email: jeastin@pdx.edu Office: URBN 650E
	Safia Farole	Assistant Professor of Political Science and International & Global Studies	Email: sfarole@pdx.edu Office: URBN 650D
	Alberto Ganis	Teaching Assistant Professor of Political Science and Honors College	Email: aganis@pdx.edu Office: URBN 670T
	Bruce Gilley	Professor of Political Science	Email: gilleyb@pdx.edu Office: URBN 650N
	Maureen Hickey	Teaching Assistant Professor of International & Global Studies	Email: maureen.hickey@pdx.edu Office: URBN 665
	Priya Kapoor	Professor of International & Global Studies	Email: cgpk@pdx.edu Office: URBN 670C
	David Kinsella	Professor of Political Science	Email: kinsella@pdx.edu Office: URBN 650L
	Jack Miller	Teaching Assistant Professor of Political Science	Email: jack35@pdx.edu Office: URBN 650B
	Leopoldo Rodriguez	Associate Professor of International & Global Studies	Email: leopoldo@pdx.edu Office: URBN 670A
	Christopher Shortell	Associate Professor of Political Science	Email: shortell@pdx.edu Office: URBN 650J
	Shawn Smallman	Professor of International & Global Studies and Political Science	Email: drss@pdx.edu Office: URBN 670B
	Melody Valdini	Professor of Political Science and Graduate Coordinator	Email: mev@pdx.edu ​​​​​​​Office: URBN 650M
	Kim Williams	Associate Professor of Political Science	Email: kmw3@pdx.edu ​​​​​​​Office: URBN 650K
	Birol Yesilada	Professor of International & Global Studies and Political Science	Email: yesilada@pdx.edu ​​​​​​​Office: URBN 470B

Part-Time and Other Faculty

Faculty	Name	Title	Contact
	Leslie Armijo	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Email: larmijo@pdx.edu
	Kimberley A. Brown	Professor, Applied Linguistics	Email: brownk@pdx.edu Ofice: UCB 335L
	Chris Cartwright	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Email: cartwrc@pdx.edu
	Manjusha Gupte	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Email: mgupte@pdx.edu
	Taghrid Khuri	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Email: tkhuri@pdx.edu
	Molly Nouwen	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Email: mnouwen@pdx.edu
	Christopher Owens	Adjunct Senior Instructor	Email: christopher.owens@pdx.edu
	Sarahfina Peterson	Adjunct Senior Instructor	Email: sap5@pdx.edu
	Yoko Sakurauchi	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Email: ysakura@pdx.edu
	Elif Sari Genc	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Email: elif@pdx.edu
	Ayesha Umar Wahedi	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Email: aumar@pdx.edu
	Sarah Willoughby	Adjunct Instructor	Email: sawillou@pdx.edu
	Stephen Winterberg	Adjunct Assistant Professor	Email: win26@pdx.edu

Faculty Emeriti

	Craig Carr	Professor Emeritus	Email: carrc@pdx.edu
	Mel Gurtov	Professor Emeritus	Email: hpmg@pdx.edu or mgurtov@aol.com
	Joseph "Chip" Long	Associate Professor Emeritus	Email: jlong@pdx.edu
	Ronald L. Tammen	Professor Emeritus	Email: tammen@pdx.edu or tammen@comcast.net
	Gary Scott	Professor Emeritus	Email: cc41bolero@yahoo.com

Staff

Staff	Name	Title	Contact
	Kelly Flugum	Office Specialist II	Email: kflugum@pdx.edu Phone: 503-725-9580 Office: URBN 650C
	Elena Sokol	Department Manager	Email: esokol@pdx.edu Phone: 503-725-2175 Office: URBN 650H