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	PSU Student Research Symposium Presenter: Kate Washington Is Portland's Pearl District living up to its claim that the neighborhood increases social capital for all its residents? Kate Washington lays the groundwork to answer that question in her study: "The Pearl District: An Urban Neighborhood."	Research
	Alumni Profile: Casey Rice '94	Alumnus
	The Clean Challenge In the first round of the Clean Challenge 16 teams of cleantech innovators and entrepreneurs had two minutes to pitch their ideas for a chance to receive $5,000 in funding for project development.	Research
	Clean Challenge Semi-Finalist: New Methods for Producing Natural Dyes	Research
	Clean Challenge Semi-Finalist: Using Diatoms to Enhance Photo-Electricity Conversion	Research
	Clean Challenge Semi-Finalist: Home Aquaponics Systems	Research
	Clean Challenge Semi-Finalist: Photocatalytic Water Purification System	Research
	A Day in the Life: Memoirs from the Middle East The Multnomah County Library and Portland State University present a book club series which aims to dispel common stereotypes of the Middle East by exploring literature from the region.	Resource
	Alumni Profile: Mark Jackson '95 Mark Jackson is the first alumnus to be honored by the Portland State University President's Diversity Award.	Alumnus
	Alumni Profile: Ian Ruder '05 How do you find your path in life? For Ian Ruder, ’05, it began with overcoming the devastating effect of an automotive accident and led through Portland State University into the heart of Portland’s communal fabric, where he now resides as a writer, editor, and social advocate.	Alumnus
	Content-Based Instruction of Middle East Languages The Middle East Studies Center maintains a collection of lesson modules for content-based instruction of Middle East languages.	Website
	Justin Zoradi MS '09 Justin Zoradi '09 leads a nonprofit called These Numbers Have Faces from a brick-walled loft in Portland’s Central Eastside. Zoradi and his staff steer about $200,000 a year in scholarships to students in South Africa and Rwanda. Recipients are starting to graduate from colleges and trade schools; each must pledge a year’s tuition for someone else once they’re working.	Alumnus
	Meet Visiting Professor Elizabeth Whittington Senior Visiting Professor of Communication	Faculty Member
	Meet Instructor Gisele Tierney Senior Instructor of Communication	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor J. David Kennamer Assistant Professor of Communication	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Kenny Bagley Assistant Professor of Communication	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Lee Shaker Assistant Professor of Communication	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Jeffrey D. Robinson Associate Professor of Communication and Director of Graduate Studies	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Leslie A. Rill Assistant Professor of Communication	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Priya Kapoor Associate Professor of Communication	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Lauren Frank Assistant Professor of Communication	Faculty Member
	Amanda Ulrich (BA '01)	Alumnus
	Gia Goodrich (BA '09) - On Top of the World	Alumnus
	Dr. Theresa McCormick Ligand design and metal complexes for solar energy conversion and chiral recognition	Faculty Member
	Paul Collins at the Portland Center for Public Humanities	Faculty Member
	Jennifer Anne Straus	Undergraduate Student
	Alumni Profile: Kent Hartman (BS '83) Born and raised in Portland, OR, Kent Hartman graduated from Portland State in 1983 with a degree in Political Science. Kent’s first book, The Wrecking Crew, was released in 2012 by St. Martin’s Press and won a 2013 Oregon Book Award in the category of nonfiction.	Alumnus
	Pacific NanoScience, Inc. Developing new tools for early diagnosis of cardiovascular disease.	Research
	Shilpa Esther Trivedi	Undergraduate Student
	Jessica Amo Jessica Amo- WRC Director	Staff Member
	The Sánchez Nano-Development Lab Developing and implementing state of the art technology and techniques for nanoscale imaging.	Research
	Need to Know if it's Going to Rain?—Ask a Mathematician Dr. Dacian Daescu knows the math on weather forecasting—he's one of just a handful of mathematicians in the world developing the math that runs computer forecasting models.	Research
	Hawthorne Materials Corp. Developing state of the art x-ray contrast agents for use in the medical field.	Research
	Elex Biotech—New Approaches to Managing Cardiovascular Disease A Portland biotech startup is designing and developing drugs to help those suffering from cardiovascular disease.	Research
	Facilitating Paths to Use Innovation: Working in concert with external partners, the office of Innovation & Intellectual Property helps researchers like Dr. Carl Wamser move their innovations out of the lab.	Research
	Synthesizing Solutions to Save Lives Innovation: Dr. Rob Strongin and the Strongin Group have developed a method for identifying a biomarker that may be indicative of early stage ovarian cancer.	Research
	What's next for Solar Power and Green Roofs Dr. Carl Wamser discusses next generation solar cells, green roofs, and an upcoming OMSI event: "Connecting Researchers and Public Audiences."	Research
	Bringing the Geography of Oregon into the Classroom Providing teachers with tools to incorporate geography into lessons: The Student Atlas of Oregon connects children to Oregon and the world beyond.	Research
	Robyn Rodriguez. Lecture and Workshop at the Portland Center for Public Humanities	Resource
	Dialogues for Deep Change Diasporas in Dialogue is a manual for community reconciliation that provides a platform for bringing refugee communities together.	Research
	Sonia Marie Leikam. Holocaust and Genocide Studies Advisory Board Member	Resource
	Greg Goekjian. Advisory Board Member of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Project	Faculty Member
	Natan Meir. Advisory Board Member of the Holocaust and Genocide Studies Project	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Martin Lafrenz Studying the effects of human land use	Faculty Member
	Meet researcher David Banis Geography GIS Lab Manager	Faculty Member
	Meet researcher David Percy PSU's Geospatial Data Manager	Faculty Member
	Meet Dr. Rick Hugo Advancing Science Education	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Martin J. Streck Researching the science of magma	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Alex Ruzicka Director of the Cascadia Meteorite Laboratory	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Ben Perkins PSU alum trains the next generation of geologists	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Michael Cummings Studying the geology of the Pacific Northwest	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Kenneth M. Cruikshank Studying PNW Earthquakes	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Scott Burns Researching the origins of landslides	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Alan Yeakley Director of the School of the Environment	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Angela Strecker Director of the Strecker Aquatic Ecology Lab	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Robert Scheller Director of the Dynamic Ecosystems and Landscape Lab	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor John Rueter SOE Directer returns to teaching	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Yangdong Pan Chair of Environmental Science & Management	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Joe Maser Preserving our wetlands	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Elise Granek Preserving marine biodiversity	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Jeff Gerwing Making sustainability education available for all students	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Marion Dresner Encouraging citizen participation in environmental science.	Faculty Member
	Alternate Realities Group	Resource
	School of the Environment	Organization
	Meet Professor Bill Fish Heavy metal clean-up	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Cat De Rivera Biological invasion warrior	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Linda George Dr. Linda George recently honored with NSF position.	Faculty Member
	Battling Drug-Resistant Malaria DesignMedix, a Portland biotech startup, is designing the next generation of hybrid drugs to resolve issues of drug resistance in infectious diseases such as malaria.	Research
	The Learner Web: Extending Educational Opportunities to Adult Learners Dr. Steve Reder, Professor of Applied Linguistics, discusses the Learner Web, a learning supportive system for adults who have specific educational goals.	Research
	Little Structures, Big Impact Multifaceted innovations in nanotechnology developed at Portland State by former Professor Dr. Mingdi Yan and brought to market by Swiss company SuSoS AG are improving everyday objects at the nanoscale.	Research
	John Roth. Lecture and Workshop at the Portland Center for Public Humanities	Research
	Dr. David Stuart Organotransition metal chemistry, catalysis, and development of new chemical reactivity for organic synthesis	Faculty Member
	Marion Goldman Scholar in Residence at the Portland Center for Public Humanities	Faculty Member
	Middle East Studies Center Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) fellowships provide a portion of institutional tuition and fees, as well as a stipend for Arabic, Hebrew, Persian and Turkish language study.	Resource
	History Beneath Our Feet: The Cobblestones in the Shattuck Hall Ecological Learning Plaza	Student Project
	The Nanomonitor: Inventing in the Flight Against Cardiovascular Disease Portland startup company, Pacific Nanoscience, in association with the Baker Group LLP, plans on using Portland State University innovations in an effort to ameliorate a leading cause of death worldwide: cardiovascular disease.	Research
	Collaboration & Development: Applying Nanoscience to the Preparation of Solid Phase Conjugate Vaccines Maintaining patents and seeking commercial partnerships: Dr. Jun Jiao and her research associate, Dr. Haiyan Li, collaborate with researchers at Providence Health & Services Oregon to develop a nanoparticle -based vaccine adjuvant.	Research
	Where Nanoscience Meets Cancer Detection: the Onset of Innovation From invention disclosure to provisional patent application: Dr. Raj Solanki and his team introduce a high-specific ovarian cancer antigen binding single-stranded DNA sequences for detection of ovarian cancer.	Research
	Reconciling Work and Family Obligations to Increase Wellbeing Organizational Psychologist and PSU Psychology Professor, Leslie Hammer is looking at changes in workplace systems that will improve the health and wellbeing of working families.	Research
	Sridevi Nair. Faculty Lunch and Lecture Series at the Portland Center for Public Humanities	Faculty Member
	Sarah Sentilles. Workshop and Lecture at the Portland Center for Public Humanities	Research
	Rob Nixon. Lecture and Workshop at the Portland Center for Public Humanities	Research
	Laura Robson Roundtable Discussion and Faculty Lunch and Lecture at the Portland Center for Public Humanities	Faculty Member
	Chia Yin Hsu. Faculty Lunch and Lecture Series at the Portland Center for Public Humanities	Faculty Member
	Against all odds Ramon Torrecilha ’84, MA ’86 was recently appointed provost, the second highest academic post, at California State University - Dominguez Hills. But back when he began his education at Portland State—as a farm worker who spoke little English—this appointment would be too fantastic to even consider.	Alumnus
	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 Innovation: 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
	Quincy Newell. Lecture and Workshop at the Portland Center for Public Humanities	Research
	Jane Iwamura: Lecture and Workshop at the Portland Center for Public Humanities	Research
	Holocaust and Genocide Studies Series	Resource
	Nathan Cogan. Donor of Fund for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.	Gift
	Josh Kun. Lecture and Workshop at the Portland Center for Public Humanities	Research
	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
	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
	Ian Garrett Department of Biology	Graduate Student
	Tanya Cheek Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Biology	Graduate Student
	Leslie Hammer 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
	Matt Carlson Ensuring Health - Measuring the benefits of health coverage	Faculty Member
	Steve Bleiler Game Theory - Calculating optimum strategies	Faculty Member
	Anna-Louise Reysenbach Hot Pursuit - Searching for new life forms at Earth's extremes	Faculty Member
	Wynn Kiyama Music History Coordinator	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 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 A. Alsufieva Focusing on the grammar, stylistics and practice of teaching Russian, Dr. Alsufieva 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
	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
	Dave Ervin Seed Science - Assessing the impact of biotech on farming	Faculty Member
	Steve Reder Dropouts Drop-in - Creating online tools to help adults finish school	Faculty Member
	Dr. Andrea Mitchell Goforth	Faculty Member
	Cornel Pewewardy Native Knowledge - Challenging students to think critically about history and cultural identity	Faculty Member
	Dr. Gwen Shusterman	Faculty Member
	Dr. Robert Strongin Synthesis and evaluation of novel redox and chromophore materials	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
	Veronica Dujon 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
	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 Heejun Chang Professor Chang believes that the 21st century will be the Climate and Water Century.	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor David Ritchie Professor of Communication	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 Professor Anne McClanan Medieval Art Historian	Faculty Member
	Meet Professor Cynthia-Lou Coleman Professor of Communication	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 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 Michael Shaughnessy Among students, Professor Michael Shaughnessy is known as "Mr. Probability".	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 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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