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PSU graduates largest class
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organization |
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Working with local industries to build structures
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partnership |
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Glacier research at Portland State
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research |
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Dr. Byron Haines
Philosophy Professor Emeritus
1936 to 2008
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alumnus |
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Ellen Ernst Kossek is Professor at Michigan State University and a leading researcher on employer support of work and family policies
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faculty |
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Dr. Gary Rischitelli from OHSU analyzes outcomes from group health, disability, and workers' comp
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faculty |
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Leslie Hammer is the Director of a new Occupational Health Psychology graduate training program at PSU
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faculty |
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In Memory of David Boone
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faculty |
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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.
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faculty |
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Offering over 23 languages
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research |
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A former reporter turned professor studies mass media, uncovering values and mores that lurk beneath the construction of news stories.
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faculty |
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Joel Gerardo Campos Alvis knows that hard work and help from PSU advising is a winning equation.
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alumnus |
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Professor Benight's commitment to his students is that he will make them the best they can be.
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faculty |
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This Ice Man travels the world to study glaciers, including the one named after him — the Fountain Glacier in Antarctica.
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faculty |
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Professor Reysenbach is interested in the microscopic life that resides in one of the last frontiers on Earth—hot springs in the deep-sea and on land.
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faculty |
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Whether from rice paddies, cities, landfills or cattle, Professor Khalil understands how trace gases effect global warming.
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faculty |
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For Professor Curt Peterson the fun of science is time travel.
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faculty |
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Professor Cynthia Mohr understands that psychologists are like Sherlock Holmes, examining the clues of human behavior to discover how one individual influences another.
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faculty |
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Curious about how the brain makes sense of language? David Ritchie thinks metaphor and playful language hold the key.
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faculty |
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The Center for Excellence in Writing's Ooligan Press continues to grow
with the guidance of Program Coordinator Dennis Stovall.
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faculty |
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At fifteen Professor Friedrich Schuler got lost in the library. Today he still goes to the stacks to discover the truth about the past.
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faculty |
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Professor Geoffrey Duh believes that every student is capable of exceeding his or her own expectations.
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faculty |
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Gerry Sussman does research on the impacts of information and communication technologies on politics, economics, culture, and everyday life.
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faculty |
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Professor Chang believes that the 21st century will be the Climate and Water Century.
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faculty |
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Prof.Ito is an expert in East Asian economics.
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faculty |
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Whether studying drag queens, false memories or the wearing of the hijab, Professor Haaken knows that there is often more than meets the eye.
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faculty |
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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.
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faculty |
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Professor Kim’s students learn that the key to success is understanding the fundamental difference between random and fixed quantities.
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faculty |
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From religion to pop culture, Professor K. Pelin Basci believes there is no experience that cannot be translated into every culture.
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faculty |
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In Professor Marrongelle’s classroom mathematics is an active subject.
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faculty |
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Professor Katy Barber’s students participate in collaborative projects that result in both academic and community outcomes.
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faculty |
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Dr. Ken Ruoff is an expert in Japanese history.
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faculty |
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Professor Kominz, Director of the Center for Japanese Studies, brings the joy of Japanese performing arts to students and audiences alike.
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faculty |
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When aliens invade our waters, Mark Sytsma fights back.
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faculty |
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Professor Matthew Carlson demonstrates to lawmakers the real impact of their health care policy decisions.
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faculty |
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Among students, Professor Michael Shaughnessy is known as “Mr. Probability”.
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faculty |
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For Professor Yan it is what’s on the surface that counts.
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faculty |
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Professor Oscar Fernández explores the intersection of culture, sexuality, disease and literature in the Americas.
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faculty |
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Professor Patricia Wetzel travels the linguistic landscape of Japan.
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faculty |
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Professor Peter Collier’s research helps first generation students who don’t know the taken-for-granted scripts for “being a college student.”
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faculty |
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Professor Primus St. John writes to dream people into existence.
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faculty |
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Professor R. Kevin Hill envisions himself as a tour guide, leading his students through the strange and exotic lands of philosophers.
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faculty |
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When it comes to harvesting the sun’s energy, Professor Rolf Koenenkamp is often light years ahead.
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faculty |
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Sandra Freels sees language as the key to culture.
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faculty |
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Professor Steve Reder makes learning experiential by engaging students in interaction with people as they collect language and literacy data.
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faculty |
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Exploring the world of US-Japan cross-cultural communication
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faculty |
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Professor Teresa Bulman’s passion for teaching is a natural resource.
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faculty |
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Grants awarded for Oregon teachers
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partnership |
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Helping stroke survivors and their caretakers
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partnership |
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In partnership with the American Heart Association
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