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Date	Title
27 Oct 2008	Steve Johnson presents to Portland Public Involvement Advisory Council Steve Johnson, Urban Studies and Planning adjunct faculty, made a presentation on the history of public involvement in Portland at the inaugural meeting of the city of Portland Public Involvement Advisory Council in October.
20 Oct 2008	Steve Johnson receives city of Portland contract Steve Johnson, Urban Studies and Planning adjunct faculty, was awarded a $5,000 contract with the city of Portland to develop a benchmark system for evaluating citizen participation in Portland, in June.
13 Oct 2008	Gerry Sussman co-authors article in Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture Gerry Sussman, Urban Studies and Planning and Communication faculty, and student Sascha Krader, co-authored an article, "Template Revolutions: Marketing U.S. Regime Change in Eastern Europe," published in Westminster Papers in Communication and Culture, Vol. 5, No. 3.
13 Oct 2008	Mark Chubb presents before Regenhard Center for Emergency Responder Studies Mark Chubb, Executive Leadership Institute faculty, presented the keynote paper at the Regenhard Center for Emergency Responder Studies' session of the Academy for Critical Incident Analysis symposium sponsored by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice of the City University of New York in New York, Oct. 3. The presentation proposed a model for examining public policy and public management issues arising from disasters through the first-hand experiences of front-line responders.
13 Oct 2008	Richard Clucas appointed executive director of Western Political Science Association Richard Clucas, Political Science faculty, has been appointed executive director of the Western Political Science Association beginning September 2009. Founded in 1948, the WPSA is one of the nation's leading political science associations with more than 1000 members. Its purpose is to promote the study and teaching of government and politics, to foster research, and to facilitate the discussion of public affairs. The executive director is the chief administrative officer for the association.
13 Oct 2008	Steve Johnson presents at Oregon Bus Project's Politicorps Steve Johnson, Urban Studies and Planning adjunct, gave a presentation on community organizing in watersheds at the Oregon Bus Project's Politicorps summer camp, July 22.
8 Oct 2008	PSU's Division of Political Science Presents the Election 2008 Roundtable: Issues and Implications, Oct. 20 Portland State University's Division of Political Science within the Hatfield School of Government is putting on the Election 2008 Roundtable: Issues and Implications.
6 Oct 2008	Carl Abbott authors new book on urban change in Western North America Carl Abbott, Urban Studies and Planning faculty, is the author of How Cities Won the West: Four Centuries of Urban Change in Western North America, published by University of New Mexico Press, 2008.
6 Oct 2008	Gerry Sussman named to Central European Journal of Communication editorial board Gerry Sussman, Urban Studies and Planning and Communication faculty, has been chosen for the editorial board of the newly formed Central European Journal of Communication.
6 Oct 2008	Steve Johnson co-presents at International Bike Conference Steve Johnson, Urban Studies and Planning adjunct faculty, co-presented the keynote speech at the International Bike Conference in Tokyo, Japan, July 10.
6 Oct 2008	Vivek Shandas authors article in Journal of Environmental Planning and Management Vivek Shandas, Urban Studies and Planning faculty, authored "Are Planners Using Ecosystem Based Management when Developing Environmental Policy? Evidence from the Pacific Northwest (U.S.)" published in the Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, September 2008.