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Growing up, Athena Rilatos’ auntie used to tell her, “When you build...

Portland State has been awarded a nearly $2 million federal grant to expand...

Shortly after starting at Portland State in 2020, Xochi Carrera took a course...

Portland State’s Harrison Street Building has a new name — PSU ITECK...

Molly Benitez, whose experience in the trades and grassroots organizing informs their research, joins Portland State as an assistant professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies and University Studies. Benitez started their career...

Kai Hang Cheang returns this fall as an assistant professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies after spending the last two years as a visiting scholar. Growing up as the grandson of two migrant laborers and the son of parents who...

Kali Simmons returns home to her alma mater as an assistant professor in Indigenous Nations Studies. Born and raised in Central Oregon, she graduated from Portland State with a bachelor's in English and film studies. She earned her master's...

Bright Alozie, who joins Portland State as an assistant professor of Black Studies, says his journey has been centered around preparing himself to be the best scholar-teacher he can become. "I have always been knowledge-driven and my...

Courtney Terry joins Portland State as an assistant professor in Black Studies. Born and reared in South Central Los Angeles, she graduated from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California with a bachelor's degree in Ethnic Studies...

Melissa Patiño-Vega, who has been at Portland State since 2019 as a visiting scholar in Chicano/Latino Studies and World Languages and Literatures, returns this fall as an assistant professor, continuing to split her time between both...

Martin Alberto Gonzalez, a first-generation Xicano from the predominantly Latinx community of Oxnard, California, comes to Portland State as an assistant professor of Chicano/Latino Studies. The youngest of seven and the only one in his...

Cristina Herrera joins Portland State as professor and new director of Chicano/Latino Studies after 14 years at California State University, Fresno. There, she served as chair of the Department of Chicano and Latin American studies, faculty...