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September 16th 2021

Meet Kai Hang Cheang

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...
September 16th 2021

Meet Kali Simmons

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...
September 16th 2021

Meet Bright Alozie

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...
September 16th 2021

Meet Courtney Terry

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...
September 16th 2021

Meet Melissa Patiño-Vega

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...
Side-by-side images of snow-capped Mt. Hood in July 2018 and July 2021
August 30th 2021

How Hood River watershed can become more resilient to climate change

Hood River, long an agricultural center for Oregon, faces an uncertain future...
August 9th 2021

'Why you gotta be so rude?' PSU study highlights 'vicious cycle' of workplace incivility

Workplace incivility is on the rise and a new Portland State University study found that employees who experience or witness incivilities are more likely to be uncivil to others, a worrying trend that could intensify as people return to in-person work. "People have gotten used to not having...
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June 3rd 2021

PSU math ed professor gets NSF grant to develop anti-bias training for teachers

Teachers' biases, whether intentional or not, can impact students' learning...
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May 25th 2021

PSU professors win $1M grant to connect math teaching to real-world issues

"When will I ever use this in real life?" It's an age-old question that...
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May 20th 2021

PSU-The Nature Conservancy partnership taps trees to address regional climate change

For the past two and a half years, Rose Graves has had one foot at Portland...
The historic Columbia River Quarantine Station
May 13th 2021

Q&A: PSU professor revisits historic quarantine station in timely new book

As the saying goes, history repeats itself, and a quarantine station in Knappton...
Greyscale photo of police officers carrying zip ties and a light in the background
May 3rd 2021

PSU’S Kimberly Kahn weighs in as part of a international commission on police violence

A commission of researchers released a timely report late last month that...

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