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Faculty Office Hours about Dr. Valdini and a Political Science student

Full-Time Faculty

FacultyNameTitleContact
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Lindsay BensteadProfessorEmail:benstead@pdx.edu
Office: URBN 650G
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Richard ClucasProfessorEmail: clucasr@pdx.edu
Office: URBN 650F
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Joshua EastinAssociate Professor & Department ChairEmail: jeastin@pdx.edu
Office: URBN 650E
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Safia FaroleAssistant ProfessorEmail: sfarole@pdx.edu
Office: URBN 650D
Nathan GiesInstructorEmail: gies@pdx.edu
Office: URBN 650H
Bruce GilleyProfessorEmail: gilleyb@pdx.edu
Office: URBN 650N
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David KinsellaProfessor and Graduate CoordinatorEmail: kinsella@pdx.edu
Office: URBN 650L
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Jack MillerTeaching Assistant ProfessorEmail: jack35@pdx.edu
Office: URBN 650B
Christopher ShortellAssociate ProfessorEmail: shortell@pdx.edu
Office: URBN 650J
Melody ValdiniProfessor 
(on sabbatical in AY 23-24)		Email: mev@pdx.edu
​​​​​​​Office: URBN 650M
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Kim WilliamsAssociate ProfessorEmail: kmw3@pdx.edu
​​​​​​​Office: URBN 650K
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Birol YesiladaProfessorEmail: yesilada@pdx.edu
​​​​​​​Office: URBN 470B

 

Adjunct Faculty

FacultyNameTitleContact
Christopher OwensAdjunct Senior InstructorEmail: christopher.owens@pdx.edu
Sarahfina PetersonAdjunct Senior InstructorEmail: sap5@pdx.edu
 
Elif Sari GencAdjunct Assistant ProfessorEmail: elif@pdx.edu
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Ayesha Umar WahediAdjunct Assistant ProfessorEmail: aumar@pdx.edu

 

Staff

StaffNameTitleContact
Elena SokolDepartment ManagerEmail: esokol@pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-2175
Office: URBN 650C
Mariah TerrillOffice Specialist IIEmail: mterrill@pdx.edu
Phone: 503-725-6259
Office: URBN 670-09