Faculty
May 30, 2017
The final date in a listing indicates the year of first appointment to the University of Portland faculty. More than one date indicates a break in service.
Footnote reference:
1 Part-time
2 On leave
3 Administrative personnel primarily
4 Special faculty status
Brian J. Adams, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Business
B.A., University of Oregon, 1990; M.B.A., University of Portland, 1996; Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2003. At Portland, 2003—
Bahram Adrangi, Ph.D.
Professor, Business
B.A., University of Tehran, 1973; M.B.A., Western Illinois University, 1975; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1982. At Portland, 1982—
Amelia J. Ahern-Rindell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biology
B.S., University of Illinois, 1979; M.S., Washington State University, 1985; Ph.D., ibid, 1988. At Portland, 1997—
SimonMary Asese A. Aihiokhai, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Theology
Diploma, Spiritan School of Philosophy, Isienu-Nsukka, Nigeria, 1997; M.A. St. John's Seminary, 2007; Ph.D., Duquesne University, 2013; At Portland, 2016—
Robert J. Albright, Ph.D.
Professor, Engineering
Rev. David Tyson, C.S.C. Distinguished Professorship
B.S., Oregon State University, 1963; M.S., ibid, 1965; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1971. At Portland, 1970—
Lauren M. Alfrey, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Sociology & Social Work
B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2004; M.A., Georgetown University, 2010; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, 2016. At Portland, 2016—
Rajaa Alqudah, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Engineering
B.S., Yarmouk University, 2003; M.S., Northeastern University, 2007; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2011. At Portland, 2017—
Eric J. Anctil, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Education
B.A., University of Oregon, 1992; M.A., Portland State University, 2000; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2003. At Portland, 2008—
Robin D. Anderson, Ed.D.
Franz Chair in Entrepreneurship3
Professor, Business
B.A. University of Nebraska at Kearney, 1970; M.A.T., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1972; Ed.D., ibid, 1984. At Portland, 1998—
Rev. Robert C. Antonelli, C.S.C., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Theology3
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1962; S.T.B., Pontificia Universitas Gregoriana, 1964; S.T.L., ibid, 1966; M.A., The Johns Hopkins University, 1968; Ph.D., University of Strasbourg, 1970. At Portland, 1999—
Xan Arch, M.S.
Dean of the University Library3
B.A. Stanford University, 1999; M.A., ibid, 2000; M.S., San Jose State University, 2007. At Portland, 2016—
Ellyn Arwood, Ed.D.
Professor, Education
B.A., University of Oregon, 1971; M.A., Washington State University, 1973; Ed.D., University of Georgia, 1977. At Portland, 1986—
Richard R. Askay, Ph.D.
Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Portland State University, 1975; M.A., Purdue University, 1977; Ph.D., ibid, 1980. At Portland, 1982—
Christina A. Astorga, Ph.D.
Professor, Theology
AB-BSE, College of the Holy Spirit, 1972; M.A, ibid, 1979; Ph.D., Loyola School of Theology, Ateneo-de Manila University, 1992. At Portland, 2014—
Eva K. Aussermair, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor, Theology1
M.A., University of Salzburg, 1979.At Portland (Salzburg), 2001—
Josef Aussermair, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor, Theology1
Ph.D., University of Salzburg, 1976. At Portland (Salzburg), 2002—
Nicole E. Auxier, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., University of Portland, 2007; Ph.D., Medical University of South Carolina. At Portland, 2015—
Tanya Bachman, M.S.
Instructor, Nursing
B.S., Portland State University, 1994; M.S., University of Western States, 2015. At Portland, 2016—
Erica Bailey, Ph.D.
Instructor, Nursing
A.S., Portland Community College, 2008; B.S.N., Linfield College, 2011; M.N., University of Portland, 2016. At Portland, 2016—
James Baillie, Ph.D.
Professor, Philosophy
M.A., University of Glasgow, 1979; Ph.D., ibid, 1989. At Portland, 1990—
Janet M. Banks, M.S.N.
Instructor, Nursing
B.S.N., University of Portland, 1987; M.S.N., Gonzaga University, 2009. At Portland, 2009—
Halina Z. Barber, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S., University of Portland, 2002; M.S.N., ibid, 2004; Ph.D., University of Washington, 2013. At Portland, 2013-
Ronda S. Bard, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Chemistry
B.S., Newberry College, 1976; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 1980. At Portland, 2006—
William F. Barnes, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Business
B.A., University of New Hampshire, 1989; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 2000. At Portland, 2000—
Amy S. Beadles-Bohling, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Biology
B.A., Concordia College, 1994; Ph.D., Oregon Health & Science University, 2004. At Portland, 2008—
Elena K. Bernard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Business
B.S., William Carey College, 1997; M.B.A., Henderson State University, 1998; Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 2006. At Portland, 2007—
Kathleen A. Bieryla, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Engineering
B.S., University of Pittsburgh, 2004; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 2006; Ph.D., ibid, 2009. At Portland, 2017—
Christopher Blackhurst, C.N.L.
Instructor, Nursing
B.S., Saint Martin's University, 2007; B.S., University of Portland, 2012; M.S., ibid, 2014. At Portland, 2016—
Barbara Bloom-Groshong
Visiting Instructor, Business
BS, Political Science, Santa Clara University, 1989; JD, Willamette University College of Law, 1992. At Portland, 2015—
Osiel Bonfim, Ph.D.
Professor, Physics
B.S., Federal University of Pernambuco, 1973; M.S., ibid, 1976; Ph.D., University of Oxford, 1981. At Portland, 2001—
Trudie M. Booth, M.A.
Lecturer, French
M.A., University of Freiburg, 1971. At Portland, 1977—
Barbara J. Braband, Ed.D.
Associate Professor, Nursing
B.A.N., Augustana College, 1976; M.A., University of Northern Iowa, 1986; M.S.N., Clarkson College, 2001; Ed.D., College of St. Mary, 2009. At Portland, 2010—
Eva Brandauer, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor, German1
M.A., University of Salzburg, 1996; Ph.D., ibid, 2004. At Portland, 1997—
Genevieve Y. Brassard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, English
B.A., San Francisco State University, 1995; M.A., University of Connecticut, 1997; Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2004. At Portland, 2005—
Cheri Buck-Perry, M.A.
Instructor, English
B.A., Walla Walla University, 1989; M.A., Portland State University, 1995. At Portland, 2016—
Russell A. Butkus, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Theology
B.A., St. Lawrence University, 1974; M.Th., Boston College, 1978; Ph.D., ibid, 1985. At Portland, 1985—
Karen L. Cameron, Ph.D.
Instructor, Nursing
B.S.N., University of Portland, 1996; M.S.N., Oregon Health Sciences University, 2000; Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2010. At Portland, 2003—
Glenn (Michael) M. Cameron, Ph.D.
Professor, Theology
B.A., Central Bible College, 1977; Bethany Theological Seminary, 1981; Ph.D., University of Chicago Divinity School, 1996. At Portland, 2002—
Kevin Cantrell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemistry
B.S., Furman State University, 1992; M.S., Oregon State University, 1998; Ph.D., ibid, 2001. At Portland, 2001—
Heather Carpenter, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Environmental Science
B.S., Oregon State University, 2003; Ph.D., University of California, Devis, 2009. At Portland, 2016—
James B. Carroll, Ph.D.
Professor, Education
B.A., University of California, Davis, 1976; M.F.A., Washington State University, 1978; Ph.D., ibid, 1990. At Portland, 1996—
Andrea Castanette, M.A.F.L.
Instructor, International Languages and Cultures
B.A.F.L., Portland State University, 2014; M.A.F.L., ibid, 2014. At Portland, 2011—
Christie Engesser Cesar, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., University of Oregon, 1997; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine, 2006. At Portland, 2016—
Saikat Chakrabarti, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Computer Science, Engineering
B.E. Bengal University, India, 1999; Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2008. At Portland, 2016—
Arjun Chatrath, D.B.A.
Professor, Business
B.A., University of Delhi, 1985; M.B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1989; D.B.A., Cleveland State University, 1994. At Portland, 1997—
Lori Chorpenning, M.S.
Instructor, Nursing
B.S.N., Metropolitan State College, 1989; M.S., University of Portland, 2003. At Portland, 2004—
Richard S. Christen, Ph.D.
Professor, Education
B.S., Minot State University, 1975; M.A., University of Montana, 1980; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1994. At Portland, 1998—
Marcela Cinta, N.C.M.I.
Instructor, International Languages and Cultures
C.T., Portland State University, 2014; M.A.F.L., ibid, 2014; N.C.M.I, ibid, 2014. At Portland, 2007—
Michelle E. Collazo, B.S.N.
Instructor, Nursing
B.S.N., Grand Valley State University, 2001. At Portland, 2013—
Michael Connolly, D.M.A.
Professor, Music
B.A., B.M., University of Washington, 1977; M.M., University of Southern California, 1983; D.M.A., ibid, 1986. At Portland, 1988—
Eduardo Contreras, Ed.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Education3
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1998; M.A., ibid, 2001; Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education, 2009; Ed.D., ibid, 2015. At Portland, 2015-
Claire Costin, M.B.A.
Instructor, Business
B.M., University of Texas at Austin, Butler School of Music, 2004; M.B.A., St. Edward’s University, School of Management and Business, 2009. At Portland 2017—
Patricia H. Cox, D.N.P.
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Old Dominion University, 1972; M.P.H., John Hopkins University, 1977; M.N., University of California, 1986; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 2010. At Portland, 2012—
Carol E. Craig, Ph.D.
Professor, Nursing
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara, 1971; B.S., University of Alaska, 1982; M.S., ibid, 1984; Ph.D., University of Colorado, 1991. At Portland, 2008—2017
William M. Curtis, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Political Science
A.B., Dartmouth College, 1992; J.D., University of California, 1995; M.A., Stanford University, 1997; Ph.D., Duke University, 2006. At Portland, 2007—
Sylvia Daoud Kinzie, Ph.D.
Instructor, Chemistry
B.S., Portland State University, 1993; M.S., ibid, 1999; Ph.D., University of California Los Angeles, 2005. At Portland, 2010—
Alexa M. Dare, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
B.A., University of Alberta, 1997; M.A., University of Alaska, 2001; Ph.D., University of Denver, 2008. At Portland, 2013—
David M. De Lyser, D.A.
Associate Professor, Music
B.A., Minnesota State University, 1990; M.A., University of Portland, 2001; D.A., University of Northern Colorado, 2005. At Portland, 2010—
Will H. Deming, Ph.D.
Professor, Theology
B.A., College of William and Mary, 1978; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1991. At Portland, 1992—
Sr. Carol J. Dempsey, O.P., Ph.D.
Professor, Theology
B.A., Caldwell College, 1978; M.A., St. Louis University, 1986; Ph.D., Catholic University of America, 1994. At Portland, 1994—
Heather E. Dillon, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Engineering
B.S., University of Idaho, 2000; M.S., ibid, 2002; M.S., University of Washington, 2011; Ph.D., ibid, 2011. At Portland, 2012—
Ruth Dittrich, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Business
B.A. University of Erfurt, Germany, 2009; M.Sc., University of Birmingham, UK, 2010; Ph.D., Scottish Rural College & Univesity of Edinburgh, UK, 2016; At Portland, 2016—
Laurie J. Dizney, Ph.D.
Instructor, Biology
B.S., Portland State University, 1994; M.S., ibid, 2001; Ph.D., ibid, 2008. At Portland, 2012—
Timothy A. Doughty, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Engineering
B.S., Washington State University, 1991; M.S., ibid, 1993; Ph.D., Purdue University, 2002. At Portland, 2006—
Jon T. Down, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Business4
B.S., Oregon State University, 1983; M.B.A., Harvard University, 1987; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1998. At Portland, 2007—
Andrew M. Downs, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1994; M.S., Washington State University, 1998; Ph.D., ibid, 2002. At Portland, 2008—
Theresa A. Duda, M.S.N
Instructor, Nursing
B.S.N., Oregon Health Sciences University, 1990; M.S.N., Oregon Health Sciences University, 1996. At Portland, 2015—
C. Christopher Dunnaville, M.S.
Instructor, Business
B.S., Georgetown University, 1983; M.S., New York University, 1990. At Portland, 2015—
Laura A. Dyer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 2003; Ph.D., Duke University, 2009. At Portland, 2017—
Todd Easton, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Business
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz, 1975; M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1980; Ph.D., ibid, 1984. At Portland, 1981—
Maria Elva Echenique, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Spanish
L.L., Universidad Mayor de San Andres, 1991; M.A., University of Oregon, 1998; ibid, 2002. At Portland, 2002—
Ted Christopher Eckmann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Environmental Studies
B.A., University of California at San Diego, 2003; M.A., University of California at Santa Barbara, 2005; Ph.D., ibid, 2009. At Portland, 2013—
Louisa Egan-Brad, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychological Sciences
B.A. Swarthmore College, 2003; M.S. Yale, 2006; M.Phil. Yale, 2006; Ph.D.,Yale, 2009. At Portland 2015—
Karen E. Eifler, Ph.D.
Professor, Education
B.A., University of California at Los Angeles, 1982; Ph.D., University of Nebraska at Lincoln, 1997. At Portland, 1998—
Mark A. Eifler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, History
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1984; M.A., ibid, 1987; Ph.D., ibid, 1992. At Portland, 2000—
Brian J. Els, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, History
B.A., Whitman College, 1990; M.A., Indiana University, 1994. Ph.D., ibid, 2004. At Portland, 2002—
Tae-In (Mike) Eom, Ph.D.
Professor, Business
B.S., Iowa State University, 1991; M.A., State University of New York at Albany, 1992; M.B.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, 1999; Ph.D., ibid. At Portland, 2004—
Vicki Ericson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nursing
A.A., Lake Wood Community College, 1982; B.A., The College of St. Catherine, 1987; M.S., The College of St. Catherine, 1996; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2010. At Portland, 2015—
Andrew Scott Eshleman, Ph.D.
Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Messiah College, 1985; M.A., Claremont Graduate University, 1991; M.A., ibid, 1992; Ph.D., University of California, 1998. At Portland, 2011—
Caery Ann Evangelist, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Philosophy
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1993; M.A., ibid, 1994; Ph.D., Duke University, 2004. At Portland, 2005—
Jordan Farina, Ph.D.
Instructor, Engineering
B.S., University of Alabama, 2006; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic and State University, 2010; Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic and State University, 2013. At Portland, 2015—
Terence G. Favero, Ph.D.
Professor, Biology
B.S., Illinois State University, 1984; M.S., University of Oregon, 1988; Ph.D., ibid, 1990. At Portland, 1993—
Josef Feldner, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor, German1
Ph.D., University of Innsbruck, 1990. At Portland, 1996—
Kyle L. Flann, M.S.
Lecturer, Biology
B.S., Northern Arizona University, 2000; M.S., ibid, 2006. At Portland, 2009—
Courtney Vail Fletcher, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
B.A., Canisius College, 2002; M.A., West Virginia University, 2005; Ph.D., University of New Mexico, 2009. At Portland, 2010—
Daniel Foster, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Communication Studies
B.S., Northern Arizona University, 2003; M.A., Northern Arizona University, 2006; Ph.D., University of Denver, 2013. At Portland, 2015—
Bradley R. Franco, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, History
B.A., State University of New York, 2002; Ph.D., Syracuse University, 2010. At Portland, 2010—
Lauretta Conklin Frederking, Ph.D.
Professor, Political Science3
B.A., University of Toronto, 1992; M.A., Columbia University, 1994; Ph.D., Washington University in St. Louis, 2001. At Portland, 2002—
Benjamin Gallegos, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, School of Education
B.I.S., University of Texas-El Paso, 1997; M.Ed., ibid, 2012; Ph.D., University of Central Florida, 2016. At Portland, 2017—
Alice B. Gates, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Social Work
B.A., Grinnell College, 1997; M.A., University of Michigan, 2007; Ph.D., ibid, 2011. At Portland, 2011—
Rebecca J. Gaudino, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Theology
B.A., Friends University, 1975; M.A., Kansas State University, 1978; M.Div., Columbia Theological Seminary, 1994; Ph.D., University of California, 1994. At Portland, 2008—
Hillary Ann Gaudio, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Education
B.A., Washington State University, 2001; M.A., ibid, 2002; Ph.D., ibid, 2008. At Portland, 2008—
Jeffrey A. Gauthier, Ph.D.
Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Wadhams Hall College, 1980; M.A., Bowling Green State University, 1985; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1992. At Portland, 1992—
Rev. Mark Ghyselinck, C.S.C., M.F.A.
Instructor, Fine Arts
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1980; M.Div., ibid, 1987; M.F.A., Western Michigan University, 2001. At Portland, 2005—
Eli E. Goldwyn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
B.A., Pomona College, 1999; M.S., N.Y. University, 2003; Ph.D. University of California, Davis, 2008. At Portland, 2017—
Andrew W. Golla, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Theater
B.A., Carleton College, 1993; M.F.A., University of Iowa, 2003. At Portland, 2009—
Thomas G. Greene, Ed.D.
Professor, Education3
B.S., Portland State University, 1970; M.A., Lewis & Clark College, 1975; Ed.D., Portland State University/University of Oregon, 1984. At Portland, 1983—
Andrienne Greaves, M.S.
Lecturer, Biology
B.S., Stanford University, 2011; M.S. Yale University, 2011. At Portland, 2008—
Teri Grimmer, M.S.
Visiting Instructor, Business
B.S., University of Montana, 1996; M.S., ibid, 1995. At Portland, 2014—
Richard D. Gritta, D.B.A.
Professor, Business
B.B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1965; M.B.A., Indiana University, 1967; D.B.A., University of Maryland, 1972. At Portland, 1976—
Naveen Gudigantala, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Business
B.A., Osmania University, 1998; M.B.A., Institute of Public Enterprise, 2000; M.S., Texas Tech University, 2004; Ph.D., ibid, 2009. At Portland, 2009—
Andrew M. Guest, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
B.A., Kenyon College, 1994; M.S., Miami University, 1996; M.A., University of Chicago, 2001; Ph.D., ibid, 2004. At Portland, 2004—
Christopher J. Hainley, Jr., M.S.
Instructor, Engineering
B.S. University of Portland, 2008; M.S., Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, 2011. At Portland, 2016—
Christopher C. Hallstrom, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.A., Reed College, 1992; M.S., University of Chicago, 1994; Ph.D., ibid, 2000. At Portland, 2003—
Peter Hamilton, M.A.
Instructor, Education
B.A., University of Missouri, 1971; M.A., Northwestern University, 1972. At Portland, 2013-
Christin Lee Hancock, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, History
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1996; A.M., Brown University, 1999; Ph.D., ibid, 2005. At Portland, 2007—
Nicole Leupp Hanig, D.M.A.
Assistant Professor, Performing & Fine Arts
B.M., Concordia College, 1992; M.M., University of Colorado, 1995; D.M.A., University of Illinois, 2009. At Portland, 2012—
Ross Hanig, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Economics
B.S., University of California, Davis, 1999; M.S., University of Massachusetts, 2005; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 2005. At Portland, 2012—
Rev. William P. Hannon, C.S.C., M.Div.
Instructor, Theology
B.S., University of Portland, 1982; B.A., ibid, 1982; M.Div., University of Notre Dame, 1988. At Portland, 2008—
Lizhong Hao, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Business
B.A., Hebei Normal University, China, 1995; M.A., ibid, 1999; M.A., Kent State University, 2005; M.S., ibid, 2008; Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University, 2013. At Portland, 2017 -
Nina Henrichs-Tarasenkova, Ph.D.
Instructor, Theology
B.A., Warner Pacific College, 2000; M.A., Ashbury Theological Seminary, 2002; Ph.D., Brunel University, 2013. At Portland, 2016—
Cara Hersh, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, English
B.A., Haverford College, 1997; Ph.D., Duke University, 2006. At Portland, 2006—
Randy Hetherington, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor, Education
B.Ed., University of Victoria, 1985; M.Ed., University of Northern British Columbia, 2003; Ed.D., University of Alberta, 2014. At Portland, 2016—
Alexander Hieke, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Philosophy1
M.A., University of Salzburg, 1991; Ph.D., ibid, 1996. At Portland, 1994—
Hannah L. Highlander, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.A., Wesleyan College, 2001; M.S., Vanderbilt University, 2003; Ph.D., ibid, 2007. At Portland, 2009—
Alexandra Merley Hill, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, German
B.A., Vassar College, 2001; M.A., University of Massachusetts, 2004; Ph.D., ibid, 2009. At Portland, 2009—
Gregory Hill, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.S., University of Arizona, 1981; M.S., University of Oregon, 1984; Ph.D., ibid, 1987. At Portland, 2000—
Susan E. Hinken, M.Libr.
Senior Librarian/Assistant Professor, Clark Library
B.A., University of Washington, 1976; M.Libr., ibid, 1977; M.A., University of Portland, 1987. At Portland, 1980—
Molly H. Hiro, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, English
B.A., Georgetown University, 1994; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1999; Ph.D., ibid, 2005. At Portland, 2005—
Montana Hisel-Cochran, M.A.
Instructor, Business
B.A., Adams State College, 1998; M.A., West Texas A&M University, 2007. At Portland, 2016—
Joseph P. Hoffbeck, Ph.D.
Professor, Engineering
B.S.E.E., Purdue University, 1989; M.S.E.E., ibid, 1990; Ph.D., ibid, 1995. At Portland, 1997—
Sr. Angela Hoffman, O.S.B., Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry
B.A., St. Martin’s College, 1972; M.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 1979; Ph.D., Oregon Graduate Institute, 1989. At Portland, 1989—
Samuel S. Holloway, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Business
B.A., Willamette University, 1997; B.S., Columbia University, 1998; M.A.T., Pacific University, 2001; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2009. At Portland, 2009—
Sally H. Hood, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Education
B.A., Indiana University, 1982; Ph.D., ibid, 2002. At Portland, 2005—
René M. Horcicka, Ph.D.
Director, Portland Culture Program in Salzburg
M.Phil., University of Salzburg, 2005; Ph.D., ibid, 2014. At Portland (Salzburg), 2009-
David Houglum, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Education3
B.S., Pacific Lutheran University, 2003; M.A., Gonzaga University, 2008; Ph.D., ibid, 2012. At Portland, 2013-
Mead K. Hunter, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Theater
B.A., San Francisco State University, 1985; M.F.A., Yale University, 1988; Ph.D., University of California, 1994. At Portland, 2012—
Rachel Hutcheson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S., Seattle University, 2005; Ph.D., Montana State University, 2012. At Portland 2015-
Brian D. Huyvaert, M.S.
Instructor, Mathematics
B.S., Butler University, 2008; M.S., University of Chicago, 2009. At Portland, 2016—
Kim Ilosvay, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor, Education
B.S., University of Texas, 1995; M.Ed., Portland State University, 1999; Ed.D., ibid, 2012. At Portland, 2013-
Aziz S. Inan, Ph.D.
Professor, Engineering
B.S., San Jose State University, 1979; M.S., Stanford University, 1980; Ph.D., ibid, 1983. At Portland, 1989—
Mehmet I. Inan, D.C.E.
Associate Professor, Engineering
B.S.C.E., Middle East Technical University, Ankara, 1971; M.S.C.E., ibid, 1973; D.C.E., University of Miami, 1977. At Portland, 1977—
Christina Ivler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
B.S., University of California at Davis, 2003; M.S., University of California at Davis, 2005; Ph.D., Stanford University, 2013. At Portland, 2017-
Wilson Jacob, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.S., Mahatma Gandhi University, 1994; M.S., Ibid, 1996; Ph.D., Indian Institute of Technology, 2007. At Portland, 2017-
Carolyn James, Ph.D.
Instructor, Mathematics
B.A., Carleton College, 2003; M.B.A., Johannes Kepler Universităt, 2005; M.S., Oregon State University, 2009; Ph.D., Portland State University, 2015. At Portland, 2015-
Jeri Sara Janowsky, Ph.D.
Professor, Education3
B.A., Reed College, 1978; Ph.D., Univesity of Ithaca, 1985. At Portland, 2011—
Joseph L. Jefferson, D.M.A.
Assistant Professor, Performing & Fine Arts
B.M. Norfolk State University, 2007; M.M., Shenendoah Conservatory, 2010; D.M.A., West Virginia University, 2015. At Portland, 2016—
Kevin R. Jones, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Social Work
B.A., University of South Carolina, 2000; M.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 2003; M.A., Portland State University, 2010; Ph.D., ibid, 2015. At Portland, 2011—
Sharon A. Jones, Ph.D.
Professor, Engineering3
B.S., Columbia University, 1986; M.E., University of Florida, 1991; M.P.A., California State University, 1991; Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University, 1996. At Portland, 2011—
Deana L. Julka, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
B.A., Carrol College, 1992; M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1995; Ph.D., ibid, 1998. At Portland, 1997—
James J. Jurinski, J.D.
Professor, Business
A.B., Hamilton College, 1972; M.L.S., University of British Columbia, Canada, 1976; M.T., Portland State University, 1980; J.D., Lewis & Clark Law School, 1980; C.P.A., 1981. At Portland, 1987—
Julie Shalhope Kalnin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Education
B.A., University of Oregon, 1985; M.S., Northwestern University, 1987; Ph.D., University of California, 2000. At Portland, 2010—
Mark S. Kennedy, Ph.D.
Professor, Engineering
B.S., University of Nebraska, 1977; M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1979; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1984. At Portland, 1996—
Jeff Kerssen-Griep, Ph.D.
Professor, Communication Studies
B.A., Concordia College, 1983; M.A., University of Washington, 1986; Ph.D., ibid, 1997. At Portland, 1998—
Khalid H. Khan, Ph.D.
Professor, Engineering
B.S., West Pakistan University of Engineering and Technology, 1967; M.S., North Carolina State University at Raleigh, 1972; Ph.D., ibid, 1975. At Portland, 1979—
Madhuparna Kolay, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Finance
B.T., University of South Pacific, 2000; M.B., Monash University, 2003; M.S., University of Florida, 2005; Ph.D., University of Utah, 2012. At Portland, 2012—
Steven A. Kolmes, Ph.D.
Molter Chair in Science
Professor, Environmental Science
B.S., Ohio University, 1976; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1978; Ph.D., ibid, 1984. At Portland, 1995—
Jakob Kotas, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
B.S., Cornell University, 2009; M.Eng., Ibid, 2011; Ph.D., University of Washington, 2016. At Portland, 2016—
Mary A. Kozy, Ph.D.
Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Duke University, 1975; M.S.N., University of Toledo, 2001; Ph.D., Duquesne University, 2007. At Portland, 2016—
Lorretta C. Krautscheid, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Montana State University, 1994; M.S., Oregon Health Sciences University, 2003; Ph.D., Capella University, 2012. At Portland, 2003—
Matthew R. Kuhn, Ph.D.
Professor, Engineering
B.S., University of Missouri, 1975; M.S., University of California, Berkeley, 1984; Ph.D., ibid, 1987. At Portland, 1987—
Ryan J. Kustusch, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., University of Illinois, 2002; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2009. At Portland, 2013-
Tyler Laird-Magee, D.B.A.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Business
D.B.A., George Fox, 2011; M.A., UP, 1994; B.A., Marylhurst University, 1989; A.A., Cypress College, 1977. At Portland, 2015-
Lindsay L. Lancaster, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., University of Portland, 2000; M.S., Oregon Health & Science University, 2003; Ph.D., ibid, 2009.
Ph.D., George Fox University, 2011. At Portland, 2011–12; 2014—
Lawrence S. Larsen, M.F.A.
Professor, Theater
B.A., Trinity University, 1983; M.F.A., University of Washington, 1986. At Portland, 1994—
Lars Erik Larson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, English
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1993; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1998; Ph.D., ibid. At Portland, 2005—
Bohn D. Lattin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
B.A., Moorhead State University, 1979; M.A., Idaho State University, 1984; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1992. At Portland, 1992—
Allison Lawrence, M.S.
Instructor, Physics
B.A., Seattle Pacific University, 2006;M.S., PSU, 2009. At Portland, 2015—
Christopher Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
B.A., University of Wyoming, 2000; M.S., University of Georgia Athens, 2004; Ph.D., University of Illinois Urbana, 2009. At Portland, 2009—
Kathryn Lee, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A. Carroll College, 2004; Ph.D., OHSU, 2013. At Portland, 2015—
Larizza A. Limjuco, M.S.N
Instructor
B.S.N., University of Portland, 2008; M.S.N., Grand Canyon University, 2011. At Portland, 2015—
Henshiu (Cecelia) Lin, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Business
B.S., San Jose State University, 1990; M.S., ibid, 1994; Ph.D., University of Texas, 2000. At Portland, 2006—
Roberta D. Lindahl, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor, Business4
B.S., University of Portland, 1997; M.B.A., ibid, 2000. At Portland, 2000—
Ellen Lippman, Ph.D.
Professor, Business
B.A., Colorado College, 1975; M.S., University of Wisconsin, 1978; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 1991. At Portland, 1983-85; 1988—
Mindi L. Logan, M.F.A.
Associate Professor, Theater
B.A., University of Idaho, 1986; M.F.A., Rutgers University, 1989. At Portland, 1999—
Jessica E. Logue, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Philosophy
B.A., State University of New York, 2001; M.A., Syracuse University, 2004; Ph.D., ibid, 2006. At Portland, 2008—
Lora L. Looney, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Spanish
B.A., Colorado College, 1987; M.A., University of Chicago, 1990; Ph.D., ibid, 1997. At Portland, 1998—
Sigrun Loos, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor, Fine Arts1
Ph.D. University of Salzburg, 1970. At Portland (Salzburg), 1976—
Jennette P. Lovejoy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
B.A., Whitman College, 2001; M.S., Ohio University, 2007; Ph.D., ibid, 2010. At Portland, 2010—
Kenneth E. Lulay, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Engineering
B.S., University of Portland, 1984; M.S., ibid, 1987; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1990. At Portland, 1998—
Gary L. Malecha, Ph.D.
Professor, Political Science
B.A., College of St. Thomas, 1976; M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1978; Ph.D., ibid, 1987. At Portland, 1992—
Nazanin Mansouri, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Engineering
B.S., Iran University of Science and Technology, 1983; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2001;. At Portland, 2017—
Norah Martin, Ph.D.
Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Connecticut College, 1984; M.Litt., University of Edinburgh, 1989; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 1994. At Portland, 1994—
Kala Mayer, Ph.D
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., University of Texas, 2005; Ph.D., University of Washington, 2013; M.P.H., ibid, 2014. At Portland, 2014—
Shannon Kathleen Mayer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Physics
B.S., Pacific Lutheran University, 1987; M.S., Oregon State University, 1989; Ph.D., ibid, 1997. At Portland, 2002—
Steven G. Mayer, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry
B.S., Pacific Lutheran University, 1987; M.S., Montana State University, 1997. At Portland, 2002—
Rev. Charles F. McCoy, C.S.C., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.S., Baylor University, 1995; M.S., University of Notre Dame, 1998; Ph.D., ibid, 2000. At Portland, 2009—
Jen McDaneld, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor, English
B.A., Duke University, 2002; M.A., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2007; Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 2014. At Portland, 2014—
Ian McDonald, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science
M.B.A., University of Washington, 1983; Ph.D., Duke University, 2009;. At Portland, 2017—
John McDonald, M.A.
Lecturer, English
B.A., SUNY College at Buffalo, 1990; M.A., Portland State University, 1994. At Portland, 2000—
Lt. Col. Dennis McGee, M.S.
Professor, Military Science
B.A., Rochester Institute of Technology, 1996; M.S., University of Missouri – Rolla, 2001. At Portland 2015—
James E. McKittrick, Jr., M.S.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Business
B.S., University of Southern California, 1978; M.S., University of Oregon, 1982. At Portland, 2009—
Laura Ann McLary, Ph.D.
Professor, German
B.A., Bowling Green State University, 1986; M.A. University of Massachusetts Amherst, 1989; Ph.D., ibid, 1996. At Portland, 1999—
Sr. Kathleen McManus, O.P., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Theology
B.A., College of Mount Saint Vincent, 1980; M.A., Aquinas Institute of Theology, 1989; Ph.D., University of St. Michael’s College. At Portland, 2000—
Matthew J. McQuesten, M.A.
Instructor, Mathematics
B.A., Western Washington University, 2002; M.A.,
California State University, 2008. At Portland, 2011—
Joseph Nick McRee, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Sociology
B.A., Pacific University, 1992; M.A., The University of Texas, 1996; Ph.D., ibid, 1999. At Portland, 1999—
Patricia McShane, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
B.A., DePauw University, 2007; M.S., Georgetown University, 2013; Ph.D., Georgetown University, 2015. At Portland, 2015—
Mark R. Meckler, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Business
B.A., Brandeis University, 1985; M.B.A., Michigan State University, 1991; Ph.D., Florida Atlantic University, 2000. At Portland, 1999—
Jeffrey Meiser, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Political Science
B.A., Seattle University, 1999; MESM, University of California, 2001; Ph.D., John Hopkins University, 2011. At Portland, 2014—
Stephanie Michel, M.L.S.
Senior Librarian, Clark Memorial Library
B.A., Linfield College, 1996; M.L.S., Indiana University, 1997. At Portland, 2002—
Rebecca Mickel, M.N.
Instructor, Nursing
A.N., Linn Benton Community College, 1988; B.S.N., Oregon Health Sciences University, 2001; M.N., University of Phoenix, 2006. At Portland, 2016—
Gary Mitchell, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Business
B.A., University of California, 1984; M.B.A., ibid, 1988; Ph.D., University of Washington, 2005. At Portland, 2005—
Joane T. Moceri, Ph.D.
Professor, Nursing3
B.S.N., University of Washington, Seattle, 1979; M.N., University of Washington, Tacoma, 2000; University of Washington, Seattle, 2006. At Portland, 2012—
Elise Marie Moentmann, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, History
B.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1985; M.A., ibid, 1988; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1998. At Portland, 1998—
Martin A. Monto, Ph.D.
Professor, Sociology
B.A., Kansas State University, 1987; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles, 1988; Ph.D., ibid, 1992. At Portland, 1992—
Laura Mood, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.A., Michigan State University, 1992; M.S., University of Michigan, 2005; B.S., Valparaiso University, 1995; Ph.D., OHSU, 2015. At Portland, 2015—
Tamar More, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Physics
B.S., M.I.T., 1987; M.S., Brown University, 1990; Ph.D., ibid, 1996. At Portland, 2000—
Patricia D. Morrell, Ph.D.
Professor, Education
B.S., SUNY College of Environmental Science & Forestry, 1978; M.S., Oregon State University, 1988; Ph.D., ibid, 1992. At Portland, 1996—
Elizabeth Morton, Ph.D.
Instructor, Chemistry
B.S., University of New Haven, 2008; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2013. At Portland, 2015—
Patrick C. Murphy, D.M.A.
Associate Professor, Music
B.M.Ed., Washington State University, 1994; M.A.M.Ed., University of Minnesota, 1997; D.M.A., The University of Arizona, 2008. At Portland, 2008—
Susan Murray, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology
B.S., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1994, Ph.D., Oregon Health & Science University, 2002. At Portland, 2014—
Dakshina Murty, Ph.D.
Professor, Engineering
B.Tech., IIT Kanpur, India, 1974; M.S.Nuc.E., Univ. of Oklahoma, 1977; M.S.M.E., ibid, 1977; Ph.D., University of Texas Austin, 1982. At Portland, 1981—
Elliot Mylott, Ph.D.
B.S. Portland State University, 2011; M.S., ibid, 2015; Ph.D., ibid, 2017. At Portland, 2017-
Ali Na, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Communications Studies
B.A., Whitman College, 2010; M.A., New York University, 2012; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2017. At Portland, 2017—
September T. Nelson, M.S.
Instructor, Nursing
B.S., Pepperdine University, 1993; M.S., University of Oregon, 1997; M.S., University of Portland, 2008. At Portland, 2010—
Natalie Nelson-Marsh, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
B.A., University of Utah, 2000; M.A., ibid, 2002; Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder, 2006; At Portland, 2016—
Meike Niederhausen, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.A., New College of Florida, 1998; M.S., Purdue University, 2004; Ph.D., ibid, 2005. At Portland, 2005—
Hans Nordstrom, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.A., Lewis & Clark College, 1996; M.S., University of Oregon, 2001; Ph.D., ibid, 2005. At Portland, 2005—
Andrew M. Nuxoll, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Engineering
B.S., Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, 1995; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 2007. At Portland, 2007—
Mary A. Oakes, M.S.N.
Instructor, Nursing
B.A., College of St. Scholastica, 1984; M.S.N., University of Phoenix, 2004. At Portland, 2008—
Rev. Gerard J. Olinger, C.S.C., J.D.
Assistant Professor, Political Science3
B.S., University of Notre Dame, 2001; J.D., ibid, 2004; M.Div., ibid, 2009. At Portland, 2009—
Joanne Olsen, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., University of South Carolina, 1974; M.S.N., Indiana University-Purdue University, 1978; Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2010. At Portland, 2016—
Kathleen O’Reilly, Ph.D.
Professor, Biology
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1988; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1995. At Portland, 1997—
John Clarke Orr, Ph.D.
Professor, English3
B.A., Hardin-Simmons University, 1980; M.A., University of Oklahoma, 1983; Ph.D., Duke University, 1992. At Portland, 1993—
Peter M. Osterberg, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Engineering
S.B. & S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1980; Ph.D., ibid, 1995. At Portland, 1996—
Robert B. Pamplin, Jr., Ph.D.
Professor, Business4
B.S., Lewis & Clark College, 1964, 1965, 1966; M.B.A., University of Portland, 1968; M.Ed., ibid, 1975; Ph.D., California Coast University, 1976; D.Min., Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1982. At Portland, 1999—
Ian D. Parkman, M.B.A.
Assistant Professor, Business
B.A., University of Arizona, 2001; M.B.A., University of New Mexico, 2005; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2010. At Portland, 2013—
Bonnie S. Parks, M.L.I.S.
Senior Librarian, Clark Library
B.A., John Carroll University, 1992; M.L.I.S., University of Washington, 1998. At Portland, 2007—
Rev. Dan Parrish, C.S.C., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Business
B.A., UP, 1996; M.A., University of Notre Dame, 2008; Ph. D., University of Michigan, 2015. At Portland, 2015—
Col. Scott D. Peel, B.S.
Professor, Aerospace Studies
B.S., University of Missour-Rolla, 1989; M.A., University of Central Missouri, 1994. At Portland, 2014—
Valerie J. Peterson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.S., Santa Clara University, 2001; M.S., University of Illinois, 2002; Ph.D., ibid, 2009. At Portland, 2009—
Dann L. Pierce, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Communication Studies
B.A., University of Portland, 1976; M.A., ibid, 1979; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1985. At Portland, 1987—
Mark R. Pitzer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Psychology
B.A., University of Nebraska, 1989; M.A., University of Illinois, 1994; Ph.D., ibid, 1998. At Portland, 2011—
Cara Poor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Engineering
B.S., OSU, 1997; M.S., University of California at Davis, 1999; Ph.D., OSU, 2006. At Portland, 2015—
Rev. Mark L. Poorman, C.S.C., Ph.D.
Professor, Theology3
B.A., University of Illinois, 1976; M.Div., University of Notre Dame, 1980; Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, 1990. At Portland, 2011—
Pamela J. Potter, D.N.S.
Associate Professor, Nursing
B.S., Northern Illinois University, 1974; M.A., University of New Mexico, 1988; D.N.S., Yale University, 2004. At Portland, 2007—
Tara E. Prestholdt, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biology
B.S., University of Montana, 1998; B.A., ibid, 2000; Ph.D., ibid, 2005. At Portland, 2010—
Gregory L. Pulver, M.A.
Associate Professor, Theater
B.A., Humboldt State University, 1987; M.A., ibid, 1993. At Portland, 2012—
Nicole Ralston, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Education
B.A., Linfield College, 2004; M.Ed., University of Nevada, 2007; Ph.D., University of Washington, 2013; At Portland, 2014—
Lisa J. Reed, J.D.
Associate Professor, Business
B.A., University of Oklahoma, 1984; J.D., Duke University of School of Law, 1988. At Portland, 1997—
Giannina Reyes-Giardiello, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, International Languages and Cultures
B.A., Instituto Tecnologico de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, 1998; M.S., New Mexico State University, 2000; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, 2014. At Portland, 2015—
Edward W. Riley, Sc.D.
Instructor, Engineering
B.E.T., University of North Carolina, 1985; B.A., ibid, 1985; M.B.A., DeVry University, 2007; M.S., University of Lowell, 1987; Sc.D., University of Massachusetts-Lowell, 1994. At Portland, 2016—
Anissa Taun Rogers, Ph.D.
Professor, Social Work
B.A., University of Utah, 1990; M.A., Ball State University, 1993; M.S.W., University of Utah, 1997; Ph.D., ibid, 1997. At Portland, 1999—
Bryan D. Rookey, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Sociology
B.A., Eastern Washington University, 2000; M.A., University of Montana, 2003; Ph.D., Washington State University, 2009. At Portland, 2009—
Sally S. Rothacker-Peyton, M.S.N
Instructor, Nursing
B.S.N., Case Western Reserve University, 1977; M.S.N., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1983. At Portland, 2015—
Sruthi R. Rothenfluch, Ph.D.
Visiting Instructor, Philosophy
B.A., University of Portland, 2003; Ph.D., University of Nebraska, 2011. At Portland, 2014—
Briana Rotter, D.N.P.
Instructor, Nursing
B.S.N., University of Portland, 2011; M.S.N., University of South Alabama, 2014; D.N.P., University of South Alabama, 2016. At Portland, 2016—
Julia Ruppell, Ph.D.
B.A., University of Rhode Island, 2004; M.A., Portland State University, 2007; Ph.D., ibid, 2013. At Portland 2017-
Matthew J. Rygg, Ph.D.
Instructor, Education3
B.B.A., Pacific Lutheran University, 2000; M.Ed., Oregon State University, 2002; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2014. At Portland, 2016—
Stephanie A. Salomone, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.A., University of Michigan, 1997; M.A., Boston College, 1999; Ph.D., UCLA, 2005. At Portland, 2005—
Rene Sanchez, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Theology
B.A., Holy Names College, 1991; M.A., University of Notre Dame, 2000; Ph.D., Boston College University, 2014. At Portland, 2011—
Alejandro Santana, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Philosophy
E. John Rumpakis Professorship in Hellenic Studies
B.A., California State University, Fresno, 1990; B.A., ibid, 1992; M.A., University of California, Irvine, 2001. Ph.D., ibid. At Portland, 2003—
Anne M. Pitsch Santiago, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Political Science
B.S., Viterbo College, 1988; M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 1991; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 2000. At Portland, 2008—
Sarina Saturn, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychological Sciences
B.S., University of Oregon, 1997; Ph.D., New York University, 2003. At Portland, 2015—
Laura Schacherer, M.A.
Visiting Instructor, Chemistry
B.A., Reed College, 2001; M.S., Yale University, 2006; M.A., Columbia University, 2008. At Portland, 2014—
Maximillian Schlosshauer, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Physics
M.S., Lund University, 2001; M.S., University of Washington, 2002; Ph.D., ibid, 2005. At Portland, 2012—
James Schmidt, M.S.ECE.
Instructor, Engineering
B.S., Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, IUPUI, 2011; M.S.ECE., ibid, 2011. At Portland, 2015—
Rev. Jeffrey A. Schneibel, C.S.C., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Languages3
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1980; M.Div. Ibid, 1984; Ph.D., University of Chicago. At Portland, 2012—
Bernhard R. Schratzberger, Ph.D.
Adjunct Instructor, Mathematics1
Ph.D., University of Salzburg, 1998. At Portland, (Salzburg), 1997—
Nikolene A. Schulz, M.S.E.
Instructor, Engineering
B.S., University of Washington, 1996; M.S.E., University of Michigan, 1998. At Portland, 2012—
Jane G. Scott, M.L.S.
Associate Librarian, Clark Library
B.A., University of Oregon, 1973; M.L.S., Emporia State University 2004. At Portland, 2014—
Heidi E. K. Senior, M.L.I.S.
Senior Librarian, Clark Library
B.A., University of Oregon, 1991; M.L.I.S., ibid, 1997. At Portland, 1997—
Casey Shillam, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Nursing
B.A., PSU, 2000; B.S., OHSU, 2002; M.S., OHSU, 2004; Ph.D., OHSU, 2008. At Portland, 2015—
Louisa Davis Sills, M.N.
Instructor, Nursing
B.S.N., University of Portland, 1989; M.N., Oregon Health Sciences University, 1994. At Portland, 2008—
Frances J. Simmons, M.S.
Instructor, Nursing
B.S.N., University of California, Chico, 1970; M.S., University of Colorado, 1973. At Portland, 1989—
Zachary Simmons, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychology
B.S., Case Western Reserve University, 2001; Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara, 2012. At Portland, 2013—
Holly Simpson, M.S.
Instructor, Nursing
B.A, George Fox University, 2002; B.S., University of Portland, 2012; M.S., ibid, 2015. At Portland, 2016—
Rebecca Smith, Ed.D.
Instructor, Education
B.S., University of Portland, 2003; M.S., University of Illinois, 2008; Ed.D., University of Portland, 2017. At Portland 2017—
Diane L. Sotak, M.L.S.
Senior Librarian, Clark Library
B.S., University of Michigan, 1988; M.L.S., Syracuse University, 1996. At Portland, 2001—
Debra L. Stephens, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Business
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1975; M.A., University of Chicago, 1981; Ph.D., ibid, 1983. At Portland, 1997—
Susan B. Stillwell, D.N.P.
Associate Professor, Nursing3
B.S., College of St. Teresa, 1972; M.S.N., University of Flordia, 1982; D.N.P., Samford University, 2009. At Portland, 2012—
Susie Stragnell, M.S.
Instructor, Nursing
B.S.N., University of Utah, 1976. M.S., Oregon Health Sciences University, 2005. At Portland, 2006—
Karen Steinke, M.S.N.
Instructor, Nursing
B.S.N., Hahnemann University, 1994; M.S.N., Washington State University, 2003; Post-Graduate, Washington State University, 2013. At Portland, 2017—
Kristin E. Sweeney, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Environmental Science
B.A. Carleton College, 2009; Ph.D., University of Oregon, 2015; At Portland, 2016—
Scott L. Swenson, M.B.A.
Visiting Instructor, Business
B.B.A., Southern Methodist University, 1980; M.B.A., University of Texas, 1990. At Portland, 2015—
Joshua Swidzinski, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, English
B.A., Concordia University, 2007; M.A., Dalhousie University, 2008; Ph.D., Columbia University, 2015. At Portland, 2015—
Craig A. Swinyard, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Mathematics
B.A., University of Portland, 1998; M.S., Portland State University, 2002; Ph.D., ibid, 2006. At Portland, 2008—
Mojtaba B. Takallou, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Engineering
B.S., California State University, Fresno; 1977; M.S., Oregon State University, 1980; Ph.D., ibid, 1986. At Portland, 1985—
Buck L. H. Taylor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Chemistry
B.A., Willamette University, 2007; Ph.D., University of California-Irvine, 2012. At Portland 2017—
David W. Taylor, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biology
B.A., University of Connecticut, 1994; B.S., ibid, 1994; M.S., University of Michigan, 1996; Ph.D., ibid, 2001. At Portland, 2010—
Peter R. Thacker, Ed.D.
Associate Professor, Education
B.A., Antioch College, 1971; M.A.T., Lewis and Clark College, 1981; Ed.D., Harvard University, 1990. At Portland, 2004—
Patricia A. Thompson, Ed.D.
Instructor, Education
B.A., Carroll College, 1975; M.A.T., Lewis and Clark College, 1978; Ed.D., University of Portland, 2017. At Portland, 2013—
Paula Tower, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Biology
B.A., Oregon Health Sciences University, 1980; Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1987. At Portland, 2013—
Benjamin Tribelhorn, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor, Computer Science
B.S., Harvey Mudd College, 2007; Ph.D., Oregon State University, 2013. At Portland, 2017—
Lara Trout, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Philosophy
B.A., Rockhurst College, 1991; M.A., Marquette University, 1995; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 2005. At Portland, 2005—
David Turnbloom, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Theology
B.A., University of St. Thomas, 2006; M.S., Weston Jesuit School of Theology, 2008; Ph.D., Boston College, 2015. At Portland, 2015—
Sophia Tzeng, J.D.
Visiting Instructor, Business
B.A., Harvard College, 1996; J.D., Columbia Law School, 2000. At Portland, 2015—
Eugenijus Urnezius, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemistry
D.S., Vilnius University, 1992; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University, 1999. At Portland, 2009—
Mark W. Utlaut, Ph.D.
Professor, Physics
B.S., University of Colorado, 1974; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1980. At Portland, 1988—
Edward J. Valente, Ph.D.
Professor, Chemistry
B.S., University of California, 1971; Ph.D., University of Washington, 1977. At Portland, 2009—
Jacqueline Van Hoomissen, Ph.D.
Professor, Biology
B.S., University of Portland, 1997; Ph.D., University of Georgia, 2002. At Portland, 2002—
Tammy VanDeGrift, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Engineering
B.A., Gustavus Adophus College, 1999; M.S., University of Washington, 2001; Ph.D., ibid, 2005. At Portland, 2005—
Steven R. Vegdahl, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Engineering
B.S., Stanford University, 1976; Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1982. At Portland, 1996—
Amber Vermeesch, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Nursing
B.A., Davidson College, 2001; M.S.N., Vanderbilt University, 2006; Ph.D., University of Miami, 2011. At Portland, 2014—
Shazib Z. Vijlee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering
B.S., University of Texas, 2004; M.S., ibid, 2006; Ph.D., University of Washington, 2014. At Portland, 2014—
Phillip Vue, M.L.S.
Assistant Librarian, Clark Library
B.A., Oregon State University, 2006; M.L.S., University of Washington, 2011. At Portland, 2017-
Jacqueline M. Waggoner, Ed.D.
Professor, Education
B.S., Portland State University, 1973; M.S., ibid, 1975; Ed.D., ibid and University of Oregon, 1983. At Portland, 2004—
Valerie Walters, Ph.D.
Instructor, Chemistry
B.A., Kalamazoo College, 1978; M.Phil, M.S., Yale University, 1982; Ph.D., ibid, 1985; M.S., Drexel University, 2007; At Portland, 2013—
Hildgund Walterskirchen, M.A.
Adjunct Instructor, Music1
B.M., Mozarteum, Salzburg, 1968. M.A., University of Salzburg, 1977. At Portland (Salzburg), 1975—
Matthew D. Warshawsky, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Spanish
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1992; M.A., Ohio State University, 1998; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2002. At Portland, 2002—
John L. Watzke, Ph.D.
Professor, Education3
B.A., University of Iowa, 1990; M.A., ibid, 1994; Ph.D., Ibid, 2000. At Portland, 2010—
Sarah Nike Weiger, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, English
B.A., University of Michigan, 2003; M.A., Cornell Univ., 2007; Ph.D., ibid, 2011. At Portland, 2011—
Christine Lynn Weilhoefer, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Biology
B.A., Connecticut College, 1994; M.A., University of Texas, 1998; Ph.D., Portland State University, 2005. At Portland, 2012—
Stuart Weiss, M.B.A.
Visiting Instructor, Business
B.S. UCLA, 1974; M.B.A, Stanford, 1977; At Portland, 2016—
Bruce N. Weitzel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Education
B.S., Portland State University, 1969; M.S., ibid, 1971; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 1980. At Portland, 2004—
Rev. Arthur F. Wheeler, C.S.C., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, History3
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University, 1973; M.A., University of Notre Dame, 1976; Ph.D., ibid, 1979; M.Div., ibid, 1983. At Portland, 1987—
Rachel Wheeler, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Theology
B.A., Linfield College, 1997; M.A., Humboldt State University, 2005; B.A., ibid, 2004; M.A., Saint John's School of Theology-Seminary, 2012; Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union Berkley, 2015. At Portland, 2017—
Jeffrey S. White, M.A.
Instructor, German
B.A., Ohio State University, 1988; M.A., University of Massachusetts, 1991; M.S., Portland State University, 2009. At Portland, 2013—
John White, M.S.
Lecturer, Biology
B.S., California State University Hayward, 1991; M.S., ibid. At Portland, 2015—
Kaye Wilson-Anderson, D.N.S.
Associate Professor, Nursing
B.S.N., Delta State University, 1981. D.N.S., Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, 2003. At Portland, 2007—
Steve Wojcikiewicz, Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Education3
B.A., University of Notre Dame, 1997; M.A.T., University of Portland, 1999; Ph.D., Michigan State, 2007. At Portland, 2017-
Warren J. L. Wood, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Chemistry
B.S., Willamette University, 2000; Ph.D., University of California, 2005. At Portland, 2007—
Blair D. Woodard, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, History
B.A., University of California, 1992; M.A., University of New Mexico, 2001; Ph.D., ibid, 2010. At Portland, 2012—
Aaron Wootton, Ph.D.
Professor, Mathematics
BSc., University of Southampton, 1998; Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2004. At Portland, 2005—
Wilfred Wu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Business
B.S., University of Illinois, 1991; M.B.A., Boston University, 1996; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma, 2006. At Portland, 2014—
David J. Wynne, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biology
B.A., Amherst College, 2001; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2010. At Portland, 2017—
Min Yu, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Business
B.E., Tongji University, 2005; M.E., ibid, 2008; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2012. At Portland, 2012—