Planning, Public Policy and Management Faculty and Staff

Lisa Abia-Smith

Senior Instructor II
Director of Education/JS Museum of Art
Disability Studies, PPPM
Phone: 541-346-0966
Office:
Research Interests: Arts and Healthcare, Marginalized Communities, Art Education, Disabilities Studies, Museum Studies, Arts Management,

Megan Banks

PPPM, Sustainable City Year Program Director
Instructor
PPPM, Sustainable Cities
Phone: 541-346-6395
Office: 238 Hendricks Hall, 1209 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1209
Research Interests: Planning principles and practice, city-university collaborations

Shahinur Bashar

PhD Student
PPPM
Phone:
Office:
Research Interests: Environmental Sustainability and Transportation

Robert Binder

Visiting Assistant Professor
PPPM
Phone:
Office:

Doug Blandy

Professor Emeritus
Folklore Program, PPPM
Phone:
Office: 147D Hendricks Hall, 1209 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1209

Anne Brown

Associate Professor
Research Director, Urbanism Next Center
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2112
Office: 247C Hendricks Hall, 1209 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1209
Research Interests: transportation equity, shared mobility, travel behavior

Josh Bruce

Senior Research Assistant I
Associate Director for Applied Research
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-7326
Office: 231 Hendricks Hall, 1209 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1209
Research Interests: Community Resilience, Natural Hazard Mitigation, Disaster Recovery, Climate Adaptation, Environmental Planning

Jacob Callister

Pro Tem Instructor
PPPM
Phone: 541-682-4114
Office:

Gaylene Carpenter

Professor Emerita
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-5600
Office: 205 Moss, 5230 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-5295

Bob Choquette

Senior Instructor II
Graduate Coordinator
Disability Studies, PPPM
Phone: 541-346-3851
Office: 106 Hendricks Hall, 1209 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1209

Benjamin Clark

Professor & School Director
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-7320
Office: 147B Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: Coproduction, Crowdsourcing, Public Budgeting & Finance, Public Management, Public Administration, 311 Systems, Local Government, Wildfire Smoke

Chanda Diekotto

Global Studies GE, Masters of Nonprofit Management Student
Global Studies, PPPM
Phone: 541-346-9780
Office: Global Studies, 114 Friendly Hall, Eugene OR 97403
Research Interests: Languages, Outdoors, Management, Social and Environmental Justice, Human Rights

Bryan Downes

Professor Emeritus
PPPM
Phone: 541-683-1251
Office:

Aniko Drlik-Muehleck

IPRE Applied Engagement Director
PPPM
Phone:
Office: 230 Hendricks Hall, 1209 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1209
Research Interests: Community & Economic Development | Rural Development | Public Engagement | Collaborative Planning | Qualitative and Survey Research

Charles Drum

Courtesy Research Professor
PPPM
Phone: 503-545-8023 (Central European Time, heure d'Europe centrale, UTC+01:00)
Office:
Research Interests: Disability and Health Policy (health disparities, health promotion, and access to health care), Community Engaged Research and Training, Integrated Knowledge Translation and Accessible Dissemination

Keith Eddins

Pro Tem Instructor
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-8979
Office:

Amanda Ferguson

Planning Policy and Practice Lead
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2872
Office:
Research Interests: Community Development, Rural and Urban Land Use Planning and Policy, Natural Hazards and Resilience Planning

Elena Fracchia

Pro Tem Instructor
PPPM
Phone:
Office: 11B Susan Campbell Hall, 1295 University Of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1295
Research Interests: Philanthropy, Fundraising, Nonprofit Leadership, Community Engagement

Maradel Gale

Associate Professor Emerita
PPPM
Phone: 206-842-5133
Office:
Research Interests: Micronesia, appropriate-scale technical assistance; sustainability of marine ecosystems

Katie Gatlin

Undergraduate Internship Director
Pro Tem Faculty
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-1030
Office:
Research Interests: Courses: PPPM 404 Internship (fall, winter, spring, summer), PPPM 412 Internship & Professional Development (fall, winter, spring), 410/510 Event Management (winter) , 486/586 Philanthropy & Grantmaking (spring)