Planning, Public Policy and Management

Faculty and Staff

PPPM Tenure Track Faculty

Neil Bania Associate Professor.
Research interests: Poverty, Low-Skill Labor Markets, Welfare Reform and Income Policy, Public Housing and Transportation.

Jessica Greene Assistant Professor and Director of the Master of Public Administration Program.
Research interests: The impact of changes in the health care system on access and quality of care, particularly for vulnerable populations including the poor, people of color and older adults.

Judith Hibbard Professor, Faculty Fellow for IPRI
Research interests: How consumers make individual choices that can improve the quality of health care and their health outcomes.

Mike Hibbard Professor, Director for the Institute of Policy Research and Innovation (IPRI)
Research interests: Sustainable regional development and the social impacts of economic change, especially natural resource and agricultural development, on small towns, indigenous communities, and rural regions in developed countries.

Renee Irvin Associate Professor, Director for the Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management.
Research interests: The economics of nonprofit sectors. This includes regulatory oversight of nonprofit sector, endowment funding, comparative nonprofit/for-profit outcomes performance, rural philanthropy and economic development.

Laura Leete Assistant Professor, Director of the Undergraduate Program
Research interests: Workforce development policy and labor market institutions; poverty and social policy; nonprofit economics and nonprofit labor markets.

Rich Margerum Department Head, Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Community and Regional Planning Program.
Research interests: Environmental planning, land-use issues and collaborative planning and management. Other interests include environmental management, decision making and implementation and evaluation processes.

Marc Schlossberg Associate Professor, Associate Director of Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC).
Research interests: The use of GIS personal digital assistants (PDA) for understanding walkability of the built environment, safe routes to school for children and public participation through the use of GIS.

Yizhao Yang Assistant Professor
Research interests: Environmental planning, sustainable design, land-use planning, growth management, housing and residential quality, and feminist study of the built environment.

Robert Young Assistant Professor
Research interests: environmental and economic policy and planning, specifically the role that governance networks can have in advancing the development of more sustainable urban regions; and environmental policy and planning history, specifically innovations in urban environmental theory and implementation from the 19th century to the present.

PPPM Faculty Emeriti

Bryan Downes Professor Emeritus
Research interests: Community governance; strategies for achieving organizational excellence in the public and nonprofit sectors; leadership and management of public sector change efforts, implementing total-quality management, building sustainable communities, American and Canadian.

Maradel Gale Associate Professor Emerita
Research Interests: Sustainable community development, particularly from the grass roots; design of functional work environments in the Pacific, integrating traditional and western cultural concepts.

Carl Hosticka Associate Professor Emeritus
Research interests: Policy analysis, cost-benefit analysis, natural resource policy, government finance.

David Povey Professor Emeritus
Research interests: application of cost-effective technology to protect and enhance the Oregon environment and maintain a working economy, recreation as a regional development activity, sustainable development and regional self-sufficiency.

Jean Stockard Professor Emerita
Research interests: Social planning, with a special focus on youth, families, education, and health; the influence of personal characteristics on decision making; research methods and data analysis.

Ed Weeks Associate Professor Emeritus
Research interests: Applied research methods; how important questions in public policy and management can be answered through research; the application of rigorous methods to field-based settings.

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Research interests: Poverty, Low-Skill Labor Markets, Welfare Reform and Income Policy, Public Housing and Transportation. Jessica Greene Assistant Professor and Director of the Master of Public Administration Program. Research interests: The impact of changes in the health care system on access and quality of care, particularly for vulnerable populations including the poor, people of color and older adults. Judith Hibbard Professor, Faculty Fellow for IPRI Research interests: How consumers make individual choices that can improve the quality of health care and their health outcomes. Mike Hibbard Professor, Director for the Institute of Policy Research and Innovation (IPRI) Research interests: Sustainable regional development and the social impacts of economic change, especially natural resource and agricultural development, on small towns, indigenous communities, and rural regions in developed countries. Renee Irvin Associate Professor, Director for the Graduate Certificate in Nonprofit Management. Research interests: The economics of nonprofit sectors. This includes regulatory oversight of nonprofit sector, endowment funding, comparative nonprofit/for-profit outcomes performance, rural philanthropy and economic development. Laura Leete Assistant Professor, Director of the Undergraduate Program Research interests: Workforce development policy and labor market institutions; poverty and social policy; nonprofit economics and nonprofit labor markets. Rich Margerum Department Head, Associate Professor and Director of the Master of Community and Regional Planning Program. Research interests: Environmental planning, land-use issues and collaborative planning and management. Other interests include environmental management, decision making and implementation and evaluation processes. Marc Schlossberg Associate Professor, Associate Director of Oregon Transportation Research and Education Consortium (OTREC). Research interests: The use of GIS personal digital assistants (PDA) for understanding walkability of the built environment, safe routes to school for children and public participation through the use of GIS. Yizhao Yang Assistant Professor Research interests: Environmental planning, sustainable design, land-use planning, growth management, housing and residential quality, and feminist study of the built environment. Robert Young Assistant Professor Research interests: environmental and economic policy and planning, specifically the role that governance networks can have in advancing the development of more sustainable urban regions; and environmental policy and planning history, specifically innovations in urban environmental theory and implementation from the 19th century to the present. PPPM Faculty Emeriti Bryan Downes Professor Emeritus Research interests: Community governance; strategies for achieving organizational excellence in the public and nonprofit sectors; leadership and management of public sector change efforts, implementing total-quality management, building sustainable communities, American and Canadian. Maradel Gale Associate Professor Emerita Research Interests: Sustainable community development, particularly from the grass roots; design of functional work environments in the Pacific, integrating traditional and western cultural concepts. Carl Hosticka Associate Professor Emeritus Research interests: Policy analysis, cost-benefit analysis, natural resource policy, government finance. David Povey Professor Emeritus Research interests: application of cost-effective technology to protect and enhance the Oregon environment and maintain a working economy, recreation as a regional development activity, sustainable development and regional self-sufficiency. Jean Stockard Professor Emerita Research interests: Social planning, with a special focus on youth, families, education, and health; the influence of personal characteristics on decision making; research methods and data analysis. Ed Weeks Associate Professor Emeritus Research interests: Applied research methods; how important questions in public policy and management can be answered through research; the application of rigorous methods to field-based settings. PPPM Faculty, Adjunct and Supporting Bob Choquette Gary Darnielle Don Holtgrieve Jennifer Jordan Katherine Lieberknecht Cassandra Moseley Rob Ribe Joshua Skov Rhonda Smith Martin Tusler Affiliated Faculty Mark Gillem Nico Larco Philip Romero Anita Weiss CSC Faculty/Research Appointments Keavy Cook Krista Dillon Megan Findley Bethany Johnson Andre LeDuc Bob Parker Megan Smith ISE / IPRI Faculty/Research Appointments / Visiting Scholars Marcus Kauffman Kathy Lynn Cassandra Moseley Rob Ribe Visiting Scholars Faculty Office Hours click here (Excel) Staff Profiles click here This page updated July 28, 2008 Copyright © 2008. School of Architecture and Allied Arts, University of Oregon.

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