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

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)

Tana Gonzales

Academic Program Administrator
PPPM
Phone:
Office: 119A Hendricks Hall, 1209 University of Oregon, Eugene OR 97403-1209