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: 1430 Johnson Lane
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
Research Interests: Planning principles and practice, city-university collaborations

Shahinur Bashar

PhD Student
PPPM
Phone:
Office: Hendricks Hall, 1B
Research Interests: Environmental Sustainability and Transportation

Robert Binder

Visiting Assistant Professor
PPPM
Phone:
Office:

Doug Blandy

Professor Emeritus
Folklore Program, PPPM
Phone: 541-346-3397
Office: 147D Hendricks Hall

Anne Brown

Associate Professor
Research Director, Urbanism Next Center
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2112
Office: 247C Hendricks Hall
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
Research Interests: Community Resilience, Natural Hazard Mitigation, Disaster Recovery, Climate Adaptation, Environmental Planning

Jacob Callister

Pro Tem Instructor
PPPM
Phone: 541-682-4114
Office: 128 Hendricks

Gaylene Carpenter

Professor Emerita
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-5600
Office: 205 Moss

Bob Choquette

Senior Instructor II
Graduate Coordinator
Disability Studies, PPPM
Phone: 541-346-3851
Office: 106 Hendricks Hall

Benjamin Clark

School Director & Associate Professor
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-7320
Office: 147B Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: Coproduction, Crowdsourcing, Autonomous Vehicles, Public Budgeting & Finance, Public Management, Public Administration, 311 Systems, Local Government, COVID-19, Coronavirus

Chanda Diekotto

Global Studies GE, Masters of Nonprofit Management Student
Global Studies, PPPM
Phone: 541-346-9780
Office: Global Studies
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: 541-286-5110
Office: 230 Hendricks Hall
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: 119 Hendricks

Amanda Ferguson

Planning Policy and Practice Lead
PPPM
Phone:
Office: 258 Hendricks Hall
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
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
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-1030
Office: Hendricks 128

Tana Gonzales

Business Operations Assistant
PPPM
Phone: (541)346-3635
Office: 119A Hendricks Hall

Thomas Gotschi

Pro Tem Research Associate
PPPM
Phone:
Office:
Research Interests: Transportation and health, Sustainable transportation, Active transportation, Impact modeling, Cycling safety

Melissa Graciosa

Applied Research Portfolio Manager
Instructor of Record, Project Director
Institute for Policy Research and Engagement, PPPM
Phone: (541) 525-0060
Office: 235 Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: Disaster Resilience and Recovery, Land Use Planning and Policy, Environmental Planning, Community and Economic Development, Collaboration

Judith Hibbard

Professor Emerita, Faculty Fellow for Institute for Policy Research and Innovation
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-0675
Office: 147C Hendricks Hall

Michael Hibbard

Professor Emeritus, Past President, Association of Collegiate Schools of Planning (ACSP), Past Director, Institute for Policy Research and Innovation
PPPM
Phone: 541-914-3741
Office: 12A Hendricks Hall

Joel Hicks

Visiting Assistant Professor
PPPM
Phone:
Office:

Carl Hosticka

Associate Professor Emeritus
PPPM
Phone: 503-475-2305
Office:

Michael Howard

Program Director Oregon Partnership for Disaster Resilience
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-8413
Office: 232 Hendricks Hall

Patrick Hunnicutt

Assistant Professor
PPPM
Phone:
Office:

Renee Irvin

Professor
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2155
Office: 206 Johnson Hall
Research Interests: Economics of nonprofit organizations and philanthropy, regulation of the nonprofit sector, federal and state policy affecting asset-building and wealth distribution, think tanks and their funders vis-à-vis tax reform and inequality in the US.

Edward J. Jepson, Jr.

Instructor
PPPM
Phone: 865-470-0123
Office: 119 Hendricks
Research Interests: Socio-economic development planning, sustainability/sustainable development, planning and nonprofits, environmental planning

Kaarin Knudson

Pro Tem Instructor
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2687
Office: 254 Lawrence Hall

Yekang Ko

Associate Professor
Director, APRU Sustainable Cities and Landscapes Program; Senior Scientist, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Landscape Arch, PPPM
Phone:
Office: 213 Lawrence Hall
Research Interests: urban sustainability, energy landscapes, green infrastructure planning, climate-responsive urban design, actions for climate justice

Mia Kubu

Program Support Specialist
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-1456
Office: Hendricks 119B

Patricia Lambert

Professor
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2050
Office: 108 Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: nonprofit management, international public policy, historical public policy analysis, cultural policy, arts & cultural leadership, arts in health

Diane Lang

Instructor
PPPM
Phone: 541-484-7254
Office: 13 Hendricks Hall

Laura Leete

Associate Professor
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-0834
Office: 156 Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: policy analysis, labor markets, poverty and social policy

Rebecca Lewis

Associate Professor
Director - Institute for Policy Research and Engagement
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-4432
Office: 247A Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: Land Use Policy, Housing Production, State and Local Governance, Transportation Finance

Richard Margerum

Professor of Planning, Public Policy, and Management
Associate Dean for Faculty and Academic Affairs
College of Design, Environmental Studies, PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2526
Office: 107A Lawrence Hall
Research Interests: Collaborative governance, environmental planning and policy, watershed management

Dyana Mason

Associate Professor
Director, Master's in Nonprofit Management
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2324
Office: 147C Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: Nonprofit management and governance, fundraising, advocacy.

Jessica Matthiesen

Senior Instructor II, Undergraduate Program Director
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-3604
Office: 103 Hendricks Hall

Laura McGinnis

Pro Tem Instructor
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-8377
Office: 10A Johnson Hall
Research Interests: Civil and Human Rights, Storytelling, Public Relations

José W. Meléndez

PhD Program Director
Associate Professor
CLLAS, IRES, PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2142
Office: 111 Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: Civic engagement, Design-based research, Designing for equity, Designing learning environments, Designing participatory processes, Discourse analysis, Activity systems, Latino/a/x immigrants, Collective & system level learning, Learning Sciences

Nicole Ngo

Associate Professor
Disability Studies, PPPM
Phone: 541-346-0687
Office: 158 Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: environmental health, air pollution, transportation, urban sustainability

Robert Parker

Instructor
IPRE Director; CPW Program Director; PPPM Teaching Faculty
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-3801
Office: 235 Hendricks Hall

Adrian Parr Zaretsky

Dean, College of Design
Professor, Planning, Public Policy and Management; Associated Faculty, History of Art and Architecture and Landscape Architecture
College of Design, History Art & Arch, Landscape Arch, PPPM
Phone:
Office: Lawrence Hall
Research Interests: contemporary art, cultural studies, art & architectural theory, environmental theory

Angela Phinney

Business Operations Manager
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-3886
Office:

Eleonora Redaelli

Professor
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2298
Office: 102 Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: Cultural Policy, Creative Placemaking, Theories of Place, Participation, American Cities, Arts Management

Stacy Rosenberg

Instructor
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-0675
Office: 130 Hendricks Hall

Andrew Russo

Visiting Assistant Professor
PPPM
Phone:
Office: Hendricks 121B
Research Interests: Disaster Governance, Nonprofits, Coffee

Gerard Sandoval

Professor, Planning, Public Policy and Management
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-8432
Office: 147A Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: community development, urban planning and immigration, neighborhood revitalization

Kaushal Sapkota

PhD Student
PPPM
Phone:
Office: Hendricks Hall 1B, 1209 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA 97403-1209
Research Interests: Nonprofit management, diaspora and transnational civil society, higher education, nonprofit management education

Marc Schlossberg

Professor, City & Regional Planning
Co-Director Sustainable Cities Institute (SCI)
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2046
Office: 247B Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: sustainability, transportation, social change

Jean Stockard

Professor Emerita
PPPM
Phone: 541-556-2694
Office: 147D Hendricks Hall

Daniel Stotter

Instructor
PPPM
Phone: 541-738-2601
Office: 11B Susan Campbell Hall

Julie Voelker-Morris

Distinguished Teaching Professor/ Graduate Career Services Director
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2179
Office: 121A Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: experiential learning; leadership, professional and career development and coaching; cultural agility and systems of oppression and access; arts & cultural leadership, management, and programming

Edward Weeks

Associate Professor
PPPM
Phone: 541-517-2236
Office: 121B Hendricks Hall

Joe Wheeler

PhD Student
PPPM
Phone:
Office:

Yizhao Yang

Professor
SCI-China Program Director
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-0833
Office: 115 Hendricks Hall