Planning, Public Policy and Management Faculty and Staff

Lisa Abia-Smith

Senior Instructor I
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:

Doug Blandy

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

Anne Brown

Assistant Professor
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

Tapan Dhar

Visiting Assistant Professor
PPPM
Phone:
Office: 109 Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: Urban design, Environmental design, Climate change resilience, Disaster planning

Bryan Downes

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

Aniko Drlik-Muehleck

IPRE Applied Rsch Portfolio Mgr
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-2873
Office: 230 Hendricks Hall

Keith Eddins

Pro Tem Instructor
Law, Law-CRES, PPPM
Phone: 541-346-8979
Office: 119 Hendricks

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

Tana Gonzales

Interim Business Operation Manager
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

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

Donald Holtgrieve

Instructor
PPPM
Phone: 541-206-8541
Office: 13 Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: Historical Geography, Environmental Planning and Management

Carl Hosticka

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

Michael Howard

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

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

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
Co-Director - Institute for Policy Research and Engagement
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-4432
Office: 247A Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: Land Use Policy, Growth Management, Urban Form, Housing Affordability in Rural Oregon, Transportation Planning and Finance

Shengxiao (Alex) Li

Visiting Assistant Professor
PPPM
Phone:
Office: Hendricks 107
Research Interests: Transportation planning and policy, Age-friendly urban planning, local climate change actions

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: 147B Hendricks 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 I, Undergraduate Internship Director
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
Assistant 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

Sian Meng

PhD Student
PPPM
Phone:
Office:

Nicole Ngo

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

Mark Nystrom

Pro Tem Instructor
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-3635
Office: 013 Hendricks Hall
Research Interests: Capstone, Public and Nonprofit Financial Management, and Lobbying

Roland Ofori

Visiting Assistant Professor
PPPM
Phone:
Office: 128 Hendricks Hall

Adrian Parr

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, Philosophy, PPPM
Phone:
Office: Lawrence Hall
Research Interests: contemporary art, cultural studies, art & architectural theory, environmental theory

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
Senate Vice President and President-Elect, University of Oregon Senate
PPPM
Phone: 541-346-8432
Office:
Research Interests: Community Development, Urban Planning and Migration, Neighborhood Revitalization

Kaushal Sapkota

PhD Student
PPPM
Phone:
Office:

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

Ric Stephens

Instructor
PPPM
Phone: 503-501-7397
Office: 119 Hendricks Hall

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

Senior Instructor II/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