Faculty research and labs

Research by academic unit:

• Arts and Sciences
  • Anthropology
  • School of Biological Sciences
  • School of Molecular Biosciences
  • Creative Media and Digital Culture
  • Criminal Justice
  • Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies
  • English
  • School of the Environment
  • Fine Arts
  • Foreign Languages and Cultures
  • History
  • Math and Statistics
  • Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience/Veterinary Medicine
  • Psychology
  • Public Affairs
  • Sociology
• Business
• Engineering and Computer Science
• Education
• Human Development
• Library
• Nursing

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Arts and Sciences

Anthropology

• Anthropology
  Edward H. Hagen, Ph.D.; Nicole Hess, Ph.D.; Barry Hewlett, Ph.D.; Bonnie Hewlett, Ph.D., RN; Steven A. Weber, Ph.D.; Clare Wilkinson-Weber, Ph.D.
• Evolution of cooperation in small groups
  Nicole Hess, Ph.D.

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School of Biological Sciences

• Ecology at Mount St. Helens; response of populations, communities and ecosystems to catastrophic disturbance
  John Bishop, Ph.D.
• Trait evolution in symbiotic organisms; impacts of dynamic environments on host and symbiont distributions
  Stephanie Porter, Ph.D.
• Hearing and communication
  Christine Portfors, Ph.D.
• Conservation biology
  Cheryl Schultz, Ph.D.

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School of Molecular Biosciences

• Zebrafish pigment cell biology
  Cynthia Cooper, Ph.D.
• Reproductive processes at the molecular level; environmental chemistry and toxicology
  Steve Sylvester, Ph.D.

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Creative Media and Digital Culture

• Electronic literature; motion tracking virtual environment
  Dene Grigar, Ph.D.
• Mobile apps; multimedia books
  Will Luers, M.F.A.

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Criminal Justice

• Probation officer discretion; the sociological impacts of prison siting; the implementation and operation of therapeutic courts; offending desistance trajectories among youth
  Laurie A. Drapela, Ph.D.

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Critical Culture, Gender and Race Studies

• Transnational and immigration studies
  Luz María Gordillo, Ph.D.

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English

• Ecocriticism, ecofeminism; environmental justice literature; 20th and 21st century American literature; 17th century British literature; creative writing; environmental health issues; homelessness; oral history; civil liberties; social movements
  Desiree Hellegers, Ph.D.
• Masculinity; race and sport; feminism
  Thabiti Lewis, Ph.D.
• Discourse in society and culture
  Wendy Olson, Ph.D.
• Holocaust representations; exile literature; critical theory and history of criticism
  Leonard Orr, Ph.D.
• Gender and sexuality; Goths
  Carol Siegel, Ph.D.

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School of the Environment

• Aquatic ecology
  Steve Bollens, Ph.D.; Gretchen Rollwagen-Bollens, Ph.D.
• Global change and watershed biogeochemistry
  John Harrison, Ph.D.
• Waves, currents and sediment transport in the coastal ocean
  Stephen Henderson, Ph.D.
• Climate, biosphere and pedosphere
  Marc G. Kramer, Ph.D.
• Hydrology, ecohydrology, and landscape dynamics
  Kevan Moffett, Ph.D.

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Fine Arts

Art Gallery Committee

• Avantika Bawa
• Sherri Bennett
• Harrison Higgs
• Noah Matteucci

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Foreign Languages and Cultures

• Critical editions of the lyric poetry of medieval French knights
  Joan Grenier-Winther, Ph.D.

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History

• African and Atlantic world studies
  Candice Goucher, Ph.D.
• Native American programs
  Steven M. Fountain, Ph.D.
• Gender boundaries in industrial communities in Canada, the western U.S. and Australia
  Laurie Mercier, Ph.D.
• French colonial texts; slavery
  Sue Peabody, Ph.D.
• Nationalism, ethnicity and imperialism
  Xiuyu Wang, Ph.D.

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Math and Statistics

• Mathematical and computational neuroscience
  Alexander Dimitrov, Ph.D.
• Algebraic topology, discrete optimization, computational medicine, and computational biology
  Bala Krishnamoorthy, Ph.D.
• Wind facilities impact on eagles in the United States; marine protected area effectiveness in the North Atlantic Ocean
  Leslie New, Ph.D.
• Mathematical Ecology and Environmental Modeling
  Nikolay Strigul, Ph.D.

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Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience/Veterinary Medicine

• Hair cells and hearing
  Allison Coffin, Ph.D.
• Cocaine addiction, preventing relapse
  Barb Sorg, Ph.D.

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Psychology

• Multicultural psychology; substance abuse
  Art Blume, Ph.D.
• Adolescent health and wellness
  Jessica Fales, Ph.D.
• Neural mechanisms of morphine tolerance
  Michael Morgan, Ph.D.
• Coalition for healthy and equitable workplaces
  Tahira Probst, Ph.D.
• Psychology of chronic illnesses
  Karen Schmaling, Ph.D.

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Public Affairs

• Disability policy and neurodiversity
  Dana Lee Baker, Ph.D.
• International conflict; political psychology; evolutionary theory
  Anthony C. Lopez, Ph.D.
• Environmental governance; climage change policies on a sub-national level
  Mark Stephan, Ph.D.

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Sociology

• Gendered organization of paid and unpaid labor
  Katrina Leupp, Ph.D.
• Social inequality
  Alair Maclean, Ph.D.

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Business

• Corporate governance; capital market; shareholder litigation
  Li Xu, Ph.D.
• Entrepreneurial storytelling processes and methods
  Rohny Saylors, Ph.D.
• Entrepreneurship; biases in decision-making; internet and e-commerce; quantitative marketing models; statistical models
  U.N. Umesh, Ph.D.
• Individual security research; synthesis of IT in business
  Michael Curry, D.B.A.
• Hospitality and tourism
  Florian Zach, Ph.D.
• Organizational justice; workplace conflict; negotiations
  Tom Tripp, Ph.D.
• Practical ethics in action
  Jane Cote, Ph.D.

• Restorative justice in organizations; organizational ethics; organizational governance
  Jerry Goodstein, Ph.D.

• Software innovation development and adoption; internet-based systems and cross-cultural issues
  Greg Rose, Ph.D.

• Tourism experiences and digital technology
  Iis Tussyadiah

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Education

• At Home At School (AHAS)
  Susan Finley, Ph.D.
• General and special education in rural education; teacher preparation/induction; legal ramifications of admissions and dismissal decisions from professional programs
  June Canty, Ph.D.
• Language and education in culturally and linguistically diverse settings using ethnographic and sociolinguistic perspectives
  Gisela Ernst-Slavit, Ph.D.
• Leadership roles in schools; education structure and influence by social and organizational complexity
  Sharon Kruse, Ph.D.
• Mathematical reasoning and proof; STEM education
  Kristin Lesseig, Ph.D.
• Northwest Passage: Journal of Educational Practices
  Richard Sawyer, Ed.D.
• PRiSSM: Partnership for Reform in Secondary Science and Mathematics
  Tamara Holmlund Nelson, Ph.D.; David Slavit, Ph.D.
• Racism in schools; critical race theory; after school programs; community engagement
  Shameem Rakha, Ph.D.
• STRIDE Project
  David Slavit, Ph.D.
• Wisdom of Pratice: An Online Journal of Action Research
  Linda Mabry, Ph.D.
• Writing interventions with technology
  Michael Dunn, Ph.D.

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Engineering and Computer Science

• Advanced materials and manufacturing
  Dave (Dae-wook) Kim, Ph.D.
• Computer-aided engineering
  Linda (Xiaolin) Chen, Ph.D.
• Distributed Systems Reseach Lab
  Xinghui Zhao, Ph.D.
• Electrochemical Engineering Lab
  Sun Ung Kim, Ph.D.
• Fluid dynamics and heat transfer
  Stephen A. Solovitz, Ph.D.
• Interfacial fluid dynamics lab
  Hua Tan, Ph.D.
• Micro-nano-bio systems
  Jong-Hoon Kim, Ph.D.
• Micro/Nanoelectronics and Energy Laboratory
  Feng Zhao, Ph.D.
• Nanomaterials and sensing applications
  Praveen Sekhar, Ph.D.
• Parallel and distributed storage
  Xuechen Zhang, Ph.D.
• Radio Frequency (RF) Research Lab
  Tutku Karacolak, Ph.D.
• Robotics and automation
  Hakan Gurocak, Ph.D.

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Human Development

• Families in poverty; rural families; co-parenting; health issues
  Yoshie Sano, Ph.D.
• Healthy aging; family gerontology; depression in adulthood; grief, coping and loss; personality development
  Cory Bolkan, Ph.D.
• Youth growing up at dehumanizing margins of democratic societies
  Marcelo Diversi, Ph.D.

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Library

• Global resource sharing; electronic books and interlibrary loan; electronic reserves; purchase on demand
  Linda Frederiksen, M.L.S.
• Physical space impact on studying; information literacy learning
  Karen Diller, Ph.D.
• Usability and accessibility of web-based library resources; systemic reviews as evidence-based practice for librarians
  Nicole Campbell, M.L.I.S.

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Nursing

• Children with physical disabilities and their intersection with alcohol and drug abuse, as well as their family outcomes
  Linda Eddy, PhD
• Community-based participatory research; cross cultural translation; instrument development using structural equational modeling methods; survey research using chi-square and multi-variate logistic regression analyses; qualitative, thematic analysis research
  Connie Nguyen-Truong, PhD, RN, PCCN
• Cultural competence/cultural safety in health care; nursing workforce diversity; cross cultural ethics
  Dawn Doutrich, PhD, RN, CNS
• Global health, child and adolescent health; curriculum development; organizational systems; leadership
  Anita Hunter, PhD, MSN, RN, FAAN
• Meaning and practice of cultural safety in nursing practice and education
  Lida Dekker, EdD, MN, RN, PHCNS-BC
• Prescribing patterns for pediatric ADHD in Oregon and Washington Medicaid patients; nurse practitioner assessment and management of pediatric head injury
  Tracy Klein, PhD, FNP, ARNP, FAAN, FAANP

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