20 L7 Commencement Sunday, June IB,2017 AFTERNOON CEREMONY - 3:3O P.M College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Congratulations to the Class of 2017 Commencement is probably the happiest event of the yeat at Portland State as we celebrate the finish line for our graduates. More than 6,000 graduates make up the Class of 2017 from 47 countries and 43 states. The class refects PSU's rich diversity, with the oldest graduate at age B0 and youngest at age 15. \7e are conferring 4,375bachelor's, 1,600 master's and B0 doctoral degrees this year. Many of our grads will have families and friends to celebrate today's ceremonies, a fitting way to celebrate Fathert Day. For me, today is bittersweet because it is my last commencement as PSU president prior to stepping down this summer. I cant think of a better way to end my nine-year tenure than joining faculry, families and friends in recognizing the achievements of our newest graduates. Go Viks! t,^ //-*L 'ifim \Wiewel President
Table of Contents Program Order of Ceremonies........... ..................... 2 Platform Parry.............. ............................. 3 Portland State Universiry ...........................4 Our Vision, Mission, and Values ...............4 Academic Costume ............ 5 Faculry Excellence and Achievement Awards ................... 5 Faculty Emeriti 2016-17 ........................... 6 Student Speakers ................ 7 Commencement Address, Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa ..................................... B Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa............ .........9 Branford Price Millar Award......................................... 1 1 George C. Hoffrnann Award ........... ........ 12 Kenneth W. and Elsie \X4 Butler Award ........................ 14 Mary H. Cumpston Award............ ......... 15 Research Faculry Excellence Award................................ 1 6 Research Faculry Excellence Senior Faculry Award......... 17 Research Faculry Exceilence Junior Faculty Award......... 18 PSU Foundation Faculty Philanthropic Leadership Award............ ........................ 19 PSU Foundation Philanthropic Cultivation Award........ 20 Doctoral Degrees.......... ...........................21 Latin Honors 2016-17 ............................23 Academic Degrees 20 I 6- I 7 SUMMER 2016 Graduate Degrees.......... .......................... 28 FALL 2016 Graduate Degrees.......... ..........................28 Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates .......................... 29 WINTER 2017 Graduate Degrees.......... .......................... 32 Baccalaureate Degrees and Certifi cates .......................... 32 SPRING 2017 Candidates for Graduate Degrees ............35 Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates... 37 SUMMER 2017 Candidates for Graduate Degrees ............ 46 Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates... 46 FALL 2017 Candidates for Graduate Degrees ............ 50 Candidates for Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates... 50 Please meet graduates outside of the Moda Center following the ceremony.
Order of Ceremonies PROCESS IO NAL Faculry Doctoral Graduates Masterk Graduates and Candidates Bachelort Graduates and Candidates Platform Parry MUSIC Portland State Universiry \7ind Symphony, Ed Higgins, D.M.A. WELCOM E SonaAndrews, Ph.D. Prouost and Vice President for Academic Afairs NATIONAL ANTHEM Anntwannette McKenzie NATIVE AMERICAN HONOR SONG Bulls & Bears Drum Group MASTER OF CEREMONIES SonaAndrews, Ph.D. PRESIDING \(im\7iewel, Ph.D. President GREETINGS Sho Dozono, M.S. Portland State Uniuersity Board ofTiustees Greg S. Meyer, M.B.A. '08 President, Portland State Uniuersity Alumni Association STUDENT ADDRESS Daniel A. Vandehey Student Representatiue of the Class of 2017 Noel delaCruz Student Representatire of the Class of 2ol7 HONORARY DOCTORATES U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer, J.D. D.Hum.L., h.c.'77 Phil Bogue, M.B.A. D.Hum.L., h.c.'17 Avel Louise Gordly. B.S.'74 D.Hum.L., h.c.'17 COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS Earl Blumenauer, J.D. D.Hum.L., h.c.'17 PRESENTATION AND CONFERRING OF DEGREES \7im \(iewel, Ph.D. Sona Andrews, Ph.D. R ECE S5I O NAL Please meet graduates outside the Moda Center The audience is requested to remain seated during the processional and recessional
II Platform Party Wim \X/iewel, Ph.D. President Sona Andrews, Ph.D. Prouost and Wce President for Academic Affiirs Sherril Gelmon, Dr.PH. Presiding Marshal Brad Hansen, D.M.A. Grand Marshal, Presiding Officer of the Senate U.S. Representative Earl Blumenauer, I.D. C o mm enc ement A ddre s s, Ho nct rary Degree Recipient Phil Bogue, M.B.A. Honorary Degree Recipient \Tilliam Boldt, Ed.D. Chief Executiue Oficer and President Port/and State Uniuersity Foundation Avel Louise Gordly B.S. '74 Former Oregon State Senator Honorary Degree Recipient Creg S. Meyer, M.B.A. '08 Presidenr PSU Alumni Association Sho Dozono, M.S. Portland State Uniuersity Board ofTrustees ADM INISTRATIVE LEADERSH IP Margaret Everett, Ph.D. Vi ce Pro u o s t fn r In ternatio na I Afairs, Dean of Graduate Studies Sukhwant Jhat, Ph.D. Vice Prouost for AcarJewic Innoalttion and Student Success Scott Marshall, Ph.D. Vice Prouost for Academic dt Fisca/ Planning Kevin Reynolds, Ph.D. Interim Wce President Research dr Snategic Partnerships 201 7 REPRESENTATIVES Noel delaCruz Student Representatiue, Class of 2017 Daniel A. Vandehey Student Represent/ttiue, Class of 2017 ACADEMIC LEADERSHIP CliffAllen, Ph.D. Dean, School of Business Administmtlon Matt Carlson, Ph.D. Associate Dean fnr Undergraduate Programs Karen Mrrrongelle. Ph.D. Dean, College of LiberalArts dt Sciences Marilyn Moody, M.S. Dean, Uniuersi4t Library Delys Ostlund, Ph.D. Associate Dean for Facuhy Todd Rosenstiel, Ph.D. Associdte Dean for Research and Grarluate Programs COMMENCEMENT READERS Michael Clark, J.D., Ph.D. Maude Hines, Ph.D. Jon Holt, Ph.D. Eva Nunez, Ph.D. Jeffrey Robinson, Ph.D.
Portland State University Portland State University serves as a cer-rter of opportuniry for more than 27,000 students and a cornerstone for more than 171,000 alumni worldwide. The strength oFthe Universiry is irs world-class faculty, who serve the University and the community through teaching, research, and public service. Research at Portland State has more than doubled in the past decade, achieving new degrees of excellence through investments such as the $24 million National Institutes of Health (NIH) research and training grant that will fund the Enhancing Crossdisciplinary Infrastructure Tiaining at Oregon (EXITO) program. Portland State contributes an annual economic impact of $ 1.44 billion to the regional economy. Located in Portland, one ofthe nation's most livable cities, the University's innovative approach to education combines academic rigor in the classroom with field-based experiences through internships and classroom projects wirh communiry Partners. The Universityt 50-acre downtown campus exhibits a commitment to sustainability with many Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings, while many of the more than 200 bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees incorporate sustainability into the curriculum. PSU's motto, "Let Knowledge Serve the Ciry" inspires the teaching and research ofan accomplished faculry whose work and students span the globe. HISTORY Portland State Universiry opened in 1946 as the Vanport Extension Center to meet the educational needs of veterans home from \World \Var II. The first campus was a portion of Vanport, a wartime housing project that was destroyed in 1948 when a dike broke along the Columbia River. The campus was moved to north Portland in fall 1948, and in 1949 the Oregon Legislature made "Vanport College" permanent. Three years larer the campus moued to irs presenr location along downtown Portland's South Park Blocks, occupying the former Lincoln High School building. It was then known as the Day Division ofthe Portland State Extension Center. The Legislature created Portland State College as a four-year. degree-granting institution in \955. Graduate work was added in 1961, doctoral programs began in l')68, and thc institution became Portland Srare Universiry in 1969. The University has grown from an initial enrollment of 1,410 students in 1946 to become Oregon's largest urban research universiry. Our Vision, Mission, and Values OUR VISION Portland State University leads the way to an equitable and sustainable future through academic excellence, urban engagement, and expanding opportunity for all. OUR MISSION . \7e serve and sustain a vibrant urban region through our creativity. collective knowledge and expertise. . \7e are dedicated to collaborative iearning, innovative research, susrainabiliry and community engagement. . \7e educate a diverse communitv of lifelong learners. . Our research and teaching have global impact. OUR VALUES . \(/e promote access, inclusion and equiry as pillars ofexcellence. . \7e commit to curiosiry collaboration, stewardship and sustainability. . \7e strive for excellence and innovation that solves problems. . \7e believe everyone should be treated with integrity and respect.
Academic Costume One of the most colorful features of the academic procession is the appearance ofgraduates, faculry and guests ofthe Universiry in lull academic cosrume. The design of the gown, the color of the tassel on the cap, and the parrern, length, and colors ofthe hood all have long histories and special significance. American universities, unlike those ofEngland and Europe, have adopted a srandard code oFacademic cosrume. According to the code, the bachelor's gown worn by Portland State Universiry graduating seniors has straight sleeves and is worn closed. Gold, silver, and green cords are worn by honors graduates. The mastert gown has long, pointed sleeves with the forearm being seen through a slit at the elbow of the sleeves. The docror's gown is faced with velvet and has bell-shaped sleeves. Each sleeve carries three bars ofvelvet. The tassel on the cap indicates by color the college or school conferring the degree. In addition to the cap and gown, candidates for advanced degrees wear the academic hood, the traditional garmenr signif ing high scholarly attainment. The doctoral hood carries the colors ofthe college or school conferring the degree on the outside and PSUs colors of green and white on the inside. One legend, which deals with the origin of the cap and gown, reveals that a venerable teacher in ancient Greece promised wealthy parenrs that their sons would be "appropriately dressed" when presented at a banquet honoring the completion of their academic studies. However, when the young men entered the banquet hall dressed in simple sackcloth robes and carrying mortar boards, the mark of common workmen, a startled cry arose from the audience. "Let me explain," said the teacher as he raised his hands for silence. "Your sons are dressed in clothing of the mason, for their destiny is to build. Some will build cities, some will build lives-perhaps one of them may even build an empire. But all will be builders on the solid foundation of knowledge." Bachelor and Tassel / Hood Master Degrees Color Liberal Arts and 5ciences Arts.... .......White Sciences. ,.......Gold Business Adm inistration . . Drab Education ..,..LightBlue Engineering. Fine and Performing Arts . . . Orange , , . Brown Blue-Violet Architecture Public Health..... ... Salmon Pink SocialWork. .....,Citron Urban and PublicAffalrs ......Peacock Blue Doctoral Degrees Tassel / Hood Color Doctor of Philosophy .Dark Blue Hood Gold Tassel Doctor of Philosophy in Health Systems and Policy,,salmon Pink Hood Doctor of Education. Gold Tassei Light Blue Hood Gold Tassel Faculty Excellence and Achievement Awards SPONSORED BY THE EMBASSY OF Portland State University and the Portland State University Foundation are pleased ro announce that this yeart faculty excellence and achievement awards are sponsored by the Embassy of the State of Qatar, thanks to its ambassador and PSU alumnus Mohammed Al Kuwari '80 political science. THE STATE OF QATAR The Branford Price Millar, George C. HolTrnann, Kenneth W. and Elsie \( Butler, and Mary H. Cumpston Awards and the Research Faculry Excellence Awards are presented annually to recognize PSU faculty members for their contributions to the Universiry. The Philanthropic Leadership Award and rhe Philanrhropic Cultivarion Award were established by the Portland State Universiry Foundation to help recognize and support faculty for their work to build and promore a culture of philanthropy at Portland State.
Faculty Emeriti 2016-2017 Teresa Bulman, Ph.D. Department of Geography Professor Emerita Patrick R. Burk, Ph.D Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Associate Professor Emeritus Sharon Carstens, Ph.D. Department of Anthropology Professor Emerita Robert Daasch, Ph.D. Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering Professor Emeritus Maria DePriest, Ph.D. Department of English Associate Professor Emerita Erna Gelles, Ph.D. Mark O. Hatfield School of Government Associate Professor Emerita Susan Halverson-'W'esterberg, Ph.D. Department of Curriculum and Instruction Associate Professor Emerita Samuel Henry, Ed.D. Department of Curriculum and Associate Professor Emeritus Randy Hitz, Ph.D. Graduate School of Educarion Professor Emeritus Claudia Irla, M.L.S. University Library Professor Emerita Mary Ellen Kenreich, M.L.S., M.P.A. Universiry Library Professor Emerita Kristen Kern, M.L.S. Universiry Library Professor Emerita Kuan-pin Lin, Ph.D. Department of Economics Professor Emeritus Alan MacCormack, Ph.D. Universiry Studies Assistant Professor Emeritus David Morgan, PhD. Department of Sociology Professor Emeritus Arthur (A.8.) Paulson, Ph.D. Department of English Associate Professor Emeritus Barbara Ruben, Ed.D. Department of Curriculum and Instruction Associate Professor Emerita Ethan Seltzer, Ph.D. Nohad A. Toulan School of Urban Studies and Planning Professor Emeritus Craig Shinn, Ph.D. Mark O. Hatfield School of Government Professor Emeritus RonaldThmmen, Ph.D. Mark O. Hatfield School of Government Professor Emeritus The emeritus rank may be awarded upon retirement in recognition of outstanding performance
t Student Speakers Dan"iel A. Vandehey Noel delaCruz DANIEL A. VANDEHEy is graduating with a bachelort degree in communication studies. As a first, generation college student from a farming background, he did not realize the value of a college education. After being in the workforce for many years with no opportunity of advancement without the proper education, Mr. Vandehey decide to study a field that would give him rhe opporruniry ro learn new skills. His hard work has paid off. He is recogniz ed as a 2017 Distinguished Graduate in the pSU Deparrmenr of Communicarion. In his free time, Mr. Vandehey enjoys low-key gatherings with Friends, working with computers, and maintaining his 26-gallon planted aquarium wirh his aqua-scaping techniques. After graduation, he will continue his srudies by pursuing a Master of Science in communication and working as a graduate teaching assisrant in the Department of Communication at PSU. Mr. Vandehey would like to thank his wife Dawn, son Shane, and daughter Emma, for going without many of the comforrs to which they had become accustomed so he could pursue his dream. He is also thankful for professor L. David Ritchie and Professor Lee Shaker for their hours ofindividual attention and continued supporr. NOEL DELACRUZ will receive her Bachelor ofArts in conflio resolution. After attending her daughtert Freshman Orientation at PSU in 2015, Ms. delaCruz realized she could pursue her dream of completing her bachelort degree without the need ofadditional math classes, a subject she feared. During her time at Portland State, she was able to find the support and validation to become more confident in herself and find her voice both inside and outside of the classroom. Representing the graduating class ol 201- as a srudenr speaker is rhe culminarion of her education experience, and she no longer feels invisible. In her free time, Ms. delaCruz is an aspiring author, avid hiker, and enjoys spending rime wirh her rwo active grown children, three dogs, and an African Grey parrot. After graduation, she will return to Portland State Universiry ro pursue a Master of Conflict Resolution. Ms. delaCruz would like to thank Eldon delaCruz for his support and encouragement and her two beautiful children, E.J. and Cheyenne, for expressing their enthusiasm and supporr of her goals. She is tremendously grateful to her professors in the Conflict Resolution Department, including Robert Gould, Amanda Byron and Tom Hastings.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa Representatiue Blumenauer, Commencement Address U.S. REPRESENTATIVE EARL BLUMENAUER, a lifelong resident of Porrland, has devored his entire career to public service. \fhile still a student at Lewis & Ciark College, he spearheaded the effort to lower the voting age both in Oregon and at the national level. In 1972,he was elected to the Oregon Legislature, where he served three terms and chaired the House Education and Revenue Committee. In 1978, he was elected to the Multnomah Counry Commission, where he served for eight years before being elected to the Portland Ciry Council. There, his 1O-year tenure as the Commissioner of Public \forks demonstrated his leadership skills. He was responsibie For innovative accomplishmenrs in t ransportation, planning, environmental programs and public participation that have helped Portland earn an international reputation as one ofAmerica's most livabie cities. Elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1996, Rep. Blumenauer has created a unique role as Congress' chief spokesperson for Livable Communities: places where people are safe, healthy and economically secure. From 1996 to2007, he served on the tansportation and Infrastructure Committee, where he was a strong advocate for federal policies that address rransportation alternatives, provide housing choices, support sustainable economies and improve the environment. He was a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee from 2001 to 2007, and vice-chair of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global \(arming from 2007 to 2010. He is currently a member of the tVays and Means Committee and the subcommittees on Health, Oversight, and Ta-x Policy. Rep. Blumenaueri academic rraining includes undergraduate and law degrees from Lewis & Clark College in Portland.
l'' Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa Phil Bogue, M.B.A. PHIL BOGUE moved to Portland from Seattle in 1961 to open the Portland office of accounting firm Arthur Andersen, of which he was a managing partner. Upon arriving in Portland, Mr. Bogue soon began working to help elevate the reputation ofPortland Srare Universiry and to creare an active academic community, inspired by his undergraduate alma mater Universiry of\Tashingtont role as an anchor in the city of Seattle. He played a pivotal role in arranging for the PSUI name and motto of "Let Knowledge Serve the Ciry' to be added to the bridge on camPus. After retiring from Arthur Andersen in 1981, he served as assisrant to the president for universiry relations at PSU and as special assistanr and consultant to PSU presidentJoseph Blumel. In those roles, Mr. Bogue made many contributions to the Universiry including establishing a Portland State alumni program. Mr. Bogue is a generous donor to PSU, funding many significant priorities, including the School of Business Administrationt Karl Miller Center Building Fund, the Bogue Family Choral Endowment, the Bogue Accounting Endowment and the Center for Professional Integriry and Accountability. The executive board room in the Karl Miller Center has been named in his honor. In addition to this honorary degree, Mr. Boguet significant contributions to PSU have been recognized with a Distinguished Service Award in 1979 and a presidential medal in 2014. He served on the boards of the PSU Foundation, Portland Art Museum and the Oregon Symphony. As board chair of the Oregon Symphony, he had a central role in hiring longtime music director James DePreist. Mr. Bogue also served as interim chiefexecutive olficer olr PorLland An Museum in 1992, helping to ensure rhe museum's financial solvency. Mr. Bogue earned a bachelor's degree in Business and Ecor-romics from Universiry of \Tashington and served in the U.S. Nary for several years as a supply and disbursing ofiicer. He also holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
Doctor of Humane Letters, Honoris Causa Auel Louise Gordly, B.S. '74 AVEL LoulsE GoRDLY became the first African American woman to be elected to the Oregon State Senate in 1996. Her legislative record includes an array ofinitiatives that focus on culrural competency in education. menral healrh, and rhe administration of jusrice. In addirion ro commirtee assignments such as Joint tVays and Means, Education Policy, Tlade and Economic Development, and Environmental Qualiry Ms. Gordly advocated for and then co-chaired Governor John Kitzhabert Thsk Force on Racial and Ethnic Health and served on the Public Commission on the Oregon Legislature. Another innovation to her credit was the Governort Thsk Force <-tn Environmental Justice, now enshrined in law and a nationally recognized iniriative srill serving Oregonians. She also achieved notable reform in the Senate caucus system and briefly secured press access for meetings that were usually closed. Born in Portland in 1947, Ms. Gordly graduated from Giris Polytechnic High Schooi in 1965 and worked at Pacific Northwest Bell until 1970. That year, she enrolled at Portland State Universiry where she earned a degree in rhe adminisrrarion ofjustice. After graduation, she worked for the Oregon Corrections Division as a women's work-release counselor and later as an adult parole and probation officer. A key affiliation for Ms. Gordly was the Black United Front (BUF). A national civil rights group headquartered in Chicago, Portland's dynamic BUF was founded in 1979. In addition to handling media work for the group, Ms. Gordly coordinated the Front's Saturday School. Its African American history program was tied to curriculum reform in the public education system. \X/ith the Frontt spin-off, Portlanders Organized for Southern African Freedom, and in concert with the American Friends Service Committee, Ms. Gordly helped score key anri-aparrheid victories in Oregon during the 1980s. Ms. Gordly has received awards from groups such as the Y\WCA of Greater Portland, the NAACB the Oregon Youth Authoriry Delta Sigma Theta Sororiry the Girl Scouts, and the Oregon Commission for \fomen. In 2008, Oregon Health Sciences Universiry opened the Avel Gordly Center for Healing, dedicated to culturally specific mental health and psychiatric services. In 2009, Albina Head Start recognized Ms. Gordly's championing of funding for their programs srate-wide by renaming irs administrative headquarters in her honor. Recently, she received the Urban League of Portland's Edwin C. Berry Lifetime Achievement Award, the Legislar ive Leadership Li lerime Achievement Award from the National Newspaper Publisher s Association. the Skanner Netas, and the Portland Obseruer, and the J.C. Hawthorne League's Oregon Mental Health Caucus Founder'.s award. Oregon State Universiry Press published her memoir, Remembering the Power ofWords: The Lfe ofAn Oregon Legisla tor. Act i uist. a nd Com m u n i ry Leader in 2071.
Branford Price Millar Award for Faculty Excellence Hamid Moradkhani, Ph.D. PROFESSOR HAMID MORADKHANI, director of Remote Sensing and \Vater Resources Lab is a professor ofcivil and environmental engineering and fellow of the Institute for Sustainabie Solutions. He is a world-class expert with over 25 years of experience. He has made significant contributions on tackling the grand challenges faced by water resources planners, stakeholders and emergency managers here and around the world: how to be sure there is enough watef to meet demands and protect livelihoods and properties against extreme events as populations swell and weather parrerns shift due to climate variabiliry and change. Since joining PSU, he has developed and expanded a research program that is regionally, nationally and internationally signifi cant and advances the mission of Portland State. Professor Moradkhani is a highly cited author ofover 130 publications, and a pioneer in stochastic modeling, data assimilation, cyber innovation and uncertainry quantifi cation methods used extensively in engineering, earth science and many other disciplines worldwide. In recognition ofhis outstanding works and significant contributions, he was elected to the Hall of Fame of Samueli College of Engineering at the University of California, Irvine, and in 2015 he was awarded a fellow of Environmental and \7ater Resources Institute, recognized and designated by the American Academy of \fater Resources Engineers. He is a fellow of the American Sociery of Civil Engineers (2014), and diplomate of Vater Resources Engineering (20 1 1). He has chaired numerous technical committees, panels, conferences and workshops, and served on several advisory panels related to drought, flood, climate change and water policy issues. Professor Moradkhani has been on the editorial boards ofjournals, including AG U Water Resources Researclt, Eheuier Journal of Hydrology and ASCE Journal of Hydrologic Engineering among others. The Millar Award is given annually to a faculry member in a tenure-track or tenured appointment who has demonstrated excellence in the areas of scholarship. insrrucrion, universiry service, and public service, and whose performance in the area of schoiarship and research is judged to be exceptional.
George C. Hoffmann Award for F aculty Excellence Wayne Waheland, Ph.D. '77 PRoFEssoR wAYNE wAKELAND has been a faculty member in the System Science Program since 1978, and is no stranger to awards. He has received teaching awards from the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science and, four times, from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and student evaluations of Professor \Takeland are consistently high. Professor'W'akeland is recognized for revising curriculum to strengthen support for University Studies and the School of the Environment, and to enhance program contributions to the PSU mission. Professor \Wakeland developed 12 unique graduate courses at PSU, four collaboratively with faculry in other departments; five of these courses continue to be offered regularly. He employs the latest simulation technologies, and new online and hybrid teaching methods, including learner-directed activit ies to complement lectures. He routinely teaches more than his obligated teaching load, out ofenthusiasm for the subject matteq to meet curricular needs, and to foster campus coilaboration. Since 2003, Professor \flakeland has established a solid publication record with B3 peer-reviewed papers, an average ofnearly six papers per year. Of these papers,24lie in the applications area of organizational processes, 16 in biomedical dynamics, 16 in sustainabiliry 16 in health policy, and 11 regarding simulation and optimization methods. Professor \Takelandt scholarship has been generously supported by external research funding. Since 2003, he has serued as principal invesrigaror or co-principal investigator on l0 granrs From government agencies, including National Institutes of Health and NASA, private foundations, and corporate sources totaling $1.6 million. His scholarship was also supported by $58,000 in internal fundir.rg. Given Professor \fakeland's extraordinary contributions in instruction and service, his contributions in the area ofscholarship are even more remarkable. The Hoffmann Award is given annualiy to a faculry member in recognition of distinguished contributions to the lJniversity in the arear of instruction. univerriry iervice. and scholarship which are done in the spirit of humanism, civiliry and collegialiry with particular dedication to students and loyalry to the Universityvalues especially cherished by the late George C. Hoffmann, a distinguished dean and professor ofhistory at Portland State University. i
George C. Hoffmann Award for Faculty Excellence Franz Rad, Ph.D. Professor Franz Rad is described as the architect, builder and academic leader ofcivil engineering at portland State. rVith 46 years of service at the Universiry including 22 as department chair, he was a significant leader in establishing the program, the department, and the Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science, Professor Rad developed 13 courses and taught 1Z in the Civil and Environmenral Engineering Department. He secured funding and helped build many of the fundamental labs still in use, wrore the proposal for the Ph.D. program, and played a key role in the vision and funding of the new engineering building. Professor Rads dedication and service record includes seven years on the Faculry Senate, as well as universiry and departmental committees. His commitment to education is demonstrated by his creation and funding ofa 925,000 endowed scholarship for Civil and Environmental Engineering students. Important and active scholarship is another piece ofProfessor Radt distinguished career. He has over 90 publications in journals, proceedings, and technical reporrs. Professor Rad was the recipient of the first Arthur M. James professor of Structural Engineering endowed professorship, elected to the Academy of Distinguished Alumni at the Universitv ofTexas at Austin, and selected Engineer of the Year by the American Sociery of Civil Engineers (Oregon Section) in2002. His work in seismic hazards of building in Portland contributed significantly to building safety in the region and laid a solid foundation for the development of a few statewide earr hquake salery policies. The Hoffmann Award is given annually to a faculty member in recognition of distinguished contributions to the Universiry in the areas of instruction, universiry service, and scholarship which are done in the spirit of humanism, civiliry and collegiality with particular dedication to students and loyalty to the Universiry_ values especially cherished by the late George C. Hoffrnann, a distinguished dean and professor ofhistory at Portland State University. I3
r Kenneth W. and Elsie W. Butler Award for Library tr'aculty Service Mary Ellen Kenreich, M.L.S., M.P.A. '99 PROFESSOR MARY ELLEN KENREICH is the first person to receive the Kenneth tM and Elsie \(4 Butler Award for Library Faculry Service nvice. She has been described by her nominarion. committee as "highly respected and sought after for professional advice and conduct, unrivaled in her professionalism and work ethic and the epitome of a service provider." Professor Kenreich's leadership in the Library has included administrative d ur ies, lacul ry governance, promotion and tenure review, and committee service. \X/hen Prolessor Kenreich first won the Butler Award in 2006, she was recognized for being a leader among Library faculry as well as the greater library and technology communiry. She had served on the faculty senate, been on numerous campus committees. and volunteered for various campus activities, and worked behind the scenes with great dedication to ensure that relevant information was made available to Library patrons. Since then, Professor Kenreich has continued to "be a model of academic librarianship, which requires an adeptness in a key area oflibrary expertise, service to end users and research and service to the profession," wrote nominator Susan Hinken lrom the University of Portland. Professor Kenreich is receiving this award for the second time because she demonstrates continual dedication to the Portland State community. Professor Kenreich received her Master of Library Science lrom Kent State lJniversity and her Master of Public Adminisrrarion from Portland State University in 1999. This year marks Professor Kenreich's 25th year at P,SU. Professor Emeritus Kenneth \(4 Butler and his wife, Elsie'{4 Butler, established the Butler Award for Library Faculry Service to recognize outstanding performance by a member of the Branford P Millar Library faculry each year. The award recognizes excellence of library service to students, faculry and other library patrons. t4
a7 Mary H. Cumpston Award for Service to Students Becki Ingersoll, M.S. '97 BECKI INGERSOLL, a Portland State Universiry alumna, joined PSU in 1995 and has served as associate director of Advi'ing and Career Serr iccs since 2010. For the past decade, she has worked to advance student success initiatives, first in the Financial Aid Office, then in Admissions, and in the Undergraduate Advising & Support Center, and now in Advising and Career Services. Ms. Ingersoll always puts students first and has their best interests in mind. Ms. Ingersoll's recent student initiarives include imporranr projects such as the Coordinated Service Network, Four Year Degree Guarantee, Excessive Credit Prolect, the Last Mile Committee, and involvement with five diferent TeTHINK initiatives in the past thlee years. Ms. Ingersoll has served as the floor manager for the Portland State University Spring Commencemenr Ceremony for the past nine straight years, impacting the fir-ral moments and experiences of approximately 1 8,000 students. Ms. Ingersoll has served for 10 years on the Academic Requirements Committee and remains or-re of the mosr sready and deroted parricipanrs reviewing student petitions. Ms. Ingersoll has also served on the Deadline Appeals Committee for the past four years. The committee reviews l.-00 pcririons each year, meaning Tngersoll has had a hand in approving up to 6,800 Deadline Appeals Petitions. Ms. Ingelioll's direcr service ro students, her leadership in advising, and her engagemenr with student success initiatives clearly demonsrrares a commitment to servir-rg students and improving the systems that support them. Ms. Ingersoll represents the outstanding service to students that the Cumpston Award strives to honor. The Mary H. Cumpston Award for Service to Students is given annually to an academic professional or universiry administrator, without academic rank, who has demonstrated excellence in the area of service to students. Mary H. Cumpston was a beloved colleague who truly embodied the meaning of excellence in service to students to the Portland State Universitv15
Research Faculty Excellence Award YKristin Hole, Ph.D. KRISTIN HOLE, instructor of Film Studies, has served Portland State University since joining its facu1ry in December 2015. She holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Studies from Stony Brook Universiry. In her short time with Portland State's Film Program, Professor Hole has elevated the programt research profile through her own publications and through her acrive solicitation of research from other faculry in the program. Her astute research in transnational cinema, feminist fi1m, and film theory constitute imporranr contributions to film curriculum internationally while profoundly informing the campus discourse among Portland Statet faculry and studer-rts. Professor Hole's dedication ro research and wriring. and to inregraring both in her faculry role, has been exemplary, both for her colleagues and her students, who benefit from her research work in the courses she teaches on New German cinema and feminist film theory. Frequently engaging in lively conversations about film and culture beyond the classroom, Professor Hole has shown herself to be an important mentor to PSU students, particularly women considering Ph.D. Progfams. Professor Hole has already published several peer-reviewed essays in journals and collections, on par with what might be expected ofa tenure-track faculty member at her stage. Her work has appeared tn Angelaki and in the edited volume Fashion and Film (Indiana Universiry Press, 2011). In the last year, she published a monograph, Towards a Feminist Cinematic Ethics: Claire Denis, Emmanuel Leuinas and Jean-Luc Nancy, with the well-respected Edinburgh Universiry Press, and she co-edited 7he Routledge Companion to Cinema and Gender, published by the equally well-respected Routledge press. She has also co-written the texrbook, Fi/m Feminbms: A Global Introduction, to be published in 2018 through Routledge press. Additionally, Professor Hole has written several reviews and presented at numerous conferences in the course of her career. The Research Faculry Research Excellence Award is given annually to a distinguished non-tenure track faculty member in recognition of the importance, originaliry qualiry volume, and impact of the individualt research and scholarship. This award also recognizes the recipientt extraordinary success engaging PSU's students in rigorous research and academic discourse. 16
Research Faculty Excellence Senior F'aculty Award Niles Lehman, Ph.D. NILES LEHMAN, professor of Chemistry, has served Portland State Universiry for 16 years. He leads the internationally renowned Lehmar-r Lab, part of PSUI Center for Life in Extreme Environments; there, he and his team investigate the biochemical and genetic processes that drove the origins of life on Earth some four billion years ago and still drive the evolution of organisms today. Professor Lehman earned his Ph.D. in biology at the Universiry of California, Los Angeles. His thorough rraining arrd extensive experience in both chemistry and biology have distinguished his work from that of virtually every other reseatcher in the field. He is perhaps the first classically trained evolutionary biologist to work with systems of catalytic RNA evolution, a distinction which, combined with the high caliber of his work, puts him at the cutting edge of a large and growing field. His research has garnered significant support from distinguished sources such as NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Templeton Foundation. Prodigious in his research output, Professor Lehman has authored 67 peerreviewed research articles and 26 other reviews, book chaptert. commenraries. and editorials. His ground-breaking work has been published in such esteemed scier-rtific journals as Ndture and the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. He has served on the editorial boards ofthe journals Astrobiology and Trends in Euolutionary Biology and is now editor-in-chief of the Journal of Molecular Euo/ution as well as editor-in-chieFof the Chemistry Section of Lfe. In addition to distinguishing PSU through his research, Professor Lehman is an outstanding member of PSUI teaching faculty. He has twice won the John Elliot Allen Teaching Awald For hir classloom instrucrion in general chemistry, prebiotic chemistry, advanced biochemistry, and his general course on the Origins of Life on Earth. He is also highly regarded by the undergraduate and graduate students in his lab lor his mentorship and training. The Senior Faculry Research Excellence Award is given annually to a full professor whose important, original, and prolific research work consistently meets the highest academic standards. Recipients of this award exemplifi' PSUI commitment to excellence and to "let knowledge serve."
Research F aculty Excellence Junior F aculty Award Paul Loikith, Ph.D. PAUL LOIKITH, assistant professor of Geography and Director of PSUI Climate Science Lab, joined Portland State Universiry in September 2015. In his short time at the University he has made outstanding research contributions in climate science, published five new articles, mentored his students to remarkable achievements, and coilaborated with geographers, civil engineers, and other natural and social scientists on a range of research projects at PSU. Professor Loikith holds a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science from Rutgers University and is rapidly establishing an international reputation with his research, which focuses on the intersection of weather and climate. In partlcular, Professor Loikith is interested in understanding the dynamic and thermodynamic mechanisms that drive extreme temperature and precipirarion events and applying this understanding to evaluate climate modeis in order to better understand projections of future climate. Professor Loikith has published highly influenriaJ papers in prestigious climate science journals, including GeophTsical Research Letters. He has presenred his work in major professional societies such as the American Geophysical Union, American Meteorological Sociery and American Association of Geographers, and led international workshop sessions. Professor Loikith has received major grants from the U.S. National Science Foundation and NASA, totaling over $1 million. Professor Loikirh brings his cuttingedge research into his classroom and graduate student advising, where he consistently provides his students with exci ring opportuniries lor insrruction and collaborarion. including presenring at professional meetings and authorship of papers. A faculty fellow of PSU's Institute for Sustainable Solutions, Professor Loikith also contributes to communiry research projects, working with fellow faculry and in partnership with the ciqy of Portland and Clackamas River'Water Providers. The Junior Faculty Research Excellence Award is given annually to an assistant or associate professor who produces outstanding and original scholarly works ar an impressive rate while engaging students in the kind of rigorous research that typifies PSUI commitment to excellence and to "let knowledge serve." 1B
PSU F oundation Faculty Philanthropic Leadership Award Tim Allen Garyison, Ph.D. TtM ALLEN GARRISoN is a professor and chair of the Department of History. His dedication to fundraising for the Hisrory Deparrment and commirmenr to developing reiationships and engaging donors makes professor Garrison an outstanding recipient for the PSU Foundation's Philanthropic Leadership award. His acrive involvement in donor engagement has signifi cantly increased philanthropic giving to the History Department. Professor Garrison has made fundraising a priority during his rime as chair, and he truly understands the role philanthropy plays in strengthening the department. From a development perspective, Professor Garrison is the ideal faculty partner. He is genuine, has a great sense of humor and has a way with people that puts them at ease and makes them feel special. He is always willing to strategize with development staff about cultivation ideas for donors. Despite all that he is juggling as department chair and as a practicing historian, professor Garrison makes himself available for donor visits and works to develop prospecrs in the communiry. The most norable demonstrarion of Pro[essor Carrison s devorion to philanthropy is his work with the Friends of History Board of Directors. The board was developed many years ago as a way to build support for the History department, but had become inactive by 2012, when professor Carrison recruired Lou Livingsron ro serve as the new president. Together, they revitalized the board, rewrore the bylaws and began recruiting board members. Since then, the Friends of History board has become a key factor in rhe success of the History Departmentt fundraising efforts. Funds raised from the Friends of History are used to sponsor public lectures with renowned historians from around the world, support faculry and student research and honor student achievements. l 19
PSU Foundation Philanthropic Cultivation Award Kenneth Stedman, Ph.D. KENNETH STEDMAN is a professor of Biology at Portland State Universiry. He currently serves on and chairs a number oF commirrees around the universiry and within the Biology Department. In particular, his chairmanship and service on the Biology Department's Research and Development Committee makes him the ideal recipient ofthe PSU Foundation's Philanthropic Cultivation Award. During his 16 years with the universiry Professor Stedman has been prolific in his outreach to alumni, donors and research partners. He has secured dozens of grants, including eight grants of more than $100,000 from sources as diverse as NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. He has embraced the role of the Research and Development Committee with vigor and actively works with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Development Office to fuily engage alumni and donors and cultivate them for current and future gifts to the department. Professor Stedman has done a masterful job of stewarding many of the department's top philanthropic partners, ensuring a successful experience for not only the benefactors, but also for the recipients ofour donors' generosiry. Professor Stedman clearly understands the importance and impact of maintaining open, direct and thoughtful communication to the Universiry's philanthropic partners and goes above and beyond to leave a positive lasting impression of PSU and the Biology Department. He has also done outstanding work in mainraining a connection ro current and past faculty ofthe Biology Department, many of whom choose to support the department as a direct result of Professor Stedman's contact with them. Professor Stedman has shown himself to be a tireless advocate for not only the Biology Department but for all of PSU. He serves on the University's Educatior-r Policy Committee, the Faculty Senate, and is chair ofthe PSU Institutional Biosafety Committee. 20 -__
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