PhD Careers

FAROOQ, SADAF. "Sustainability Programs by Local Governments in Rural Cascadia; A Case of Rural and Small Communities Across British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon."

• Advisor: Brent Steel
• Policy Interest: Environmental Policy; Rural Policy
• Home Country: Pakistan

FRENCH, EVAEWERO. "Expanding Access to STEM Education: A Study of the Ghanaian Pre-Engineering Program."

• Advisors: Todd Pugatch, Elizabeth Schroeder
• Policy Interest: Social Policy, Education Policy
• Home Country: Nigeria

KING, HEATHER. "Scylla versus Charybdis: The Student Parent Odyssey Through Higher Education."

• Advisor: Mark Edwards
• Policy Interest: Social Policy

NCHADZE, LONTUM (SHEY). "Design, Delivery, and Duration: Evidence of Learning and Attainment from Malawi and Cameroon."

• Advisors: Todd Pugatch
• Policy Interest: Social Policy, Education Policy
• Home Country: Cameroon

SOKOLOVSKA, IVA. "Bridging Science and Society: Examining the Dynamics and Outcomes of Co-Produced Climate Knowledge in the Pacific Northwest."

• Advisor: Dwaine Plaza
• Policy Interest: Environmental Policy
• Award: Fulbright Scholar
• Home Country: Macedonia

TAUFIQ, HOSSAIN. "Community Benefit Mechanisms and the Public Policy Process in Ocean Renewable Energy: Fairness, Transparency, and Local Acceptance in U.S. Coastal States."

• Advisor: Hilary Boudet
• Policy Interest: Environmental Policy; Energy Policy
• Home Country: Bangladesh

CLAYPOLE, BROOKE. "Assessment of Sex Offender Registration and Notification Policy with  Social Construction and Wicked Problem Frameworks."

• Advisor: Brent Steel
• Policy Interest: Law & Crime Policy

FURQAN, MAHAM. "Valuing Resiliency from Microgrids."

• Advisor: Hilary Boudet
• Policy Interest: Energy Policy
• Award: Fulbright Scholar
• Home Country: Pakistan

GELVIN, BRANDON. "A Case Study of Responsibilized Action and Legal Consciousness in Rural Diminished Policing Conditions."

• Advisor: Brett Burkhardt
• Policy Interest: Social Policy

INMAN, CASSANDRA. "A Narrative Policy Framework Analysis of Food Assistance Programs in Oregon."

• Advisor: Mark Edwards
• Policy Interest: Social Policy

NAJAM, RAFIUDDIN. "Empirical Essays on Education and Fragility."

• Advisor: Todd Pugatch & Alison Johnston
• Policy Interest: International Policy
• Award: Robert S. McNamara Fellowship Program, World Bank
• Home Country: Afghanistan

OQUENDO PATINO, VIVIANA MARIA. "A Mixed Methods Analysis of Bottom-Up Rural Development for Peacebuilding: An International Literature Review and a Case Study in Rural Colombia."

• Advisor: Mark Edwards
• Policy Interest: Rural Policy
• Award: Fulbright Scholar
• Home Country: Colombia

SETIONO, DEDE. "Collaborate Differently: Analysis of Collaborative Governance Regimes in Indonesia’s Forest and Peatland Fire Management."

• Advisor: Edward Weber
• Policy Interest: Environmental Policy
• Award: Fulbright Scholar
• Home Country: Indonesia

SIDDIQI, MUHAMMED USMAN AMIN. "Politics of Environmental Resource Management Policies: Understanding the Role of Values, Identities, and Knowledge in shaping Public Support for Energy, Water, and Food Policies"

• Advisor: Brent Steel
• Policy Interest: Energy Policy
• Award: Fulbright Scholar
• Home Country: Pakistan

STELMACH, GREG. "Public Perceptions of Energy Development on the U.S. West Coast"

• Advisor: Hilary Boudet
• Policy Interest: Energy Policy

DE YCAZA CARRETTA, RICARDO A. "Ocean Governance and the Blue Economy in Panama: Policy Coherence, Social Constructions, and Social Equity Perceptions."

• Advisor: Ana Spalding
• Policy Interest: Environmental Policy
• Home Country: Panama

MOLINA, RAFAEL FELIPE S. "Understanding Welfare As We Know It: A Comprehensive and Updated Mixed-Methods Analysis on the Relationship between Public Opinion and Welfare Policies"

• Advisor: Christopher Stout
• Policy Interest: Social Policy
• Home Country: Brazil

MUTTAQEE, MAHMOOD. "Community Perceptions and Response to Microgrid Proposals - Case Studies from the U.S."

• Advisor: Hilary Boudet
• Policy Interest: Energy Policy
• Award: Graduate Research Assistant for Alfred P. Sloan Foundation project
• Home Country: Bangladesh

PRADIPTA, SENA. "Greenwashing as Public Policy Problems: Reflections from Indonesia"

• Advisor: David Bernell
• Policy Interest: Environmental Policy
• Award: Fulbright Scholar
• Home Country: Indonesia

RUFF, JONATHAN. "A Narrative Policy Framework Analysis of US Space-Defense Policy and the Operationalization of Plot"

• Advisor: Brent Steel and Michael D. Jones
• Policy Interest: Science & Technology Policy

GOLYA, TAMAS. "Effects of State Policies and County Characteristics on Wind Energy Siting in the Western U.S."

• Advisor: Brent S. Steel
• Policy Interest: Energy and Environmental Policy
• Home Country: Germany

KHAN, MUHAMMAD AATIR. "An Evaluation of Legislative and Policy Reforms in Public Education in the Province of Sindh, Pakistan"

• Advisor: Brent S. Steel
• Policy Interest: Social Policy/Education Policy
• Award: Fulbright Scholar
• Home Country: Pakistan

UL DEEN, SHAMAS. "Essays on Energy Poverty:  Exploring the Energy-Disaster Nexus, Fuel Choices, and Respiratory Health"

• Advisor: Matrk Edwards
• Policy Interest: Energy and Social Policy
• Award: Fulbright Scholar
• Home Country: Pakistan

ANAND, GAUTAM. "Essays on the Effectiveness of the National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) in Improving Antenatal Care Utilization in Rural Bihar, India"

• Advisor: Alison Johnston
• Policy Interest: Social Policy
• Award: Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship for International Research (SYLFF)
• Home Country: India

GARDEZI, NAJAM uz ZEHRA. "Health Outcomes in Pakistan: Empirical Essays for Policy Assessment"

• Advisor: Alison Johnston
• Policy Interest: Social Policy
• Award: Fulbright Scholar
• Home Country: Pakistan

O'STEEN, BRIANNA. "A Mixed Methods Analysis of Philippine Labor Export Policies and Impacts on Overseas Filipino Workers"

• Advisor: Brent S. Steel
• Policy Interest: Social Policy
• Award: Sasakawa Young Leaders Fellowship for International Research (SYLFF)

SIEVERS, TJORVEN. "When Policy meets Reality: (In-) Stability of Gender Ideologies and Parenting Practices in the Context of Shifting Parental Leave Policy Design"

• Advisor: Rebecca L. Warner
• Policy Interest: Social Policy
• Award: OSU President's Commission on the Status of Women (PCOSW) Scholarship
• Home Country: Germany

ELKARAMANY, MOHAMED. "Examining the Causes of Variation Between States in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program's Participation Rates: Empirical and Case Study Analysis"

• Advisor: Brent S. Steel
• Policy Interest: Social Policy
• Home Country: Egypt

FERNANDEZ, PATRICIA. "Sustainable Management of the Water-Energy-Food Nexus: From Traditional to Integrated Hydro-Irrigation-Restoration Systems"

• Advisor: Edward P. Weber
• Policy Interest: Environmental and Energy Policy
• Awards: Mexican National Council for Science and Technology Fellowship; Fulbright Scholar
• Home Country: Mexico

KARMAZINA, ANNA. “Barriers and Facilitators of Demand Response in the U.S. Electricity Sector: A Mixed-Method Study"

• Advisor: Brent S. Steel
• Policy Interest: Energy Policy
• Awards: Edmund S. Muskie Graduate Fellowship; Fulbright Scholar
• Home Country: Russia

MASKEY, STUTY. "Collaboration Challenges: Stakeholder Perceptions of Managing a National Forestry Program. A Case Study of the Multi-Stakeholder Forestry Program in Nepal"

• Advisor: Denise Lach
• Policy Interest: Environmental Policy
• Home Country: Nepal

AJAZ, WARDA. "Microgrids and the Transition Toward Decentralized Energy Systems in the United States: A Multi-Level Perspective"

• Advisor: David Bernell
• Award: Fulbright Scholar
• Policy Interest: Energy Policy
• Home Country: Pakistan

PETERSON, HOLLY. "Macro Stories: Policy Process Dynamics of Presidential Environmental Policy Ideas"

• Advisor: Michael D. Jones
• Policy Interests: Policy Process Theory and Methods; Energy and Science Policy

ZANOCCO, CHAD. "Co-producing Software for Environmental and Ecological Visualization"

• Advisor: Denise Lach
• Award: Stanford University Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Policy Interest: Coastal and Marine Policy; Future Scenario Modeling; Economic Development; Policy Process Theory

BUYLOVA, ALEXANDRA "SASHA."  "Cascadia Earthquakes and Tsunamis in Seaside, Oregon:  Perceptions and Behavioral Intentions of Residents" 

• Advisor: Lori Cramer
• Award: 2018-19 Hatfield Resident Fellow
• Policy Interest: Environmental Policy
• Home Country: Russia

GIORDONO, LEANNE. "Advocacy Coalitions, Shifting Priorities and Disability Services: Taking an Iterative and Integrative Approach to Explaining Policy Change"

• Advisor: Edward P. Weber
• Award: National Science Foundation Fellowship
• Policy Interest: Public Policy Theory; Policy Analysis

GULTOM, YOHANNA.  "Essays on Public Sector Contracting Out"

• Advisor: Rolf Fare
• Award: Fulbright Scholar 
• Policy Interest: Public Policy Analysis, Public-Private Partnerships
• Home Country: Indonesia

PINILLA JARA, JUAN PABLO.  "Party System Institutionalization and Accountability for Corruption in Latin America: The Cases of Brazil and Chile"

• Advisor: Alison Johnston
• Award: Fulbright Scholar (Chile)
• Policy Interest: Comparative Public Policy, Political Corruption, Political Parties
• Home Country: Chile

FISHLER, HILLARY K. "How We've Rebuilt: Collaboration, Community, Institutions, and Adaptation Following Catastrophic Wildland Fire in the United States" 

• Advisor: Brent S. Steel
• Award: Joint Fire Program Grant/USDA HEC Grant Fellow
• Policy Interests:  Environmental Policy; Wildfire Policy

HUSAIN, ABDULLAH. "The Narrative of Environmentalism in Kuwait."

• Advisor: Brent S. Steel
• Award: Kuwaiti Government Fellowship
• Policy Interest: Environmental Policy
• Home Country: Kuwait

PAKENHAM STEVENSON, ANNA. "Assessing Adaptive Governance Capacity of Western Water Communities" 

• Advisor: Edward P. Weber
• Policy Interests: Environmental and Water Policy; Collaborative Governance

UTAMI, ARINI. "Community Resilience to Climate Change in Rural Java, Indonesia" 

• Advisor: Lori A. Cramer
• Awards: Fulbright Scholar (Indonesia); Oregon SYLLF Fellowship for International Research
• Policy Interests:  Environmental and International Policy
• Home Country: Indonesia

FREEMAN, MISTY MASON. "Complicating the Rural in Oregon's Water Policymaking" 

• Advisor: Denise Lach
• Award: Oregon Legislative Policy Research Practicum
• Policy Interests:  Environmental and Rural Policy

PANT, SUMAN. "Examining Nepal's Community Forestry to Understand Opportunities and Barriers to Successful Collective Action" 

• Advisor: Brent S. Steel
• Award: Oregon SYLLF Fellowship for International Research
• Policy Interests:  Environmental and International Policy
• Home country: Nepal

TAYLOR, CASEY LYNN. "The Challenges and Opportunities of a Proactive Endangered Species Act:  A Case Study of the Greater Sage Grouse" 

• Advisor: Brent S. Steel
• Award: USDA HEC Grant Fellow
• Policy Interests:  Environmental Policy