PhD Career Destinations
Our PhD Graduates have found positions in both academia and the public sector in the U.S. and abroad, including:
Assistant Professor/Lecturer positions
- California Polytechnic University, San Luis Obispo (Political Science)
- Kuwait University (Environmental Science)
- National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan (Center for Advanced Studies in Energy)
- Pakistan Institute of Development Economics (Academic Director)
- Universitas Gadjah Mada, Indonesia (Agricultural Socioeconomics)
- University of Monterrey in Mexico (Academic Program Director, Political Science and Governance)
- University of South Alabama (Political Science)
Post-Doctoral Research Fellowships
- American University
- Cambridge University
- Stanford University
- University of Michigan
- University of Stockholm
- University of Sussex
- University of Victoria (British Columbia)
- Utah State University
- Oregon State University
Public Sector and Policy Positions
- Egyptian Food Bank (Director, Growth Lab Department)
- Hatfield Resident Fellowships (Portland State University)
- Mark43 (Senior Public Policy Associate)
- Nepal's Development and Social Change Program (Academic Director)
- Oregon Legislative Policy Research Office (Policy Analyst)
- Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (Manager, Water Quality and Quantity Program)
PhD Graduates
2024
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
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
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
KING, HEATHER. "Scylla versus Charybdis: The Student Parent Odyssey Through Higher Education."
- 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
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
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
2023
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
2022
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
2021
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
2020
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
- Advisor: Denise Lach
- Policy Interest: Environmental Policy
- Home Country: Nepal
2019
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
2018
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
2017
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
2016
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