Portland State University Commencement 2020 Program
20 20Portland State UniversityCommencementSunday, June 14, 2020
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CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PSU CLASS OF 2020Dear Members of the PSU Class of 2020,Commencement is the result of your hard work anddedication and the contributions of the family members,friends, mentors, and educators who supported you onyour journey. Please take a moment to thank them.Members of the Class of 2020, you join a network ofnearly 179,000 proud PSU alumni. I encourage you totake everything you have learned at PSU to improve thelives of others. I look forward to the day that your successstories will inspire future graduating classes.As you celebrate, please know how proud we are of you,your academic achievements, and your commitment tocontributing to others. We hope you will stay in touch asmembers of our PSU family.Go Viks!Stephen PercyInterim President
TABLE OF CONTENTSPortland State University.2School of Social Work. 78History.2Student Speakers. 78Our Vision, Mission, and Values.2Commencement Address. 79Academic Costume.3Doctoral Degrees. 80Faculty and Staff Excellence and Achievement Awards.4Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates. 80Branford Price Millar Award for Faculty Excellence.4The School of Business. 85George C. Hoffmann Award. 5Student Speakers. 85Kenneth W. and Elsie W. Butler Award for Library Faculty Service.6Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates. 86Mary H. Cumpston Award for Service to Students. 7PSU Alumni Association.99PSU Foundation Philanthropic Cultivation Award.8PSU Foundation Philanthropic Leadership Award.9Adjunct Faculty Excellence Award for Instruction.10Faculty Emeriti 2019-2020.11Latin Honors 2019-2020. 12College of the Arts. 18Student Speakers.18Commencement Address. 20Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates.21College of Education. 25Doctoral Degrees. 25Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates. 26College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. 31Student Speakers.31Doctoral Degrees. 33Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates. 35College of Urban and Public Affairs. 53Student Speakers. 53Doctoral Degrees. 54Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates.55Maseeh College of Engineering and Computer Science.62Student Speakers. 62Doctoral Degrees. 63Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates. 65OHSU-PSU School of Public Health.71Commencement Address.71Doctoral Degrees. 72Graduate and Baccalaureate Degrees and Certificates. 721
PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITYPortland State University serves as acenter of opportunity for more than26,000 students and a cornerstone formore than 180,000 alumni worldwide.The strength of the University is itsworld-class faculty, who serve theUniversity and the community throughteaching, research, and public service.Research at Portland State has more thandoubled in the past decade, achieving newdegrees of excellence through investmentssuch as the 24 million National Institutesof Health (NIH) research and traininggrant that will fund the EnhancingCrossdisciplinary Infrastructure Trainingat Oregon (EXITO) program. PortlandState contributes an annual economicimpact of 1.44 billion to the regionaleconomy.Located in Portland, the top college cityin the United States, the University’sinnovative approach to educationcombines academic rigor in the classroomwith field-based experiences throughinternships and classroom projects withcommunity partners.The University’s 50-acre downtowncampus exhibits a commitment tosustainability with many Leadershipin Energy and Environmental Design(LEED) certified buildings, whilemany of the more than 200 bachelor’s,master’s, and doctoral degrees incorporatesustainability into the curriculum. PSU’smotto, “Let Knowledge Serve the City,”inspires the teaching and research of anaccomplished faculty whose work andstudents span the globe.HISTORYPortland State University opened in 1946as the Vanport Extension Center to meetthe educational needs of veterans homefrom World War II. The first campus wasa portion of Vanport, a wartime housingproject that was destroyed in 1948 when adike broke along the Columbia River.permanent. Three years later the campusmoved to its present location alongdowntown Portland’s South Park Blocks,occupying the former Lincoln HighSchool building. It was then known asthe Day Division of the Portland StateExtension Center.The campus was moved to north Portlandin fall 1948, and in 1949 the OregonLegislature made “Vanport College”The Legislature created Portland StateCollege as a four-year, degree-grantinginstitution in 1955. Graduate work wasadded in 1961, doctoral programs began in1968, and the institution became PortlandState University in 1969.The University has grown from an initialenrollment of 1,410 students in 1946 tobecome Oregon’s largest urban researchuniversity.OUR VISION, MISSION, AND VALUESOUR VISIONOUR MISSIONOUR VALUESPortland State University leads the wayto an equitable and sustainable futurethrough academic excellence, urbanengagement, and expanding opportunityfor all. We serve and sustain a vibranturban region through our creativity,collective knowledge and expertise.We are dedicated to collaborativelearning, innovative research,sustainability and communityengagement.We educate a diverse communityof lifelong learners.Our research and teaching haveglobal impact.2 We promote access, inclusion andequity as pillars of excellence.We commit to curiosity,collaboration, stewardship andsustainability.We strive for excellence andinnovation that solves problems.We believe everyone should betreated with integrity and respect.
ACADEMIC COSTUMEOne of the most colorful features of theacademic procession is the appearanceof graduates, faculty, and guests of theUniversity in full academic costume.The design of the gown, the color of thetassel on the cap, and the pattern, length,and colors of the hood all have longhistories and special significance.American universities, unlike those ofEngland and Europe, have adopted astandard code of academic costume.According to the code, the bachelor’sgown worn by Portland State Universitygraduating seniors has straight sleevesand is worn closed. Gold, silver,and green cords are worn by honorsgraduates. The master’s gown has long,pointed sleeves with the forearm beingseen through a slit at the elbow of thesleeves. The doctor’s gown is faced withvelvet and has bell-shaped sleeves. Eachsleeve carries three bars of velvet. Thetassel on the cap indicates by color thecollege or school conferring the degree.signifying high scholarly attainment. Thedoctoral hood carries the colors of thecollege or school conferring the degreeon the outside and PSU’s colors of greenand white on the inside.One legend, which deals with the originof the cap and gown, reveals that avenerable teacher in ancient Greecepromised wealthy parents that their sonswould be “appropriately dressed” whenpresented at a banquet honoring thecompletion of their academic studies.However, when the young men enteredthe banquet hall dressed in simplesackcloth robes and carrying mortarboards, the mark of common workmen,a startled cry arose from the audience.“Let me explain,” said the teacher as heraised his hands for silence. “Your sonsare dressed in clothing of the mason, fortheir destiny is to build. Some will buildcities, some will build lives—perhapsone of them may even build an empire.But all will be builders on the solidfoundation of knowledge.”In addition to the cap and gown,candidates for advanced degrees wear theacademic hood, the traditional garment3Bachelor and . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tassel / HoodMaster Degrees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ColorLiberal Arts and Sciences» Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . White» Sciences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . GoldBusiness Administration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . DrabEducation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Light BlueEngineering. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OrangeFine and Performing Arts. . . . . . . . . . . Brown» Architecture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pink» Music. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .BrownPublic Health. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Salmon PinkSocial Work. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . CitronUrban and Public Affairs. . . . . Peacock BlueDoctoral Degrees. . . . . . . . . . Tassel / Hood. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ColorDoctor of Philosophy. . . . . . . Gold/Dark BlueDoctor of Philosophy inHealth Systems and Policy.Gold/Salmon PinkDoctor of Education. Gold/Light Blue
FACULTY AND STAFF EXCELLENCE AND ACHIEVEMENT AWARDSThe PSU Faculty and Staff Excellenceand Achievement Awards acknowledgeindividuals who have achieved outstandingscholarship and accomplishments atPortland State University, and are oneexample of how we honor, recognize andincentivize the ongoing excellence of PSUfaculty and staff, both through scholarshipand dedication to PSU students.BRANFORD PRICE MILL AR AWARD FOR FACULT Y E XCELLENCEPhillip J. Cooper, Ph.D.PHILLIP J. COOPER is the Douglas &Candace Morgan Professor of LocalGovernment in the Department ofPublic Administration in the Mark O.Hatfield School of Government. He isthe author of numerous books and articleson public administration, public policy,administrative law, constitutional law,presidential powers, civil rights, law andpublic policy, the U.S. Supreme Court,and sustainable development. He isparticularly well known at the nationallevel and internationally as a leadingexpert on presidential powers such as theuse and abuse of executive orders andpresidential signing statements. He hasalso served as a consultant to the UnitedNations on sustainable development. Heis active at the local government level inOregon, leading the MPA program’s localgovernment administration specialization.Professor Cooper is a Fellow ofthe National Academy of PublicAdministration. He was the firstrecipient of the Charles Levine Awardgiven by the American Society forPublic Administration and the NationalAssociation of Schools of Public Affairsand Administration for excellence in publicaffairs scholarship, teaching, and service.4He received his Ph.D. from the MaxwellSchool of Citizenship and Public Affairsof Syracuse University and has taughtat several universities with facultyappointments in Public Administration,Political Science, Public Policy, and Law.“Dr. Cooper’s scholarship and researchacquires additional strength in its closeconnection to the courses he teaches” saysMasami Nishishiba, Ph.D., PSU Chairand Professor of Public Administration.“It is impressive how Dr. Cooperincorporates his scholarly work into hiscourses and brings the academic rigor ofhis scholarship into the classroom. Hispublished work informs his courses, andhe incorporates student feedback from thecourses into his publications. The mutualreinforcement of scholarship and teachingstrengthens his publications as well as thecourse contents.”The Millar Award is given annuallyto a faculty member in a tenure-trackor tenured appointment who hasdemonstrated excellence in the areasof scholarship, instruction, universityservice, and public service, and whoseperformance in the area of scholarshipand research is judged to be exceptional.
GEORGE C. HOFFMANN AWARDMaude Hines, Ph.D.MAUDE HINES, PH.D. is an AssociateProfessor in the Department of English,and Affiliate Faculty in Black Studies andWomen, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.Professor Hines’s research and teachinginterests are in American literature, withparticular focus on children’s literatureand critical childhood studies, AfricanAmerican literature, and the Gothic.Professor Hines came to PSU afterserving on the graduate faculty at theUniversity of Florida, and has been on thePSU faculty for two decades.Professor Hines received her Ph.D. inLiterature from Duke University, and aB.A. in English from the City Collegeof New York. At PSU, Professor Hineshas been active in shared governance,serving on many committees at thedepartmental, college, university, andstate level, including two terms as thePresiding Officer of the Faculty Senate.She has been appointed by two governorsto serve on PSU’s Board of Trustees. Sheis a recipient of two Ford Foundationfellowships and a Fulbright award(Germany). In addition to her traditionalteaching, she has collaborated withcolleagues on interdisciplinary and teamtaught courses, worked with communitypartners to provide community-basedlearning opportunities for students, and5designed hybrid (in-person and online)curriculum.“Dr. Hines was an innovative and originalteacher, bringing challenging questions,generative activities, and thoughtprovoking insights to her classroom”says former PSU student China Medel,Ph.D. “As my mentor for the McNairScholars Program Maude provided mewith weekly meetings, read countlessdrafts of my work, looked over conferencepapers, edited grad school applications,and counseled me on the process ofapplying, programs, and research. Sheis a consummate mentor and scholarand provides a level of dedication to herstudents that is, frankly, rare.”The Hoffmann Award is given annuallyto a faculty member in recognitionof distinguished contributions to theUniversity in the areas of instruction,university service, and scholarship whichare done in the spirit of humanism, civility,and collegiality, with particular dedicationto students and loyalty to the University.These values were especially cherishedby the late George C. Hoffmann, adistinguished dean and professor of historyat Portland State University.
KENNETH W. AND ELSIE W. BUTLER AWARD FOR LIBRARY FACULT Y SERVICEElizabeth Pickard, M.S.I.ELIZABETH PICKARD is the Science andSocial Sciences Librarian at the PortlandState University Library. ProfessorPickard has been on the faculty since 2015and has served as liaison to numerousdepartments, including Anthropology,Biology, Environmental Sciences andManagement, Geography, Geology,Sustainability, and Systems Science.Professor Pickard holds a Masterof Science in Information from theUniversity of Michigan and a Bachelorof Arts in anthropology from theUniversity of Chicago. Her work exploresthe intersection of student researchpractices with curriculum, pedagogy,and services, and how these intersectionsshape what students learn. Her currentresearch uses ethnographic methods tocompare the effectiveness of differentmodes of information literacy instructionin asynchronous online-only courses.Professor Pickard received a LibraryServices and Technology Act grant fromthe Institute of Museum and LibraryServices for her work with five Illinoisuniversities on the EthnographicResearch in Illinois Academic Librariesproject as well as a Portland StateUniversity Faculty Development Grantfor her research on geography majors’research practices.“As Portland State and other collegesand universities shift more classes tothe online-only environment, librarians6have faced the challenge of providingstudents in an online, asynchronous classwith information literacy instructionequivalent to an in-person libraryinstruction session.” says AssociateProfessor Joan Petit, Humanities andSocial Sciences Librarian. “ProfessorPickard experimented with differentmodes of delivering information literacyinstruction but went further, conductinga research study to determine ifdifferent modes of instruction led todifferent outcomes. Few librarians takeon such ambitious, longitudinal researchprojects, and to do so is an enormousservice to librarians, faculty, and students.This research project is in addition to theexcellence Professor Pickard brings toher everyday work, assisting students andfaculty with research questions, teachinglibrary instruction sessions, selectingmaterials for the library, and contributingto committees and working groups in thelibrary and well beyond.”Professor Emeritus Kenneth W. Butlerand his wife, Elsie W. Butler, endowedthe award to annually recognizeoutstanding performance by a facultymember of the Branford. P. MillarLibrary. The award recognizes theirexcellence in service to students, faculty,and other library patrons.
MARY H. CUMPSTON AWARD FOR SERVICE TO STUDENTSMary Vance, M.A.MARY VANCE is a career counselor in theUniversity Career Center and managesthe Sustainability Internship Program forthe Institute for Sustainable Solutions.She specializes in helping students findcareers and internships in sustainabilityrelated fields. She has devoted herlife’s work to education: first as a highschool teacher in Grenada through thePeace Corps, then as an ESL instructorfor recent refugees and immigrants inNew York City, and now in her role inAdvising and Career Services where shehas been helping students navigate theircurrent and future career aspirati
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