2024 Portland State Research Award Winners
See more details about the 2024 Research Award recipients here.
2024 Presidential Career Research Award
Birol Yeşilada, Professor of Political Science and International Studies
2024 Graduate Mentoring Excellence Award
Karen Haley, Professor, Postsecondary, Adult, and Continuing Education (PACE) program, Graduate School of Education
2024 Undergraduate Mentoring Excellence Award
Bill Griesar, Teaching Assistant Professor, Psychology
2024 Early Career Research Award
Fang Song, Associate Professor, Computer Science
2024 Research Faculty Award
Papireddy Kancharla, Research Assistant Professor, Chemistry
2024 Research Administrator of the Year Award
Becca Lockwood, Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA)
Researcher of the Year Award for PSU Colleges and Schools
Each year, in addition to nominating faculty for Portland State's university-level awards, individual colleges and schools across campus are invited to name an outstanding researcher, scholar, or practitioner of the year. The 2024 College/School Researcher of the Year winners are:
College of Education: Rana Yaghmaian, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Counselor Education
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences: Alida Cantor, Associate Professor of Geography (Watch video)
College of the Arts: Alison Heryer, Costume Designer and Interdisciplinary Artist (Watch video)
College of Urban & Public Affairs: Lindsay Benstead, Professor of Politics and Global Studies
Maseeh College of Engineering & Computer Science: Raúl Bayoán Cal, Daimler Professor, Mechanical and Materials Engineering (Watch video)
OHSU-PSU School of Public Health: Neal Wallace, Professor, Health Systems Management and Policy (Watch video)
School of Social Work: Matthew Town, Assistant Professor, Social Work (Watch video)
School of Business: Marta's Stelmaszak Rosa, Assistant Professor, Information Systems (Watch video)
University Honors College: Amy Borden, Associate Professor, Humanities and Film Studies (Watch video)
Outstanding Dissertation Awards
2024 Outstanding Dissertation in the Natural Sciences
Taylor Dodrill is the recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Disseration in the Natural Sciences Award. Taylor's program of study is Earth, Environment and Society, and dissertation title is "Tiny Drifters Amidst Global Change: Examining Environmental Drivers, Trophic Impacts, and Management Strategies of Estuarine Plankton Communities in the Anthropocene." Taylor's advisor is Yangdong Pan.
2024 Outstanding Dissertation in Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science
Marcus Andrew Harris is the recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Dissertation in Mathematics, Engineering and Computer Science Award. Marcus's program of study is Systems Science, and dissertation title is "Graphical Models in Reconstructability Analysis and Bayesian Networks." Marcus's advisor is Martin Zwick.
202 Outstanding Dissertation in the Social Sciences
Anna Rockhill is the recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Dissertation in the Social Sciences Award. Anna's program of study is Social Work and Social Research, and dissertation title is "Prosecutors or Helpers: An Institutional Ethnography of Child Protective Services Casework." Anna's advisor is Stephanie Bryson.