Christine Pollard is OSU-Cascades' senior associate dean. She is the chief academic officer and second-in-command for the campus. A professor of kinesiology and the founding director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy program, she joined OSU-Cascades in 2011 to develop and lead the kinesiology program.
Elizabeth Marino is the associate dean for academic affairs and an associate professor of anthropology and sustainability at Oregon State University - Cascades. She is interested in the relationships among climate change, vulnerability, slow and rapid onset disasters, human migration, and sense of place. Her research focuses on how historically and socially constructed vulnerabilities interact with climate change and disasters – including disaster policy, biophysical outcomes of disasters and climate change, and disaster discourses.
Shannon Lipscomb is an Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Sciences (HDFS) and the Associate Dean for Research for Oregon State University-Cascades. She teaches undergraduate courses in HDFS and mentors both undergraduate and graduate students in research.
Dennis Lynn is a senior instructor in human development and family sciences. Having served in a number of administrative and faculty positions at other colleges and universities, he joined the faculty of OSU-Cascades in March 2009. Before moving to Bend, Dennis worked with HIV Alliance in Eugene, Oregon.
Dianna McGinnis is the Director of Academic Success and Career Development at OSU-Cascades. She has worked in academic advising and success with OSU-Cascades since 2008, and is thrilled to be a part of Oregon State University and especially the OSU-Cascades campus.
Patrick Ball received his Ph.D. in Microbiology and Biochemistry from the University of Montana. After spending two years in the private sector as a pharmaceutical research scientist, he returned to Post-doc at U of M in the Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Ecology and was later appointed an Assistant Research Professorship.
Research Interests
Christopher Wolsko is an associate professor of psychology. He has a broad array of intersecting research interests in ecopsychology; self, identity, and social comparison; stereotyping and prejudice; and the sociocultural construction of mental and behavioral health. His current collaborations with scholars in counseling, anthropology, outdoor education, forest social science, and public health examine the multifaceted nature of contemporary social, environmental, and mental health issues.
Matt Orr has a BA in biology from Amherst College and a Ph.D. in population biology from the University of California, Davis. His students examine questions in terrestrial and restoration ecology in forest, field, and stream habitats in Central Oregon. He has also begun to apply principles of restoration ecology to the gut microbiome.
