Dianna McGinnis

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

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

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.

Matthew Orr

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.

Julie Ann Elston

Julie Ann Elston is a Professor of Finance in the College of Business at Oregon State University. She has published over 60 scholarly articles, papers and books in the fields of financial economics, entrepreneurship, and international business. She has held the Fulbright Kathryn and Craig Hall Distinguished Chair for Entrepreneurship in Central Europe at the Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien over several years, including most recently in 2021-2022.

Matthew Shinderman

Matt is a senior instructor of natural resources and program lead for the sustainability double degree at OSU-Cascades. He teaches courses ranging from endangered species ecology to rangeland ecosystem management, and his scholarly interests include sustainability in brewery and vineyard settings, ecological assessment of urban landscapes, ecological restoration and species adaptation to climate change. Matt received his doctorate from Colorado State University where he studied ecosystem management at the wildland/urban interface, and his M.S.

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