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Faculty and Staff

Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell

Professor of Psychology

Biology-Psychology 235

503-768-7506

jerusha@lclark.edu

Carolyn L. Zook

Associate Director

Pre-Health Advisor

carolynzook@lclark.edu

Alexis Rehrmann

Program Manager, Community Partnerships and Narrative Medicine

Narrative Medicine

JR Howard Hall 309

5037687636

alexisr@lclark.edu

Office Hours:

Thursdays 2:00-4:00

Sepideh Bajracharya

Assistant Professor of Anthropology with Term

Medical anthropology, ethics, subjectivity, politics of care, sensory and reflexive ethnography

JR Howard 345

503-768-7659

sbajracharya@lclark.edu

Office Hours:

Mon/Wed/Fri by appointment (email)

Barbara Balko

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Olin 225

503-768-7534

balko@lclark.edu

Yung-Pin Chen

Professor of Statistics

Markov processes; adaptive clinical trials; Ehrenfest urn models

BoDine 308

503-768-7601

ychen@lclark.edu

Julio C. de Paula

Professor of Chemistry

Physical chemistry, environmental chemistry, nanoscience, chemical education.

Olin 219

503-768-7705

jdepaula@lclark.edu

Daena J. Goldsmith

Professor of Rhetoric & Media Studies

JRH 370

503-768-7613

daena@lclark.edu

Office Hours:

Wed 12:45 - 1:45pm in JRHH 370

Aine Seitz McCarthy

Associate Professor of Economics

Economic Development, Health Economics, Applied Microeconomics, Demography, Econometrics

John R. Howard 325

503-768-7624

mccarthy@lclark.edu

Margaret Metz

Associate professor of biology

Biology-Psychology 221

503-768-7684

mmetz@lclark.edu

Jessica Starling

Department Chair and Professor of Religious Studies

Japanese Religions

John R. Howard Hall 233

503-768-7741

jstarling@lclark.edu

Office Hours:

Tuesday 10am-11am, Thursday 2:30pm-3:30pm or by Google Calendar appointment.

Todd Watson

Associate Professor of Psychology

Co-Chair Neuroscience Program

Biology-Psychology 239

503-768-7576

toddw@lclark.edu

Yueping Zhang

Associate Professor of Psychology

Behavioral Neuroscience

Biology-Psychology 232

503-768-7646

yzhang@lclark.edu

Rishona Zimring

Professor of English

British and Irish Modernism, Postcolonial Literature, Literature and Visual/Performing Arts

Miller 423

503-768-7409

zimring@lclark.edu

Office Hours:

Fall 2025: Wednesday 1-3, and by appointment.

Community and Global Health is located in room 307 and 309 of JR Howard Hall on the Undergraduate Campus.
MSC: 25

email communityglobalHEAL@lclark.edu

voice 503-768-7636

Jerusha Detweiler-Bedell
Director
jerusha@lclark.edu

Carolyn L. Zook
Associate Director and Pre-Health Advisor
carolynzook@lclark.edu

Alexis Rehrmann
Community Engagement Coordinator
alexisr@lclark.edu

Community and Global Health
Lewis & Clark
615 S. Palatine Hill Road
Portland OR 97219