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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

Barbara Balko

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Olin 225

503-768-7534

balko@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:

By Google Calendar appointment

Todd Watson

Associate Professor of Psychology

Co-Chair Neuroscience Program

Biology-Psychology 239

503-768-7576

toddw@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:

Spring 2026: Wednesdays 12-2PM & by appointment