|
|
|
Contributors
|
Sandy Carter is a fourth-generation Oregonian with a B.S. in journalism from the University of Oregon. She is working on a book about the bond between her Portland and Liverpool families during World War II, as revealed in her family letters collection. She works as a freelance writer and copyeditor from her home in West Linn, teaches grant-writing, advocates for historic preservation, and writes a local history column for the West Linn Tidings. |
|
|
LLyn De Danaan is an anthropologist, writer, and emerita faculty at The Evergreen State College. She was the recipient of the Washington State Historical Society's Peace and Friendship award in recognition of her role in fostering an understanding of Washington's cultural diversity. De Danaan has written social studies curricula in collaboration with the Washington State Superintendent of Public Instruction's office, most recently a unit on the Point No Point Treaty. She has also worked for tribes in the region on research questions and has served as an expert witness. |
|
|
Heike Mayer, Assistant Professor in the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning at Virginia Tech, received her Ph.D. in Urban Studies at Portland State University. Her research interests include regional economic development and the evolution of knowledge-based industries. She has co-authored two papers, published by the Brookings Institution, that compare high technology and biotechnology regions. |
|
|
Jim Mockford, a Portland native and graduate of the University of Oregon Honors College, was executive director of the Japan-America Society for the state of Washington and is chair of Friends of MacDonald, a US-Japan friendship organization that recognizes the Astoria-born adventurer Ranald MacDonald, who became the first American teacher of English in Japan. His work has appeared in The Early Republic and the Sea (2001), Noticias del Puerto de Monterey (2003), Terrae Incognitae (2004), and Pacific Time Machines: Recent Replicas and New Traditional Vessels (2005). |
|
|
Michael Munk is a retired political scientist whose article, "The 'Portland Period' of Artist Carl Walters" appeared in the Summer 2000 OHQ. His "Red Guide to Portland" has been tentatively accepted for publication by Portland State University's Ooligan Press. |
|
|
Kristine Olson is retired from her position as United States Attorney. She has also served as U.S. Attorney for Oregon, Senior Counsel to Congressman Earl Blumenauer, and a legal consultant for several tribal governments concerning cultural resource protection and the development of tribal courts. She holds degrees from Wellesley College and Yale Law School. |
|
|
James P. Ronda, who holds the H.G. Barnard Chair in Western American History at the University of Tulsa, is widely considered to be the world's foremost authority on Lewis and Clark. He served on the board of advisors for Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibition and is the author of many books on the exploration of the American West, including Lewis and Clark Among the Indians (1984), Jefferson's West (2000), and Lewis & Clark: Across the Divide (2003). |
|
|
|
Content in the History Cooperative database is intended for personal, noncommercial use only. You may not reproduce, publish, distribute, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale of, modify, create derivative works from, display, or in any way exploit the History Cooperative database in whole or in part without the written permission of the copyright holder.
|