PNWPSA Officers

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Season Hoard, Washington State University

Area of interest: comparative public policy, gender and politics, applied research, and policy/program evaluation.  

Area of interest: Political communication, campaigns, political advertising, and public opinion.  

Leif Hoffmann, Lewis-Clark State College

Area of Interest: Market integration and liberalization in the United States and the European Union. 

Erika Allen Wolters, Oregon State University

Area of Interest: Environmental Politics and Policy

Kevin Pirch, Eastern Washington University

Area of Interest: U.S. Politics, elections, state and local politics. 

Area of interest: American political behavior: political communication, political psychology, women and politics, and democratic citizenship.  

Term ends after the 2026 meeting.

Area of interest: Governance; regional transportation and indigenous planning; policy process.

Term ends after the 2027 meeting.

Area of interest: The role of women in foreign policy and conflict resolution.

Term ends after the 2025 meeting

Area of interest: Indigenous politics, natural resource management, economic development, intergovernmental relations, comparative public policy, and policy analysis/program evaluation.

Term ends after the 2025 meeting

Area of interest: global political economy, international development, and sustainable environmental and energy policy. He is the director of the Clean Energy Research Group. 

Term ends after the 2025 meeting.

 Area of Interest: International relations and comparative politics, specializing in Middle East politics, U.S. Foreign Policy, and China.
Term ends after 2027 meeting.