Affiliated Faculty

Matthew S. Bahr, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Gonzaga University received his Ph.D. in Sociology from Purdue University (2002). Dr. Bahr teaches courses in quantitative research methods, statistics, sociology of religion, and population and demography.  His research interests include sociology of religion and public policy.  His most recent project appearing in Social Science Research, explores correlates of financial giving to religious organizations.

Ph.D. in Sociology,  Loyola University Chicago, 2003
M.A. in Sociology, Loyola University Chicago, 1999
B.A. in Sociology and Spanish, Gonzaga University, 1996

Areas of interest: medical sociology, women's health, the environment, power and inequality, statistical methods and social justice.

Office Location
Foley 106

Office Hours

Assistant Professor of Biology, 1998
Ph.D., University of California at Davis, 1995
M.S., Cornell University, 1986
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1983

Office Location
Hughes Hall 038B

Office Hours
Fall 2013

Monday:  2:10 - 3:00
Wednesday:  1:10 - 3:00
Thursday:  10:00 - 10:50

Office Location
AD 335

Office Hours

Fall 2013
Sabbatical

Professor Besty Downey received a PhD in history from the University of Denver in 1971.  She is an American Historian whose interest, in keeping with her American Studies major, are wide-ranging. She has studied the Cold War, the New Deal, women in American Literature, and women in European History in post-doctoral seminars.  She has published on the Cold War, domestic violence on the frontier, and the works of Mari Sandoz.  She has developed courses on the Roosevelts, African-American history, American women's history, and Yellowstone National Park.

Office Location
Hughes Hall

Office Hours
Fall 2013

Monday:  1:00 - 3:00
Thursday:  1:00 - 3:00

Office Location
Jepson 204

Education:
B.A., Economics and Spanish, University of Montana, 1999: M.S., Economics, University of Oregon, 2005: Ph.D., Economics, University of Oregon, 2009

Brief Bio:
Erica specializes in environmental and health economics. She teaches Health Economics, Microeconomics, Econometrics and MBA courses in economics. Her current research interests include estimating the benefits of reducing risks to human health; these estimates can be used in cost-benefit analyses of environmental and health policies.

Selected Publications:
Henrickson, Kevin E. and Erica H. Johnson (2013) "The Demand for Spatially Complementary National Parks" Land Economics, 89 (2): 330-345.

Cameron, T. A., J. R. DeShazo and E. H. Johnson. (2011) "Scenario adjustment in stated preference research" Journal of Choice Modelling, 4(1): 9-43.

Cameron, Trudy Ann, J.R. DeShazo and Erica Johnson.  (2010) “The Effect of Children on Adult Demands for Health-Risk Reductions,”  Journal of Health Economics, 29: 364-376.

Office Location
Schoenberg Center, Room 010

Office Hours
Variable

Office Location
Hughes 236

Office Hours
Fall 2012

Tuesday:  1:30 - 4:30
Thursday:  1:10 - 2:00

B. A., Chemistry, College of St. Thomas, 1982
Ph. D., Inorganic Chemistry, University of Minnesota, 1986

Office Location
Hughes Hall 034

Office Hours
Fall 2013

Monday:  3:00 - 4:00 and 5:00 - 6:00
Wednesday:  3:00 - 4:00 and 5:00 - 6:00

Education

Ph.D. Chemical and Biological Engineering

Montana State University, December, 2009

M.S. Chemical Engineering

Washington State University, August, 2005

B.A. Chemistry, B.A. Physics, Philosophy minor

Whitworth College, December, 2002

Courses Taught
General Chemistry and Lab
Organic Chemistry I Lab
Environmental Chemistry and Lab