{"id":23865,"date":"2025-10-31T14:23:22","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T21:23:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/publicpolicy\/?page_id=23865"},"modified":"2025-10-31T15:27:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T22:27:54","slug":"mary-pettenger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/publicpolicy\/faculty\/mary-pettenger\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary E. Pettenger"},"content":{"rendered":"

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ custom_margin=”0px||||false|false” custom_padding=”0px||||false|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”2_5,3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.4″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_css_free_form=”.et-db #et-boc .et-l .et_pb_module a {color:#db0a29!important;}” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/cdn.wou.edu\/publicpolicy\/files\/2025\/08\/Pettenger-headshot-2025-e1755901834639.jpeg” title_text=”Pettenger – headshot 2025″ align=”center” force_fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ header_2_text_color=”#db0a29″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\n

Mary E. Pettenger<\/strong><\/h2>\n
Professor, Political Science<\/strong><\/h5>\n

(503) 838-8301 |\u00a0<\/span>pettengm@wou.edu<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>| BELL 205 | website<\/a>
Mon 10-2, Tues 1-2 (Zoom only), Wednes 1-3. Book appointments<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Dr. Mary Pettenger is a professor of politics, policy and administration at Western Oregon University. She received her Ph.D. and M.A. in International Studies from the University of Denver, and her B.A. from Whitman College. She teaches courses in the fields of international and comparative politics, including International Relations, Environmental Politics, U.S. Foreign Policy, International Law, International Organization, Human Rights, Causes of War, Government and Politics of Europe and Government and Politics of Asia.\u00a0 She is also the faculty advisor for the WOU Model United Nations Club.<\/p>\n

Her research focuses on the social construction of international climate change policies, environmental policies in the Netherlands and Canada, and active learning pedagogy. She has published an edited volume,\u00a0<\/span>The Social Construction of Climate Change<\/em>, ed., Ashgate Publishing, 2007, a chapter in the\u00a0<\/span>Routledge Handbook of International Environmental Politics,\u00a0<\/em>and in\u00a0The Globalisation of Insecurity: Challenges for Global Governance<\/em>\u00a0as well as articles in\u00a0<\/span>International Studies Perspectives, Environmental Communication, and International Politics<\/em>.<\/p>\n

B.A. 1988, Whitman College | M.A. 1993 | Ph.D. 2000, University of Denver<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
Sharyne Ryals, Administrative Assistant
503-838-8288<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>| ryalss@wou.edu<\/a>\u00a0| <\/span>BELL 231<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

Return to Faculty<\/a><\/p>\n

[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Mary E. Pettenger Professor, Political Science (503)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1204,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"

\n
\"\"<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
<\/div>\n
\n\n\n\n\n\n
\n

<\/a>Eliot Dickinson<\/a><\/h3>\nProfessor <\/strong>\n\n503-838-8835\n\ndickinse@wou.edu<\/a>\n\nBELL 221<\/td>\n

\n

\"\"<\/a>Earlene Camarillo<\/a><\/h3>\nAssistant Professor<\/strong>\n\n503-838-9350\n\ncamarilloe@wou.edu<\/a>\n\nBELL 206<\/td>\n

\n

\"\"<\/a>Salam Noor<\/a><\/h3>\nNTT Assistant Professor<\/strong>\n\n503-838-8076\n\nnoors@wou.edu<\/a>\n\nBELL 204<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\"\"Mark Henkels<\/a><\/h3>\n

Professor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

503-838-8544<\/p>\nhenkelm@wou.edu<\/a>\n\nBELL 205<\/td>\n

\n

Mary Pettenger<\/a><\/h3>\nProfessor <\/strong>\n\n503-838-8301\n\npettengm@wou.edu<\/a>\n\nBELL 231<\/td>\n

\n

\"\"<\/a>Julio \"Mingo\" Vidrio<\/a><\/h3>\n \n\n503-838-8076\n\nvidrioj@wou.edu<\/a>\n\nBELL 204<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\n

\"\"<\/a>Mark Mayer<\/a><\/h3>\nNTT Instructor<\/span><\/strong>\n\n503-838-8372\n\nmayerm@wou.edu<\/a>\n\nBELL 214\n\n <\/td>\n

\n

Kynzie Sims<\/a><\/h3>\n

NTT Instructor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nsimsk@wou.edu<\/a>\n\nBELL 204<\/td>\n

<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n
\n
\n

<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-23865","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23865","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23865"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23867,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23865\/revisions\/23867"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1204"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/publicpolicy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}