Kara Lanning, PhD

Assistant Professor
kara.lanning@pacificu.edu
503-352-2727
UC Box 
A-121
Douglas C. Strain Science Center 122D (Forest Grove)
Areas I Teach 
Environmental Science
Biology

Phytophthora Community Survey at the Tualatin River Farm

Course Information

At Pacific University, all faculty teach a variety of different courses. Typically, we do not use graduate teaching assistants, which means that your classes will be taught by professors and that you will have plenty of opportunities to get to know the faculty in your discipline.

Below I have listed some of the courses that I teach. We are always developing and trying out new classes, so the list may change now and then.

BIOL 360 | ST:Plant Pathology

ENV 141 | Permaculture Design Science

ENV 200 | Sustainability Science

ENV 307 | Agroecology

ENV 355 | NT: Horticulture

ENV 490 | Capstone

ENV 495 | Research

Education

2014 PhD, Washington State University, Horticulture (emphasis Plant Breeding/Virology)

2007 BS, Pacific University, Biology

Publication

Lanning, Kara K., Norma Kline, Marianne Elliott, Elizabeth Stamm, Taylor Warnick, Jared M. LeBoldus, Matteo Garbelotto, Gary Chastagner, and Joseph M. Hulbert. "Citizen science can add value to Phytophthora monitoring: five case studies from western North America." Frontiers in Environmental Science 11 (2023): 1130210.