Rate My Professor Andrea Lowgren

Lowgren's scholarly work centers on 20th-century United States history, with a focus on gender, sexuality, race, and the power dynamics that foster inequality. In 2019, she was awarded a Mellon/ACLS Community College Faculty Fellowship, providing a $40,000 grant during her sabbatical to complete "The Reasons We’re Here: Oral Histories of Immigration at Portland Community College," published in 2020 as an open educational resource through Open Oregon Pressbooks. This publication compiles over twenty transcribed oral histories from PCC students, faculty, staff, and alumni who immigrated from various countries, challenging media simplifications of immigrant motivations and enabling analysis of U.S. immigration and foreign policies' personal impacts. The project includes accompanying portraits and plans for a permanent gallery exhibition in Cascade Hall, along with a website to engage the broader community. Additionally, Lowgren has presented public lectures, including one on mid-19th-century environmental attitudes in the Pacific Northwest region and a post-election teach-in on the Electoral College. She serves as a HARTS Council member and has held the role of SAC Chair for History and Humanities, while participating in community-based learning professional development.