Welcome to the Willamette University Media Guide. We have limited our list to faculty members who have expertise that corresponds with current events, and who are able to meet with media representatives on short notice.
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Assistant Professor of Law
College of Law
JD Stanford University
BA University of Oregon
Professor Cunningham-Parmeter is an expert in employment and immigration law. He has been quoted in the national press, including the Los Angeles Times. Cunningham-Parmeter teaches Employment Law and Discrimination, Labor Law, and Contracts, and his research focuses on the intersection of employment law and immigration law.
Cunningham-Parmeter was ranked among the top persuasive speakers in the nation in college and won two writing competitions at Stanford Law School. Following graduation, he served for two years as law clerk on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. He then worked as a Skadden Fellow with the Oregon Law Center Farmworker Program, representing migrant agricultural workers in the areas of occupational health and workplace discrimination.
To read Cunningham-Parmeter's complete biography on the Willamette College of Law website, click here.
Professor of Law
College of Law
LLM Georgetown
JD Santa Clara
BA San Diego
An expert on civil rights, immigration issues and constitutional law, Gilbert Carrasco is the author of three national casebooks and numerous law review articles on these subjects. He has a wealth of practical experience in civil rights litigation in Washington, D.C. He served in the U.S. Department of Justice, as special assistant to the Deputy Assistant Attorney General, as trial attorney in the Civil Rights Division and as special consultant to the Department of Justice. He also worked in the National Center for Immigrants’ Rights and as national director of Immigration Services for the U.S. Catholic Conference.
To read Carrasco's complete biography on the Willamette College of Law website, click here.
Professor of Law Emeritus
College of Law
JD University of Washington
BA University of Washington
Ross Runkel is a specialist in employment law, employment discrimination, labor law and arbitration. He has served as chair of the Oregon State Bar Section on Labor and Employment Law, commissioner and vice chair of the Oregon Dispute Resolution Commission, and director of the Willamette University Center for Dispute Resolution. He has been a teaching fellow at Stanford University Law School and a visiting professor of law at Lewis and Clark College, Texas Tech University and the University of Washington. He also practiced law in Seattle, Wash., with Riddell Williams.
Assistant Professor of Law
College of Law
JD Stanford University
BA University of Oregon
Professor Cunningham-Parmeter is an expert in employment and immigration law. He has been quoted in the national press, including the Los Angeles Times. Cunningham-Parmeter teaches Employment Law and Discrimination, Labor Law, and Contracts, and his research focuses on the intersection of employment law and immigration law.
Cunningham-Parmeter was ranked among the top persuasive speakers in the nation in college and won two writing competitions at Stanford Law School. Following graduation, he served for two years as law clerk on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. He then worked as a Skadden Fellow with the Oregon Law Center Farmworker Program, representing migrant agricultural workers in the areas of occupational health and workplace discrimination.
To read Cunningham-Parmeter's complete biography on the Willamette College of Law website, click here.
Professor of Law Emeritus
College of Law
JD University of Washington
BA University of Washington
Ross Runkel is a specialist in employment law, employment discrimination, labor law and arbitration. He has served as chair of the Oregon State Bar Section on Labor and Employment Law, commissioner and vice chair of the Oregon Dispute Resolution Commission, and director of the Willamette University Center for Dispute Resolution. He has been a teaching fellow at Stanford University Law School and a visiting professor of law at Lewis and Clark College, Texas Tech University and the University of Washington. He also practiced law in Seattle, Wash., with Riddell Williams.
Assistant Professor of Law
College of Law
JD Stanford University
BA University of Oregon
Professor Cunningham-Parmeter is an expert in employment and immigration law. He has been quoted in the national press, including the Los Angeles Times. Cunningham-Parmeter teaches Employment Law and Discrimination, Labor Law, and Contracts, and his research focuses on the intersection of employment law and immigration law.
Cunningham-Parmeter was ranked among the top persuasive speakers in the nation in college and won two writing competitions at Stanford Law School. Following graduation, he served for two years as law clerk on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. He then worked as a Skadden Fellow with the Oregon Law Center Farmworker Program, representing migrant agricultural workers in the areas of occupational health and workplace discrimination.
To read Cunningham-Parmeter's complete biography on the Willamette College of Law website, click here.