Faculty Labor Management Committee Members
Dr. Neslihan Alp is Dean of the College of Engineering, Technology, and Management at Oregon Institute of Technology (Oregon Tech), a position she has held since January 2024. Previously, she served as Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost at Pennsylvania College of Technology, Dean of the Bailey College of Engineering and Technology at Indiana State University, and Associate Dean and Professor at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Dr. Alp earned her B.S. in Engineering Management and M.S. in Industrial Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and her Ph.D. in Engineering Management from the University of Missouri-Rolla. She has authored more than 100 publications and has secured over $50 million in grants and philanthropic support throughout her career. Her academic leadership includes developing and expanding programs in emerging and high-demand fields, advancing online education, and strengthening industry and workforce partnerships.
A licensed Professional Engineer and Fellow of the American Society for Engineering Management, Dr. Alp has received numerous awards for teaching, research, service, leadership, and contributions to diversity in STEM. She serves as an ABET Commissioner and was elected to the Board of the National Institute for Engineering Ethics (NIEE) for a three-year term beginning July 1, 2026.
Vice President, OT-AAUP
I joined the faculty of Oregon Tech in 2014, and since then I’ve been busy teaching a variety of classes in writing and rhetoric, including first-year composition, public speaking, technical writing, and professional writing. Since the beginning of the pandemic, I’ve been increasingly interested in the rhetoric of health and medicine, and my research now focuses on medical charting as technical communication as well as ableism in public health policies.
I view clear writing, speaking, and thinking as central to the success of both technical and communication professionals, and I have devoted my professional life to the teaching and practice of writing; after earning both my master’s and doctorate in rhetoric, I have spent the entirety of my teaching career teaching writing and public speaking to STEM students, first at Carnegie Mellon and then at Oregon Tech.
So, while my path to teaching writing may look a little different from the ‘typical’ English prof—the child and grandchild of engineers and science majors, I grew up preferring math to English, and in college, I majored in philosophy and never took a writing class—this seemingly unconventional background has been a great asset to me in my many years teaching rhetoric and writing to STEM students.
Dr. C.J. Riley is a registered professional engineer (OR) and professor of civil engineering at Oregon Tech. He completed his Ph.D. at Colorado State University in structural mechanics and has two years of experience in bridge design, rating, and software development for transportation structures with the Wyoming Department of Transportation. He is the graduate program director and advisor to the ASCE-AGC (American Society of Civil Engineers and Associated General Contractors) Student Chapter. Dr. Riley is active with the American Society for Engineering Education. He studies and lives engineering education and loves lighting up a classroom with hands-on demonstrations and relevant case studies that bring theory to life. You're most likely to find him out shaking local bridges with his students to quantify structural health or testing large-scale structural components in the structures lab.
