Rate My Professor Manar Alattar

Manar Alattar serves as an Instructor in Biology at Portland Community College, where she joined the faculty in September 2022 at an annual salary of $68,491. In April 2025, she received a recommendation for continuous appointment in this role. According to the Portland Community College faculty catalog, Alattar earned a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Portland State University, a Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Portland State University, and a Master of Science in Biology from Portland State University. Academic publications and profiles further indicate that she holds a PhD from Portland State University, with prior involvement in the Department of Environmental Science and Management.

Alattar teaches Biology courses, including BI 234 Microbiology, delivered in online formats as well as in-person lectures and labs at the Cascade campus. She contributes to institutional service through participation in the Degrees & Certificates Committee and professional development initiatives, such as the Anderson Conference, where she presented on "Food Lessons: Connecting with students through the topic of food" and contributed to art integration workgroups and faculty learning communities. Her research interests intersect biology with sustainable food systems. Notable publications include "Eating inequity: The injustice that brings us our food," co-authored and published in 2021 in the Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development (Volume 10, Issue 3, pages 17–30), listing her affiliations with the University of Portland's Department of Environmental Studies as Food Systems and Biology Lecturer and Portland Community College's Biology and Health Technology departments. Another significant work is "Poised for Change: University Students Are Positively Disposed toward Food Waste Diversion and Decrease Individual Food Waste after Programming," published in 2021 in Sustainability, affiliated with Portland State University and Portland Community College. Additional research covers microaerobic fermentation, black soldier fly larvae processing of food scraps and their impacts on corn plant growth, and student food waste behaviors.