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Educational Policy, Foundations, and Administrative Studies |
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Graduate School of Education |
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Dilafruz Williams, PH.D. Professor Department Chair |
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Portland State University School of Education 615 SW Harrison |
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Contact Information |
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Phone: 503-725-4676 |
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Dilafruz Williams is Professor of Educational Policy, Foundations, and Administrative Studies in the Graduate School of Education and also Professor of Public Administration in the Mark O’ Hatfield School of Government, at Portland State University, Portland, Oregon. Dilafruz co-founded the Environmental Middle School – now called Sunnyside Environmental School -- in the Portland Public School District. She was elected to a four-year term on the Portland School Board in July 2003. Dilafruz’s scholarship and area of interest have long been community and environmental engagement, democracy, and civic education. She has degrees in Public Administration, Botany, and Philosophy of Education. Besides higher education, she has taught Biology and Mathematics in grades 6-12. Recipient of the prestigious Ehrlich Award for Faculty Service-Learning, Dilafruz has authored several articles and chapters dealing with service- learning, civic engagement, environmental education, and holistic education. She co-edited a book entitled: Ecological Education in Action: On Weaving Education, Culture, and the Environment (SUNY Press). She is a graduate of Harvard, Syracuse, and Bombay Universities. Dilafruz finds much pleasure in gardening, traveling, relishing nature poetry, and being politically active in the community. She also serves on local, regional, and national Advisory Boards and provides leadership in a number of professional organizations. |
