Opened Practices Users with the Title: Professor and Chair, Child & Family Studies Program, School of Social Work

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Carol Morgaine has been involved in preparing undergraduate and graduate students to work, professionally, with children, youth and families for over thirty years.

Carol Morgaine has been involved in preparing undergraduate and graduate students to work, professionally, with children, youth and families for over thirty years. Having come up through the ranks as an early childhood and parent educator, her interests have gradually focused more on the professionals working with children and families than on the children and families themselves. She has been at Portland State University (PSU) since 1995. Her interest and involvement in the use of portfolios as a means of assessing student learning emerged after having taught a Capstone class and then creating a more focused, structured portfolio system for the CFS Program. Known as the only undergraduate major at PSU that uses a portfolio system to assess students’ learning, the CFS Professional Portfolio facilitates the development of critical thinking, professional writing skills, and integration of learning. Carol has also lived and taught in Kenya, at Kenyatta University, and is actively involved in conducting faculty-led Study Abroad programs for PSU students. Carol has an undergraduate degree in Home Economics: Child and Family Studies/Early Childhood Education, a master’s degree in Education: Early Childhood and Parent Education, and a Ph.D. in Education with emphasis in Women’s and Family Studies. She is a Professor and has served as Program Director for Child and Family Studies since 2001.