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About Staci B. Martin

Dr. Martin’s research and teaching interests include critical hope and despair, pedagogy of hope, refugee education, psychosocial & social emotional learning, and peace-building. She is a community-based action researcher who conducts research with vulnerable populations, in particular, refugee youth, often following their lead in her work. She is committed to co-creating practical solutions that are culturally responsive and led by, for, and in partnership with the community.
 
Dr. Martin has lived and worked alongside communities in over 20 countries. Her experiences vary from designing, implementing, and evaluating sustainable psychosocial peace building educational programs in four countries: Dieplsoot Informal Settlement, South Africa (nthabiseng project, 2001), Vishwa Shanti Vihara Vishwa Monastery, Nepal (Khelera Sikou Project, 2012), Jamaica (Irie Project, 2010), and Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya (Pambazuka, 2017).
 
Dr. Martin has presented in over 20 conferences and authored 10 papers. By researching, co-authoring, and co-presenting with communities, she believes she can use her privilege to co-create spaces so that communities can authentically contribute their voices and solutions to complex problems that impact them. In light of this, she has co-authored three papers (Martin et al., 2018; Martin & Umubyeyi, 2019; Martin et al., 2019) with co-researchers and co-presented and authored papers with her co-researchers at six conferences, domestically (OR, CA, FL) and internationally (Italy, Germany, Ghana). Dr. Martin is a faculty member of Portland State University School of Social Work. She provides student practicum placements, coordination, and teaches courses in the Child, Youth, &Family Studies (CYFS) practicum program.
 
Dr. Martin earned her Ed.D. in the Educational Leadership Doctoral Program: Curriculum and Instruction from Portland State University in 2018. She also has a MA, Art Therapy from the School of the Art of Institute of Chicago and has done post-graduate work at the University of London: Goldsmiths College. She was awarded the PSU's Adjunct Excellence Award for Instruction in 2018. She was the recipient of the 2018 Carnegie Project of the Education Doctorate (CPED) Dissertation in Practice of the Year Award and also the Louise M. Berman Fellows Award. In 2020, she was a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Fellow and Mentor and the recipient of the 2020 Rotary Peace Fellow in Thailand. Currently, she is a Fulbright Scholar (TUSEF/Fulbright Thailand, 2021-2022).

Positions

January 2020 - Present Practicum Coordinator, Portland State University ‐ Child, Youth, & Family Studies
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Present Practicum Coordinator, Portland State University ‐ School of Social Work
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

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Honors and Awards

  • Portland State University Adjunct Excellence Award for Instruction (campus-wide). (2018). Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA.
  • Dean’s Award for University Service. (2016). Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA.
  • HANNA Scholar Award. (1998-2000). General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church, Nashville, TN, USA.
  • Incentive Scholarship. (1998-2000). The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.
  • President Ramaley Community Scholar Award. (1998). Portland State University, Portland, OR, USA.
  • Dissertation in Practice Higher Education --International Education Award Winner 2018
  • 2020 Rotary Peace Fellow
  • Universal Design for Learning Fellow and Mentor

Education

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2021 Summer Seminar, Olga Lengyel Institute ‐ Holocaust Studies and Human Rights
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2020 Post-Graduate Diploma, Chulalongkorn University ‐ The Rotary Foundation of Rotary International and Rotary Peace Center
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2018 Ed.D., Portland State University ‐ Educational Leadership: Curriculum and Instruction
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2016 Certificate of Completion, Universtiy of Geneva ‐ Higher Education in Emergencies
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2000 MA, The School Of The Art Institute Of Chicago ‐ Art Therapy
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1998 BS, Portland State University
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Dissertation (1)

Peer Reviewed Publications (9)

Book Chapters (4)

Book Reviews (1)

Conference Proceedings (1)

Invited Presentations (1)

Conference Presentations (15)