Matthew Foster, PhD, an associate professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies (CFS), has been awarded $25,000 from The Corridor Early-Stage Innovation Fund. Foster was selected by the Florida High Tech Corridor and USF Research and Innovation.
This project, "Equipping Bilingual Leaders for Special Education Related Careers," is also supported by CBCS faculty M. Adelaida Restrepo, PhD, and Maria Carlo, PhD, and the College of Education's Lisa Lopez, PhD. The goal of their project is to mitigate educational disparities exacerbated by immigration and poverty by developing a comprehensive training program