Dean Porfirio Goes Global

Assistant Dean Vincent Porfirio will be spending the summer of 2009 in Cape Town, South Africa through Harvard University’s Center of International Development through the Albert N. Husted Fellowship and funding provided by The Sage Colleges. He will be conducting a quantitative research study with a team of other volunteer/researchers from around the globe.

By looking at three diverse districts in the Cape Town area and residing with students and their families, Vincent hopes to get a better perspective on educational settings within the country. Not only will the team be doing research but they will be traveling around South Africa to experience the country (primarily the Western Cape Province) as a whole. Additionally, Vincent will be presenting his research at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.