Laurie Powers is a distinguished professor of Social Work and Social Research at Portland State University (PSU), and director of the National Center for Self-Determination and 21st Century Leadership. Dr. Powers has been a Principal Investigator of 40 community-based, collaborative research, demonstration and training projects funded by federal and state agencies, and foundations. She has extensive experience in self-determination, student-directed transition planning and adolescent transition. Currently, Dr. Powers is the principal investigator of the National Youth Leadership Network and the Making a Life projects. Prior to joining PSU, she was an associate professor of Public Health, Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Oregon Health & Science University, where in 1999 she was honored with the Faculty Leadership award.
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