Walter C. Farrell, Jr.
PhD, Michigan State University, 1974
Social welfare policy, urban issues, Hispanic, immigration, economic development, employment and discrimination issues, K-12 education, the agenda to privatize public schools, diversity, social and immigration issues, and death penalty mitigation
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Dr. Walter C. Farrell, Jr. heads a management, education, and litigation consultant group. He earned a B.A. degree from North Carolina Central University, a Masters and Ph.D from Michigan State University, and a postdoctoral Masters in Public Health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He most recently served as Professor of Community Management & Policy Practice in the School of Social Work, Associate Director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center in the Kenan Institute in the Kenan-Flagler Business School, and as a Fellow in the Center for Urban and Regional Studies (CURS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was previously Professor and Chair of the Department of Educational Policy & Community Studies in the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and an Adjunct Professor in the Departments of Curriculum & Instruction, Urban Studies, and Allied Health. Dr. Farrell is a Fellow at the National Education Policy Center School of Education, University of Colorado.