Profile: William H. Feyerherm

William Feyerherm is Vice Provost for Research and Dean of Graduate Studies at Portland State University and directs the Office of Graduate Studies and the Office of Research and Sponsored Projects. The Graduate Office has oversight on over 50 Master and Ph.D. programs with over 5,000 graduate students. The Office of Research and Sponsored Projects provides oversight, regulatory assistance, and support for all funded research within PSU. Current projects generate over $30 million of research expenditures each year.

Dr. Feyerherm has published extensively on topics such as race and its impact on processing in the justice system. His recent research is in the areas of detention reform and over-representation of minorities in juvenile justice. He currently serves as a member of the Oregon Law Enforcement Contacts Policy and State Review Committee and is a consultant to Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention on disproportionate minority contact issues. In 2002 Dr. Feyerherm received the W.E.B. DuBois Award from the Western Society of Criminology for his contributions to racial and ethnic issues in criminology.