Eduardo A. Ortiz, JD, PhD

REEP Team Member

Dr. Eduardo Ortiz is a Senior Research Associate at the Research and Training Division (RTD) of the Center for Persons with Disabilities (CPD) at the College of Education of Utah State University (USU). Dr. Ortiz received his PhD in sociology (2009) from Utah State University. His dissertation work was about the influence of family structures and the role of siblings on early language development of preschool Latino children. He also holds a Law Degree (JD) from the Catholic University of Ecuador (1996), his native country. He is a Core Faculty (Cultural Competency Learning Coordinator) of the Utah Regional Leadership Educational in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (URLEND) program. Dr. Ortiz has worked on many projects focused on disabilities, diversity, child development, and leadership fields and worked with many different communities and minority cultures, such as Hispanic/Latinos, Native American, persons with disabilities, refugees, migrants, and rural populations.