barbara clinton, phd

Barbara Clinton joined the SCOPE Board in 2014, encouraged by one of her Ethiopian community college students who went on to become a SCOPE fellow. Dr. Clinton spent the final ten years of her career directing the Honors Scholar Program at Highline College, working with talented and determined immigrant, refugee, and native students to develop the skills and the funding sources to continue their education. Barbara has a Ph.D. In Communication from the University of Washington and an M.A. in English from George Washington University. She is committed to reducing economic and ethnic disparities in education and services, both nationally and internationally, and is fascinated by the possibilities of faith-medicine collaboration.