LIBBY V. MORRIS

Libby V. Morris

Professor of Higher Education
Director, Institute of Higher Education
Ph.D., University of North Carolina


contact info:	(706) 542-3464 lvmorris@uga.edu

Libby V. Morris is professor and director in the Institute of Higher Education at the University of Georgia. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Her teaching and research interests include evaluation and assessment, faculty development, first year programs, and online education. In recognition of her work, she has received awards for excellence in teaching and in public service. Most recently, she was invited into membership of the University of Georgia's Teaching Academy.

Currently, she is the principal investigator for a multi-year contract to investigate teaching and learning online in collaboration with the Advanced Learning Technologies unit of the University System of Georgia Board of Regents. She has collaborated with the national Policy Center on the First Year of College on several first-year initiatives, and she serves as the evaluator for several research and educational training grants from the National Institutes of Health.

Morris is the editor of Innovative Higher Education, a peer-reviewed, international journal focusing on innovations in post-secondary education. She has presented research and/or conducted workshops at meetings of the European Association for Institution Research, American Association for Higher Education, Association for the Study of Higher Education, Association for Institutional Research, Educause, WebCT, National Forum on First-Year Assessment, and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. She also coordinates the Institute's Faculty Development in Georgia program.

She is the author or co-author of several books, including Multiculturalism in Academe, The Reference Book on Regional Well-Being, Southern Black Belt-A National Perspective, and Achieving and Sustaining Institutional Excellence for the First Year of College.