Claudia Morrell

Morrell’s decades of work have focused on understanding and enacting research-based strategies to increase access and educational equity for students traditionally underrepresented in rigorous courses and programs leading to life enriching, family-supporting careers. Her expertise stems from working in and with secondary education, community colleges, research universities, businesses, and nonprofits. Her goal is to provide educators with the knowledge, skills, abilities, and tools needed to create an equitable learning environment to positively affect the lives of children and adults along their career pathway. Morrell directs projects related to educational equity and evaluation. She has both a national and international reputation and proven history of success using research-based models and tested practices to improve student outcomes for secondary and post-secondary education. In the U.S. Morrell has recently provided professional development and evaluation services for the Baltimore County Public Schools in Maryland, the Community College of Baltimore County, the U.S. Department of Education, the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the Allison Group (an evaluation organization), Johns Hopkins University School of Education, and the University Of Pittsburgh (Pitt) Swanson School of Engineering (SSoE), among others. Morrell is a both a practitioner and researcher with a B.S. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, an M.S. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an M.A. from Loyola University Maryland.