Jerome E. Morris

Dr. Jerome E. Morris is an associate professor in the College of Education and director of the Race, Class, Place and Outcomes Research Group in the Institute for Behavioral Research (where he also serves as a research fellow) at the University of Georgia. His research and teaching focus on the sociology and anthropology of education and examine the intersection of race, social class, gender, and immigrant status with social and educational policies. He has published extensively in leading research journals, such as the American Educational Research Journal, Teachers College Record, Anthropology and Education, and Educational Researcher. With major funding from the Spencer Foundation in Chicago, he is presently leading a longitudinal study of how identity, social class status, and geographical context influence adolescents’ educational experiences and achievement outcomes in Black suburbia in the U.S. South.