Morgan V. Lewis

Morgan V. Lewis is a consultant to the National Research Center for Career and Technical Education at the University of Louisville. Lewis has over 40 years of experience in research, policy analysis, and evaluation of education and training programs. His focus has been primarily on school-based programs designed to prepare young people for employment, but he has also studied programs in correctional institutions, parole offices, day care centers, and public welfare agencies. He is the author or coauthor of more than 150 publications.

Lewis received his doctorate in Industrial/Organizational Psychology from Pennsylvania State University. While in his doctoral program, he worked on a multistate evaluation of vocational education and that experience set the direction for his future career. After receiving his degree, he remained at Penn State for 13 years conducting research and evaluation studies for state and federal agencies. In 1978 Ohio State University was awarded the contract for the first National Center for Research in Vocational Education and Lewis joined its staff. When the national center moved to the University of California–Berkeley, Lewis continued at Ohio State as a staff member of the Center on Education and Training for Employment until his retirement in 2006. During his years at Ohio State, he served as a consultant to vocational education and workforce agencies in China, Turkey, Kyrgyzstan, and the Philippines.