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Jennifer Ann Morrow

Jennifer Ann Morrow

Jennifer Ann Morrow

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530 Bailey Education Complex
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Jennifer Ann Morrow, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Graduate Associate Dean for Curricular Innovation and Program Vitality

Hi everyone! My name is Jennifer Ann Morrow and I’m a tenured associate professor affiliated with the Evaluation Statistics and Methodology PhD program. Currently, I’m an Associate Dean for Curricular Innovation and Program Vitality in the Graduate School. I earned my PhD in Experimental Psychology with a concentration in Research Methodology from the University of Rhode Island. I focus my research on five interconnected areas: Higher education assessment and institutional improvement, Evaluation methodology and measurement development, Graduate education and professional preparation, College student success, belonging, and Artificial intelligence and data literacy. In the past twenty-five years I have been awarded over $900,000 in external funding from a variety of local and federal agencies, including the National Science Foundation, the Department of Education, and the Spencer Foundation. I have published 42 articles in peer reviewed journals, three book chapters, and have written over 120 grant and evaluation reports.

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Honors

2025: Awarded the University of Tennessee Graduate Student Senate Award for Outstanding Graduate Professor (nominated by current students)

2025: Awarded the University of Tennessee Graduate Student Senate Award for Outstanding Graduate Research Mentor (nominated by current students)

2024: Awarded the John Tunstall Outstanding Faculty Award (nominated by colleagues)

2024: Awarded the University of Tennessee Graduate Student Senate Award for Outstanding Graduate Professor (nominated by current students)

2024: Awarded the University of Tennessee Graduate Student Senate Award for Outstanding Graduate Research Mentor (nominated by current students)

2020: Awarded the University of Tennessee’s Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling’s Excellence in Graduate Student Mentorship Award (nominated by current students)

2020: Awarded the University of Tennessee Graduate School Graduate Research Mentor of the Year Award (nominated by current students)

2019: Awarded the Gary L. and Rebecca S. Blauser Endowed Faculty Support Award (nominated by colleagues)

2019: Awarded the Chancellor’s Excellence in Advising/Mentoring Award (nominated by current and former students)

Publications

  1. Bejar, M., Fisher, L., & Morrow, J.A. (2026). Development and validation of the Running Identity Scale. Journal of Sport Behavior, 49(1), 1-27.
  2. *Amoako, R., & Morrow, J.A. (2025). Development and Initial Validation of the Comprehensive AI Integration Readiness Survey (CAIIRS). International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 36(1), article 11. https://doi.org/10.7771/1812-9129.1064
  3. Boyd, A., Rocconi, L., & Morrow, J.A. (2024). Construct validation and measurement invariance of the Parasocial Relationships in Social Media (PRISM) survey. PLoS ONE, 19(3): e0300356. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0300356
  4. Morrow, J.A. (2023). Using ChatGPT to develop survey questions: A survey researcher’s experience using artificial intelligence (AI) for item development. Emerging Dialogues. https://www.aalhe.org/emerging-dialogues—using-chatgpt-to-develop-survey-questions–a-survey-researcher-s-experience-using-artificial-intelligence–ai–for-item-development
  5. *Christen, R.C., Morrow, J.A., Polychronopolous, G., & Clucas Leaderman, E. (2023). What should be in an assessment professional’s toolkit? Higher education assessment professionals’ needs for additional training. Intersection: A Journal at the Intersection of Assessment and Learning, 4(1). https://aalhe.scholasticahq.com/article/57789-what-should-be-in-an-assessment-professional-s-toolkit-perceptions-of-need-from-the-field
  6. Boyd, A., Morrow, J.A., & Rocconi, L. (2022). Development and validation of the Parasocial Relationships in Social Media Survey. The Journal of Social Media in Society, 11(2), 192-208. https://www.thejsms.org/index.php/JSMS/article/view/1085
  7. Christen, S., Violanti, M., & Morrow, J.A. (2022). Creating the Projecting a Social Presence Measure: Self rated behaviors that indicate mediated presence. Online Learning: The Official Journal of OLC, 26(3), doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.24059/olj.v26i3.2202
  8. *Jones, S.N., & Morrow, J.A. (2022). The impact of first-generation status, living in an LLC, and campus club involvement on sense of belonging in the first semester. The Journal of Campus Activities Practice and Scholarship, 4(2), 14-22. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1359552.pdf
  9. Gibson, T.O., Morrow, J.A., & Rocconi, L. (2022). Development and validation of the Emporium Model Motivation Scale (EMMS). Future Review, 5(1), https://futureresearch.org/future-review/.
  10. *Pacheco Diaz, N., Walker, J., Rocconi, L., Morrow, J.A., Skolits, G., Osborne, J., & Parlier, T.R. (2022). Faculty use of end of course evaluations. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, 33(3). https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1366195.pdf
  11. Morrow, J.A., Polychronopolous, G., Clucas Leaderman, E., & Christen, R.N. (2022). A snapshot of needed skills and dispositions through the lens of assessment professionals in higher education: Findings from a national survey. Journal of Research & Practice in Assessment, 17(2), 19-39. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ1348804.pdf
  12. *Butler, B., & Morrow, J.A. (2021). Developing and implementing an intervention study: Strategies for mentoring students throughout the research process. Teaching of Psychology, 50(3), 278-283. doi:10.1177/00986283211029946
  13. *Butler, B., Morrow, J.A., Soblo, H., & Benson, K. (2021). Enhancing international graduate students’ written and oral communication: A discussion of their perceived needs and pedagogical recommendations. The CATESOL Journal, 32(1), 68-79. https://doi.org/10.5070/B5.35914