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Demetri Morgan
Associate Professor of Higher Education
Loyola University Chicago
Education/Degree:
1 Higher Education Higher Education (University of Pennsylvania)
About
Demetri L. Morgan, Ph.D., (he/him) is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at Loyola University Chicago. His research and teaching focus on the role of higher education in a diverse democracy, investigating how people successfully navigate and transform complex sociopolitical systems embedded within educational institutions. Specifically, Dr. Morgan's lines of inquiry include exploring: the cultivation of student political engagement, the role of culturally sustaining governance for institutional transformation, and effective organizational approaches to STEM education. He has published empirical and theoretical studies to advance this research agenda in a range of respected academic journals, co-edited a book on student activism, and secured over $5 million in external grants. A frequent media contributor and public speaker, Dr. Morgan has earned recognition as a past-fellow of the Place-Based Justice Network and as an Emerging Scholar by ACPA College Educators International.
Current Work
Examples of current projects Dr. Morgan is collaborating on include: working alongside a governing board interested in institutionalizing its commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion; exploring how leaders implement and scale pedagogical and programmatic interventions to sustainably support the preparation of a more racially and ethnically diverse STEM ecosystem; and identifying practices and strategies that faculty use to support student preparation for engagement in a rapidly changing sociopolitical environment.
Research Area Keyword(s)
organizational theory, campus climate, Socially Responsible STEM Education, Goverance, Equity