Rate My Professor Ernest Morrell

Morrell earned his Ph.D. in Language, Literacy, and Culture from UC Berkeley in 2001, where he received the Outstanding Dissertation Award, along with an M.A. from the same program in 1997 and a Secondary English teaching credential in 1994; he held a B.A. in English Literature from UC Santa Barbara in 1993. His scholarly interests encompassed critical pedagogy, English education, literacy studies, postcolonial studies, and youth popular culture. He authored or edited more than 15 books, including Educating Harlem: A Century of Schooling and Resistance in a Black Community (Columbia University Press, 2020), Stories from Inequity to Justice in Literacy Education (Routledge, 2020), Critical Media Pedagogy: Teaching for Achievement in City Schools (Teachers College Press, 2013; Outstanding Academic Title, American Library Association), The Art of Critical Pedagogy (Peter Lang, 2008), and Becoming Critical Researchers (Peter Lang, 2004). With over 100 articles and chapters, his work amassed more than 10,000 Google Scholar citations. Morrell was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2024) and National Academy of Education (2022), named an AERA Fellow (2014), served as NCTE president (2011–2015) and recipient of its Distinguished Service Award, and ranked among top scholars in annual RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings since 2015. He contributed to editorial boards of journals such as Research in the Teaching of English and served on leadership committees for AERA, NCTE, and the International Literacy Association.