Assistant Professor of Early Childhood Special Education
Department of Literacy and Special Education College of Education

678-839-6058
cmorris@westga.edu

Education Annex - Room Early Learning C
Office Hours
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Chelsea T. Morris, Ph.D.

Dr. Chelsea T. Morris is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Literacy and Special Education. Prior to pursuing her Ph.D., Dr. Morris was a teacher in a children's hospital and later, a public school early childhood special education teacher. She is committed to thinking differently, and deeply, about what is good for children, utilizing culturally responsive practices, an ethic of care, and a willingness to take risks. Dr. Morris' current teaching and research projects focus on bias in the perceptions of children's behavior in early childhood, practice-based coaching and trauma informed care through the nationally recognized Pyramid Model framework, classroom leadership, collaboration, and environment conducive to positive behavior and relationships, and the engagement of communities and families in preschool and school improvement.Most recently, Dr. Morris helped to open the Early Learning Center, powered by the College of Education, at UWG. In partnership with supportive colleagues and a community focused on early learning, Dr. Morris hopes her role as faculty director provides a spotlight on the importance of quality childcare and early learning opportunities in the West Georgia region.

  • M.Ed., Early Childhood Special Education, James Madison University, 2007
  • Ph.D., Teaching and Learning, University of Miami, 2018

Spring 2021 Sections

  • SPED-6761 (Classroom Behavior Management) Section: E01
  • SPED-7729 (Special Education Law) Section: E02

Fall 2020 Sections

  • SPED-7722 (Collaboration in Spec Edu) Section: E01

Summer 2020 Sections

  • SPED-7722 (Collaboration in Spec Edu) Section: E01

Spring 2020 Sections

  • ECED-3271 (Curr,Instrct,Clssrm Mgt PreK-5) Section: 01
  • SPED-4713 (Collaboration in Sch Settings) Section: E02
  • SPED-4713 (Collaboration in Sch Settings) Section: 01

Fall 2019 Sections

  • ECED-3271 (Curr,Instrct,Clssrm Mgt PreK-5) Section: 01
  • ECED-3271 (Curr,Instrct,Clssrm Mgt PreK-5) Section: 02
  • ECED-7265 (Parent Ed/Teach Chld Care Wkrs) Section: E01

Summer 2019 Sections

  • ECED-7262 (Investigating Language Arts) Section: E02
  • ECED-7273 (Family/Comm Inv for Sch Improv) Section: E02
  • ECED-7273 (Family/Comm Inv for Sch Improv) Section: E01

Spring 2019 Sections

  • ECED-3271 (Curr,Instrct,Clssrm Mgt PreK-5) Section: 01
  • ECED-7266 (The Young Child: Home & Commun) Section: E01
  • ECED-7272 (Classrm Mgmt Early Grades(P-5)) Section: E01

Fall 2018 Sections

  • ECED-3271 (Curr,Instrct,Clssrm Mgt PreK-5) Section: 02
  • ECSE-4783 (Practicum I) Section: 02
  • ECED-7265 (Parent Ed/Teach Chld Care Wkrs) Section: E01

Summer 2018 Sections

  • ECED-7273 (Family/Comm Inv for Sch Improv) Section: E02

Morris, C. T., Chapman, L. A., Kesten, S. M., & Elbaum, B. (in press). Exploring parent perceptions of shared decision making and outcomes in IEP meetings: Power in play. Florida Educational Research Journal.

Morris, C. T., & Chapman, L. A. (2020). Disrupting norms in teacher preparation programs: Navigating challenges and sharing successes. Journal of Culture and Values in Education, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.46303/jcve.03.01.ed [View Publication External Resource]

Bulotsky-Shearer, R., *Futterer, J., *Bailey, J., & Morris, C. T. (2020). Leveraging the developmental strengths of young children in context. In V. C. Alfonso & G. DuPaul (Eds.), Healthy development in young children: Evidence-based interventions for earl [View Publication External Resource]

Morris, C. T., & Chapman, L. A. (2019). Timeless learning: How imagination, observation, and zero-based thinking change schools: A review. Journal of Culture and Values in Education, 2(1), 113-118. http://cultureandvalues.org/index.php/JCV/article/view/28/ [View Publication External Resource]

Cavendish, W., Morris, C. T., & Chapman, L. A., *Ocasio-Stoutenburg, L., & *Kibler, K. (2019). Teacher perceptions of implementation practices to support secondary students in special education. Preventing School Failure, 64(1), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.108 [View Publication External Resource]

Cavendish, W., Morris, C. T., Chapman, L. A., Ocasio-Stoutenburg, L., & Kibler, K. (2019). Teacher perceptions of implementation practices to support secondary students in special education. Preventing School Failure.

Chapman, L. A., & Morris, C. T. (2018). From caring to cared for: Prioritizing an ethic of care for special educators. In K. N. Daniels & K. Billingsley (Eds.), Creating Caring and Supportive Educational Environments for Meaningful Learning (Advances in Ed

Morris, C. T. & Chidester, R. (2018). Common purpose, uncommon results: A collaborative approach to early literacy in children with Down syndrome. Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, Spring/Summer 2018.

Morris, C. T. (2017). Preventing the preschool-to-prison pipeline: Examining preschool discipline policy recommendations. Roosevelt House Faculty Journal, New York, NY. [View Publication External Resource]

Elbaum, B., Sanchez-Sarno, A., Morris, C. T., & Celimli-Aksoy, S. (2016). Florida ESE parent survey: Ten years of measuring schools’ facilitation of parental involvement. Unpublished technical report, Florida Department of Education, Miami, FL.