Research fellow
Dr. Alana Morales currently holds a bachelor鈥檚 degree in psychology, a master鈥檚 degree in Educational Leadership, and a doctorate in Educational Leadership with a specialization in Curriculum and Instruction.聽
Dr. Morales is a lifelong educator with over twenty-four years of educational experience, ranging from teaching to administration. Her dissertation, entitled聽Secondary teachers' perceptions of professional development and teacher self-efficacy: A correlational study聽explored the relationship between teacher professional development and teacher self-efficacy.
Her research focuses on improving professional development experiences for educators, particularly at the secondary level. She has been published recently in聽The Phoenix Scholar聽and was a presenter at the 2021 Knowledge Without Boundaries conference.