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Office of the Vice President

Anastasia S. Morrone, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Learning Technologies

As Associate Dean, Anastasia Morrone provides leadership in several important university-wide initiatives that are designed to create a rich learning environment that will help promote the transformation of teaching and learning through the innovative use of technology. She is also an Associate Professor of Educational Psychology in the core campus Indiana University School of Education, where she teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in adolescent development, psychology of teaching, and research methods.

Previously Morrone served IU as Executive Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Her research interests center around instructional practices that promote college student motivation and learning. Her teaching awards include the Trustees Teaching Award at IUPUI and the Indiana University Faculty Colloquium on Excellence in Teaching (FACET). Her professional affiliations include the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, the American Psychological Association (APA), the American Educational Research Association (AERA), and the AERA Motivation in Education Special Interest Group (SIG). Morrone has a Ph.D. degree in Educational Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Science degree in Technical Communication from the University of Minnesota.

Selected Publications and Grants

  • Harkness, S. S., Morrone, A. S., & D'Ambrosio, B. (2007). Preservice elementary teachers' voices describe how their teacher motivated them to do mathematics. Educational Studies in Mathematics, 65 (2), 235-254.
  • Morrone, A. S., & Pintrich, P. R. (2006). Achievement motivation. In G. Bear & K. Minke (Eds.), Children's Needs III: Development, prevention, and intervention. Washington , DC : National Association of School Psychologists.
  • Medina , M. A., Morrone, A. S., & Anderson, J. A. (in preparation). Students' evolving conceptions of social justice.
  • Information Planning for Health Knowledge Assessment, National Institute of Health (Information Planning Health Knowledge Assessment), $279,000 total awarded (10% salary contribution during the grant period), September 2004 - September 2006.
  • Ruth Lilly Health Education Assessment for the 21st Century, Department of Health and Human Services Public Health Services, $379,699 total awarded (10-20% salary contribution during the grant period), January 2006 - June 2009.

Contact Information

Office of the Vice President for Information Technology & CIO
535 W. Michigan Street, IT 500
Indianapolis, IN 46202
317-274-3479
317-274-4513 (fax)
amorrone@iupui.edu