Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead

Dr. Bianca Montrosse-Moorhead, Measurement, Evaluation, and Assessment program, joined the University of Connecticut in 2013. At the university, she also serves as the program coordinator for the Graduate Certificate Program in Program Evaluation, a research scientist with the newly formed cross-departmental Collaborative on Strategic Education Reform, and teaches coursework in evaluation, research methods, and classroom assessment. Motivated by a desire to bridge gaps between the academic and practical domains of Evaluation and to contribute evaluative knowledge that promotes program and policy reform, her scholarship is guided by three primary goals: (i) to develop stronger evidence-based evaluation practices, models, and theories; (ii) to advance valid and actionable evaluative knowledge to the policy community; and (iii) to examine the inputs, process, and impact of preK-12 policies, practices, and programs designed to promote social betterment and educational equity. Dr. Montrosse-Moorhead is the 2014 recipient of the American Evaluation Association (AEA) Marcia Guttentag Award, the association’s only early career award which recognizes evaluation scholars who demonstrate early career promise (within 5 years of earning their graduate degree), and whose work is consistent with the AEA Guiding Principles for Evaluators.