Kathleen Norris

Profile

Kathleen Norris teaches graduate courses in research design, qualitative research, quantitative research methodology, program evaluation, and assessment. She also works with K-12 districts around the state on data-driven decision making, assessment principles and practices, and program evaluation. Before she joined Plymouth State University, Norris worked in secondary education for 25 years as a principal, curriculum administrator, guidance director, classroom teacher, and coach. Norris spent time in Japan as an English teacher and trainer of English teachers for the Japanese government, and in Alaska, where she worked in the Yu’pik Eskimo village of St. Marys and in Fairbanks. She has published essays and poems which have appeared in galleries in Alaska.

Degrees and Education

• Certificate of Advanced Study, Evaluation, Claremont Graduate University
• EdD, Educational Leadership, University of Sarasota
• MFA, Creative Writing, University of Alaska, Fairbanks
• AB, English, Secondary Education, Boston College

Research Interests

• Evaluation theory and practice
• Educational leadership models
• Systemic change

Awards and Distinctions

• Fulbright Specialist for Kosovo in 2018
• Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award, 2012
• Boston College Alumni Achievement Award in Education, 1994
• Fulbright-Hayes Summer Fellowship, 1991
• National Center of Excellence Recognition by the National Council of Teachers of English, 1987