Colleen Morrison, Ph.D.
Senior Research Associate
Colleen Morrison has more than 15 years of experience in program evaluation and applied developmental research. Her areas of expertise include maternal and child health and early care and education.
Morrison’s work focuses on the evaluation of systems, policies, and programs that promote family and child well-being. She leads research and evaluation activities across multiple projects in the areas of maternal, infant, and early childhood home visiting, behavioral health, and primary pediatric care. She manages projects, collects and analyzes quantitative and qualitative data, provides technical assistance, conducts literature reviews and environmental scans, and develops written reports and briefs.
Currently, Morrison is the JBA project director of the Children and Youth Behavioral Health Initiative Evaluation, Consulting Services. She also serves as an evaluation technical assistance specialist for the Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Technical Assistance Resource Center, supporting awardees conducting coordinated state evaluations to support the home visiting workforce.
Prior to joining JBA, Morrison was a research associate at the Center for Early Childhood Education and Intervention at the University of Maryland, College Park. She received a Ph.D. in human development and quantitative methodology from the University of Maryland.