University of Missouri-St. Louis Professor Jerome E. Morris has been voted president-elect of the 25,000-member American Educational Research Association.Morris, the E. Desmond Lee Endowed Professor of Urban Education, will begin his presidency at the conclusion of the association’s 2026 Annual Meeting. He will be the first professor in the University of Missouri System to hold this position.
“To be elected president represents the culmination of my scholarship, my commitment to the organization, my commitment to educational research and my belief in knowledge and scholarship as a vehicle to advance the public good,” Morris said.