University of Pittsburgh, M.Ed. in Education, 1960
        Concentration: Reading and Language Arts

University of Pittsburgh, B.S. in Education, 1959
        Concentration: Elementary Education

Recipient of the Educational Excellence Award from the Greater Pittsburgh Alliance of Black School Educators, June, 1993.

Cited by Chapter I Districtwide Parent Advisory Council for Commitment and Service to Chapter I Program, 1992.

Recognized by Pittsburgh Kindergarten Teachers' Association for service to students and teachers, May, 1992.

Recipient of First Creative Teacher Award in the Pittsburgh Public Schools for a proposal to improve the listening skills of elementary school  students, 1965.

Invited to participate in the Harvard-Lexington Summer Program in Team Teaching, 1963.

Co-Director, 1996-1997 (with S. Newman). The Development of Competencies for Work in the Intergenerational Field. Funded by the Central Research Development Fund of the University of Pittsburgh ($8,000).

Co-Director, 1992-1993 (with P. Parr). Heartwood Reading Program. Funded by the R. K. Mellon Foundation ($200,000).

Director, 1990-1993. Cooperative Learning and the Heartwood Reading Program. Funded by Chapter II, Pennsylvania Department of Education ($150,000).

Co-Director, 1991-1993 (with S. Williams). CAMP ESTEEM - A Motivation Program for 4th, 5th, 7th, and 8th Grade Students. Funded by Chapter I, Pennsylvania Department of Education ($500,000).

Co-Director, 1991-1993 (with S. Williams). Read Aloud Family Club Program. Funded by Chapter I, Pennsylvania Department of Education ($250,000).

Coordinator, 1989-1993. Pennsylvania Framework (PCRP II). Funded by Pennsylvania Department of Education ($3,500-6,000 per year).

Co-Director, 1989-1991 (with W. Penn). Rights Without Labels. Funded by Pennsylvania Department of Education ($100,000 for each of 3 years).

Scales, A., Morris, G., George, A. (1998). A church operated after-school tutorial and enrichment program. The Negro Review, XLIX, 153-164.

Scales, A., Morris, G., & George, A. (1997). Perceptions of one after-school tutorial program. Journal of Research and Development in Education, 30, 167-182.

Eichelberger, R.T., Bean, R.M.,Lazar, M., Schuh, R.G., and Morris, G.A. (1995). Evaluation of three catholic elementary schools in the Pittsburgh diocese. Final Report to the Extra Mile Education Foundation, Pittsburgh: Institute for Practice and Research in Education, School of Education, University of Pittsburgh.

Bean, R. M., Hamilton, R., Zigmond, N., & Morris, G. (1994). Changing roles of special education teachers in a full-time mainstreaming program: Rights without labels. Reading and Writing Quarterly, 10, 2, 171-185.

Morris, G. (1993). Multicultural literacy and literature: The perspective of school policy. In S. Miller and McCaskill (eds.), Multicultural Literature and Literacies: Making Space for Differences. Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 143-162.

Bean, R. M., Cooley, W., Eichelberger, R. T., Lazar, M., Morris, G. & Zigmond, N. (1989). Critical features of remedial reading programs: Effects of setting on instructional practices. student activities. congruence and achievement. Technical Report submitted to Office of Educational Research and Improvement. 

Bean, R. M., Cooley, W., Eichelberger, R. T., Lazar, M. K., Morris, G. A., & Zigmond, N. (1989). Report of critical features of remedial reading: Effects of  setting on instructional practices, student activities, congruence, and achievement. (Executive Summary). Keystone State Reading Association Newsletter. XH(1), 5-6.

Morris, G. (1972). Classroom diagnosis of reading difficulties. InL. Schell and P. Burns (eds.), Remedial Reading: Classroom and Clinic (2nd ed). Boston: Allyn and Bacon, Inc. 1972, 166-174.

Clymer, T., Morris, G., Nemeth, J., Smith, C., and Wardeberg, H. (1972). Read better learn more Books A, B, C. Boston: Ginn and Company.

Morris, G. (1967). Components of a reading program for the culturally advantaged child: Elementary level. Reading in Its Sociological Setting. A Report on the Twenty-Third Annual Conference and Course in Reading. University of Pittsburgh. 123-134.

Morris, G. (1972). Reading in the Content Areas. Keystone State Reading Association Annual Meeting.

Member of doctoral dissertation committees of A. Aiken, M. Arshad, D. Beresik, S. Biggs, L. Briscoe, S. Dolan, R. Hamilton, C. Piatt, , K. Jacobs-Schoop, K. Shorter, & W. Watts

Member, Task Force on Student Learning Outcomes for the Pennsylvania Department of Education (Summer, 1991).

Member, Pennsylvania State Reading Assessment Committee, 1988-1993.

Member, Advisory Group, Pennsylvania Comprehensive Reading Plan, 1988-1989.

Peer Reviewer, Office for Educational Research and Improvement, U. S. Department of Education, 1987-Present.

State Evaluator, Graduate Reading Programs at Duquesne (1969), Slippery Rock (1968).

Member and Chairman, Board of Directors, Schenely Heights Community Development Program, 1996-Present.

Member, African American Advisory Committee, Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, 1995-Present.

President, The Billy Strayhorn Chapter of the Duke Ellington Society(TDES), 1995-Present.

Member and former Chair of the Board of Directors, Pace School, Pittsburgh, PA, 1 987-Present.

Member, Advisory Board, Beginning with Books, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 1980-1994.

Member and Chairperson, Board of Directors of the Ozanam Strings of Pittsburgh, 1976-1982.

Member and President, Board of Directors of the Greater Allegheny and Monongahela Housing Corporation, 1973-1979.

Member, Restructuring Committee, 1992-93.

Member, Early Childhood Assessment Task Force, 1992-93.

Member, New Standard Project, District Team, 1992-93.

Member, Multicultural Education, Subcommittee on Reading, 1989-91.

Member , Middle States Evaluation, Subcommittee on Reading, 1986-87.

Member, Board Priorities Subcommittee on Reading, 1986-87.

Member, Hazardous Rout Task Force, 1974-1985.

Undergraduate courses in Language Arts and Introduction to Elementary Teaching

Strategies For Improving Students' Comprehension Of Text In All Content Areas. Introduction to the Open Court Headway Language Program.

Introduction to Reading and Writing for Elementary Teachers cycled through the Brookline Elementary Teacher Center.Questioning Strategies and Discussion Seminars.

Introduction to Reading for Teachers cycled through the Schenley High School Teacher Center. 

Introduction to Reading Strategies for Teachers cycled through the Greenway Middle School Teacher Center.

Member, Advisory Board, National Literature Network, State University of New York at Albany, 1992-94.

Member, Commission on Reading, National Council of Teachers of English, 1992.

Member, Children's Book Award Committee, International Reading Association, 1989-1991.

Member, Reading Research Quarterly Search Committee, International Reading Association, 1989-90.

Member, Standing Committee on Research, National Council of Teachers of English, 1987-1989.

Member, Secondary Reading Blue Ribbon Task Force, International Reading Association, 1986.

Member, Committee on National Assessment of Reading, International Reading Association, 1984-85.

Regional Director, Keystone State Reading Association (elected to three year term, 1971- 1974).

Member, Commission on the Nature of the Reading Process, International Reading Association, 1970-71 and 1971-72.