Rate My Professor Louis Warren

Louis Warren serves as a Professor in the Department of Elementary Education and Middle Grades Education within East Carolina University's College of Education. He holds an undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, a master's degree from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and a doctorate in education from the University of Georgia. Warren began his career teaching in middle schools in rural North Carolina, followed by a position as an assistant professor at Georgia Southern University. He joined the East Carolina University faculty in 1994, initially contributing to curriculum and instruction before advancing to his current professorship in elementary education. Throughout his tenure, Warren has demonstrated a deep passion for teacher education, inspired by his own first-grade teacher, and has played key roles in faculty recognition for teaching excellence during NCATE accreditation processes.

Warren's scholarly work centers on teacher leadership, preparation, retention, and attrition, with publications such as 'The Relationship Between Teacher Leaders and Teacher Attrition' in Teacher Education and Curriculum Studies (2018), 'An Accelerated Alternative Licensure Program to Recruit Minorities into Teaching' (1998), 'Teacher Leadership Begins with Self-Leadership' (2021), 'Developing Advocacy in Teacher Leadership' (2020), and 'The Importance of Teacher Leadership Skills in the Classroom' (2022). His excellence in teaching has been honored with the East Carolina University Board of Governors' Teaching Excellence Award in 2006 and the UNC Board of Governors Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2008, the highest such honor at the institution. In 2022, the Delta Eta chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi inducted him into their brotherhood and established the Dr. Louis Warren Leadership Award in his honor, recognizing his advisory service from 2017 to 2020 and ongoing contributions. At ECU, he serves as Chief Faculty Marshal with a term through 2028 and as a member of the Faculty Senate Appellate Committee, further exemplifying his commitment to academic leadership and community service within the education field.