Rate My Professor Suzanne Morrow

Suzanne Morrow serves as Master Lecturer and Chief Departmental Advisor in the Department of Psychology at Old Dominion University, a role she has held since at least 2013, guiding undergraduate students in their academic and career development. She earned a B.A. in Psychology from Auburn University and an M.S. in Psychology from Old Dominion University in 1995. Morrow's commitment to excellence in teaching and advising is demonstrated through an extensive list of awards, including the Distinguished Advisor Award from the College of Sciences in 2018, Outstanding Advisor in 2023, Above and Beyond Faculty Award from the College of Sciences Advisory Board in 2025, multiple Shining Star Awards from the Division of Student Affairs (2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016), Distinguished Instructor Teaching Awards from the College of Sciences (2008, 2009), Most Influential Instructor from the Betty Guy Academic Award recipient in the College of Sciences (2013), Outstanding Professor of the Semester from Psi Chi (2009), and Extra Award for Excellence in Translating Results to an Audience at the CityMatCH Urban Maternal and Child Health Leadership Conference (2004).

Morrow has contributed to psychological scholarship through co-authoring the article 'The relation of self-perceptions to achievement among African-American preschoolers' with E. M. Justice and L. L. Lindsey, published in the Journal of Black Psychology (1999, Vol. 25, No. 1, pp. 48-60). She has presented on topics including integrative learning communities for psychology majors at the Association for Psychological Science in 2018, peer tutoring effects in 1996, and maternal and child health access at national conferences from 2000 to 2004. Her funded projects include 'Using integrative learning to improve disciplinary writing' ($19,735, Old Dominion University, 2017-2018), 'A pre-clinical learning community in psychology' ($4,400, Old Dominion University, 2013-2014), and 'Providing Medicaid Education in an Effort to Increase Access to and Utilization of Prenatal and Pediatric Health Care' (Private, 2005). Through her roles in teaching, advising, presentations, and grants, Morrow has made a lasting impact on psychology education at Old Dominion University.