Lena Morreale Scott

Lena Morreale Scott is the Director of the Civic Education & Engagement Initiative, which elevates civic education and engagement at the college, university, and across the state.  She is the Principal Investigator for the Maryland Democracy Initiative (MDI), whose mission is to grow the capacity of all people for a lifetime of civic participation in service to a fairer and more just society. 

Lena co-chairs the Maryland Civic Education Coalition, a cross-partisan group of more than 170 classroom teachers, district-level coordinators, university scholars, leaders, students and community members from across the state, representing more than 45 civic organizations dedicated to ensuring equitable access to meaningful, comprehensive civic education to prepare Maryland students for informed, lifelong civic engagement.  She also co-chairs the ad-hoc Cross Campus Civic Engagement Working Group and serves as Maryland's liaison to the state policy group of the national civic education coalition, CivXNow.

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Research Interests: 

• Democracy education
• Civic education in K-12 schools and higher education
• The civic mission of schools
• Teacher preparation and ongoing professional development
• Academic service-learning and teaching for civic engagement