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Dr. Ellen Scully-Russ
Dr. Ellen Scully-Russ
Associate Professor Emerita, Human and Organizational Learning
School: Graduate School of Education and Human Development
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Dr. Ellen Scully-Russ
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Dr. Scully-Russ is an Associate Professor Emerita of Human and Organizational Learning at the George Washington University Graduate School of Education and Human Development. Her scholarship and practice are focused on the role of Adult Education in meeting the individual and the political-economic challenges of the emerging knowledge society. With expertise in qualitative research methods, she has studied the inter-dependencies of work organization and individual learning in traditional as well as emerging occupations.
Dr. Scully-Russ has more than 25 years experience as a workplace learning and workforce development practitioner in a wide range of industries including health care, telecommunications, manufacturing, hospitality, and the public sector. She has worked with dozens union-management partnerships on the firm, regional, and industrial levels to develop policies and programs to meet the dual goals of supporting individual learning and development and improving industry and firm performance. She also served as a U.S. Peace Corps Volunteer in the Republic of Liberia in the early 1980s.
Dr. Scully-Russ is an affiliated faculty member of the Global Food Institute at GW.
- Workforce Planning and Development
- Workplace Learning and Development
- Adult Learning
- Adult Education
- June 2024 - Dr. Ellen Scully-Russ participated in the Adult Education Research Conference at the University of Georgia. She presented a paper titled, "Broken Systems Under Repair: Weaving Ethics of Care and Human Flourishing Into the Work and Lives of Essential Workers," and also participated in an invited panel on the Future of Adult Education Graduate Programs.
- November 2023 - Dr. Ellen Scully-Russ was an invited lecturer at the Education Sciences and Educational Consulting for Organizations Department at the University of Siena, Italy on Reflective Scholarly Practice for Impactful Educational Consulting in Organizations.
- November 2023 - Dr. Scully-Russ and Dr. Maria Cseh contributed in an episode of the HRD Masterclass podcast series on HRD & The Climate Crisis. Topics covered include: implications for organizations and how they are responding; the relationship between human resource development and the Climate Crisis; how HRD can position itself for a greater role; and more.
- July 2023 - Dr. Ellen Scully-Russ was invited to be part of the twelfth annual John Hazen White Forum on Public Policy, Governance Studies panel at Brookings to explore how the United States can improve workforce development and enhance STEM expertise. The panelists discussed ideas for boosting education and prioritizing lifelong learning. This forum convenes leaders from academia, business, and government to discuss and identify solutions to the United States’ most pressing challenges. Watch the recording >
- March 2020 - Dr. Ellen Scully-Russ authored a position paper for the American Association for Adult and Continuing Education (AAACE) on The Families First Coronavirus Response Act. Dr. Scully-Russ is Chair of the AAACE Public Affairs Committee.
