Originally from the Lehigh Valley in eastern Pennsylvania, Dr. Sherman-Morris received her Bachelor’s degree in Social Studies Education from Mansfield University. Her graduate education includes a Master’s degree in Geosciences from Mississippi State University with a concentration in Broadcast Meteorology, and a Ph.D. in Geography from Florida State University. At Florida State, her dissertation research examined the one-sided friendship individuals develop with their local broadcast meteorologist and the influence it has on their response to warning communication.