Georgia Hall, Ph.D.

Senior Research Scientist
National Institute on Out-of-School Time
Wellesley Centers for Women

Georgia Hall is a Senior Research Scientist at the National Institute on Out-of-School Time (NIOST) at the Wellesley Centers for Women at Wellesley College. She specializes in research and evaluation on youth development programs, settings, and learning experiences. Hall most recently served as Principal Investigator on a national study of physical activity and healthy eating practices in out-of-school time programs funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Hall is currently the Principal Investigator for After School Gets Moving. This is a randomized control trial study of the impacts of a professional development resource for out-of-school time program staff on children’s pedometer step counts in a national sample of out-of-school time programs. Hall is also serving as Principal Investigator for a research study on BOKS, a before school physical activity program funded by Reebok.

For two summers, Hall has served as the Principal Investigator on NIOST’s evaluation of the Boston Summer Learning Program. Working with a team of colleagues at the Wellesley Centers for Women, Hall is co-leading an investigation of out-of-school time program practices that support immigrant and refugee children and families.

Hall is the Managing Editor of Afterschool Matters, a journal for out-of-school time practitioners, researchers, and other related professionals. She is an enthusiastic youth soccer, basketball, and softball coach in her local community.

Hall earned her B.A. in 1982 from Duke University and her M.A. from Clark University. She holds a Ph.D. from Boston College.