David Morris

Associate Professor of Sociology

Education 

Ph.D., Sociology, University of Virginia
Dissertation: "Enduring Disruption:  The Effect of Peer Behavioral Disruptions in School on Educational and Social Inequality"

M.A., Sociology, University of Virginia

B.S., Education, Miami University of Ohio

Interests

  •  Education and Schooling
  • Criminology and the Justice System
  •  Juvenile Delinquency, Political Behavior
  •  Racial/Ethnic and Class Inequality
  •  Quantitative Methods
  • Family

Courses Taught 

  • SOCY 271:  Social Statistics: Making Sense of Sociological Data
  • SOCY 272:  Making Sense of Sociological Data
  • SOCY 321:  Sociology of Education
  • SOCY 342:  Juvenile Delinquency
  • SOCY 357:  Political Sociology

Selected Publications

  • Morris, David S. and Jonathan S. Morris. Forthcoming. “Partisan Media Exposure, Polarization, and Candidate Evaluations in the 2016 General Election.” Social Science Quarterly.
  • Morris, David S. 2021. “Polarization, Partisanship, and Pandemic: The Relationship between County-Level Support for Donald Trump and the Spread of COVID-19.” Social Science Quarterly.
  • Morris, David S. 2021. "Challenging the Stereotype that Minority Segregated Schools are Dangerous: Are Crime and Violence Really More Prevalent in Segregated Minority High Schools?" Race Ethnicity and Education. Advance online publication. doi:10.1080/13613324.2021.1937093
  • Dickinson, George and David S. Morris. 2021. “End-of-Life Issues in U.S. Child Life Specialist Programs: 2009 - 2019.” Child and Youth Care Forum 50(2):351-362.
  • Morris, David S., Jonathan S. Morris, and Peter L. Francia. 2020. “A Fake News Inoculation? Fact Checkers, Partisan Identification, and the Power of Misinformation.” Politics, Groups, and Identities 8(5):986-1005.
  • Morris, David S. and Hector N. Qirko. 2020. “Saving ‘Little Sister’: A Test of the Effectiveness of Kinship Appeals in Conservation Marketing.”  Environmental Communication 14(4):481-491.
  • Morris, David S. 2018. “Twitter versus the Traditional Media: A Survey Experiment Comparing Public Perceptions of Campaign Messages in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election.” Social Science Computer Review 36(4):456-468.
  • Morris, David S. and Jonathan S. Morris. 2017. “Evolving Learning: The Changing Effect of Accidental Exposure and Internet Access on Political Knowledge and Engagement (1998 - 2014).” Sociological Forum 32(2):339-358.
  • Potter, Daniel and David S. Morris. 2017. "Family and Schooling Experiences in Racial/Ethnic Academic Achievement Gaps: A Cumulative Perspective." Sociological Perspectives 60(1): 132-167.
  • Morris, David S. 2016. "Extracurricular Activity Participation in High School: Mechanisms Linking Participation to Math Achievement and 4-Year College Attendance.” American Educational Research Journal 53(5):1376-1410.