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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.