Dr. Terry Morris

Tenured Professor of History and Political Science

706-233-7790
tmorris@shorter.edu 315 Shorter Ave.
Rome, Georgia 30165

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Education

• University of Georgia, Ph.D 1976.
  Dissertation: “The Concept of Bienfaisance and the French Aristocracy of the Eighteenth Century”
• Emory University, M.A. 1965.
  Thesis: “The Influence of Konrad Von Megenberg’s Awareness of a Lay Reader on the Second Book ofDas Pouch Der Natur.”
• Shorter College, A.B. 1964

Honors and Awards

• Vulcan Materials Company Teaching Excellence Award, 1993
• Shorter College Ty Cobb Education Scholarship 1963

Academic Employment

• Shorter University 1965 to present with 4 years on leave to pursue the Ph.D.

National Memberships

• Humanities and Technology Association
  • Treasurer, HTA 1994 to 1998

Grants Obtained and Directed or Participated In

• The Great Plains Experience funded by the NEH through Mid‐America University in conjunction with the Tri‐County Library, Rome, Ga.
• East‐West Relations in the Post‐Cold War Era, funded by the Georgia Humanities Council, 1991

Video Series

• Local programs in connection with the Great Plains Experience
• History of Broad Street, with the Tri‐County Library
• Interview with World War I veterans
• Established the Lewis Lipps Ecology Lectureship for Shorter College

Director of Honors Program

• Led in the development of the program and directed it since its inception in 1985 until 2013.

Publications

• Organizing the Firm: The Role of Science in Modern Management. Pearson Custom Publishing 2006, Amazon Kindle 2010.
• Articles in Great Lives Series
  • “Thomas Newcomen” in Great Lives from History: Inventors. Magill Press, 2009.
  • “Eratosthenes”, “Eristratus”, “Hipparchus” and “Gratian” in Great Lives from History: the Ancient World. California: Magill Press, 1999.
  • Ulfilas in Great Lives from History: Antiquity, California: Magill Press, 1989.
  • “William Wilberforce” in Great Lives from History: British and Commonwealth Series, Magill Press, 1988.

• “Collaborative Learning: A Model for the Twenty-First Century” in Celebrating the Scholarship of Teaching: Honors Day Speeches, 1991-2000. Shorter College Publication, 2000.

Consulting

• Institute of Professional Development at North Phoenix University.
  • Modules for:
    • Problems in United States History
    • Critical Thinking
    • Modern Science and Modern Business
• Wodsworth Publishing Company
  • Review of new edition of Upshur’s World History, third edition. 1998

Book Reviews

• “Growing Explanations: Historical Perspectives in Recent Science by M.Norton Wise, ed. inInternational Social Science Review. Volume 83 nos. 1&2, 2007, pp. 104-106.
• “Industrializing Organisms: Introducing Evolutionary History vo. V. Hagley Perspectives on Business and Culture by Susan R. Schrepfer and Philip Scranton in International Social Science Review Vol 80, nos 1&2, 2005, pp. 77-79.
• “Lessons from Deregulation: Telecommunications and Airlines after the Crunch by Alfred E. Kahn in International Social Review. Vol. 80, no. 3& 4, 2005, pp. 172-74.
• “Theory and History in International Relations”. By Donald J. Puchala in International Social Science Review. Volume 79, nos 1 &2 2004, pp.78-80.
• “Marie Antoinette: Writings on the Body of a Queen.” International Social Science Review. Volume 79, nos 3&4, 2003, pp. 147-149.

Courses Taught

• World Civilization to 1648
• World Civilization since 1648
• Classical Culture
• The Middle Ages
• Europe in Transition
• Early Modern Europe
• Survey of British History
• History and Philosophy of Science and Mathematics
• The Muslim World
• East Asian Civilization
• Introduction to Historical Methods
• Historiography

Work in Critical Thinking

• Presented a workshop, Teaching History as Argument. International Critical
  Thinking Conference, Sonoma State U. Sonoma California (1994)
• Began teaching in the School of Professional Programs (1992)
• Faculty Retreat. Lecture:”Teaching Thinking Reeds” (1988)

Ministry

• Member St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
• Sunday School Teaching
• Church Choir