selected publications academic article Morris, T., Robinson, J. H., Spiller, K., & Gomez, A. (2023). Screaming, No! No! It was Literally Like Being Raped: Connecting Sexual Assault Trauma and Coerced Obstetric Procedures. Social Problems. 70(1), 55-70. Mathur, V. A., Morris, T., & McNamara, K. (2020). Cultural conceptions of Women's labor pain and labor pain management: A mixed-method analysis. Social Science and Medicine. 261, 113240-113240. Morris, T., Gomez, A., Naiman-Sessions, M., & Morton, C. H. (2018). Paradox lost on the U.S.-Mexico border: U.S. Latinas and cesarean rates. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 18(1), 82. Morris, T., McNamara, K., & Morton, C. H (2017). Hospital-ownership status and cesareans in the United States: The effect of for-profit hospitals. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care. 44(4), 325-330. Morris, T., Meredith, O., Schulman, M., & Morton, C. H. (2016). Race, Insurance Status, and Nulliparous, Term, Singleton, Vertex Cesarean Indication: A Case Study of a New England Tertiary Hospital. Women's Health Issues. 26(3), 329-335. Morris, T., & Schulman, M. (2014). Race inequality in epidural use and regional anesthesia failure in labor and birth: an examination of women's experience. Sexual and Reproductive HealthCare. 5(4), 188-194. Morris, T., & McInerney, K. (2010). Media representations of pregnancy and childbirth: an analysis of reality television programs in the United States. Birth: Issues in Perinatal Care. 37(2), 134-140. Prechel, H., & Morris, T. (2010). The Effects of Organizational and Political Embeddedness on Financial Malfeasance in the Largest U.S. Corporations. American Sociological Review. 75(3), 331-354. Morris, T. (2008). Branch Banking and Institutional Racism in the U.S. Banking Industry. Humanity and Society. 32(2), 144-167. Prechel, H., Morris, T., Woods, T., & Walden, R. (2008). CORPORATE DIVERSIFICATION REVISITED: The PoliticalLegal Environment, the MultilayerSubsidiary Form, and Mergers and Acquisitions. Sociological Quarterly. 49(4), 849-878. Morris, T. (2007). INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL SOURCES OF ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE: Corporate Form and the Banking Industry. Sociological Quarterly. 48(1), 119-140. Morris, T. (2003). Unionization Matters: An Analysis of PostWorld War II Strikes. SOCIOLOGICAL INQUIRY. 73(2), 245-264. book Morris, T. (2013). Cut it out: The c-section epidemic in America conference paper Morris, T. (2004). Bank Mergers Under a Changing Regulatory Environment. Sociological Forum: official journal of the Eastern Sociological Society. 435-463.
principal investigator on Doctoral Dissertation Research: Organizational, Community, and State Regulatory Characteristics Influence on Venting and Flaring Rates of Texas Gas Wells awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2017 - 2019
co-principal investigator on The Ethics of Diversity: Fortifying Ethical Infrastructure and Fostering Ethical Leadership to Prevent Sexual Misconduct and Harassment in STEM Research & Practice Settings awarded by National Science Foundation - (Arlington, Virginia, United States) 2019 - 2021
teaching activities SOCI207 Intro Gender & Society Instructor SOCI213 Gender & Health Instructor SOCI220 Meth Of Soc Research Instructor SOCI289 Sptp:gender And Health Instructor SOCI335 Soc Of Organizations Instructor SOCI410 Reproduction, Birth And Power Instructor SOCI425 Medical Sociology Instructor SOCI485 Directed Studies Instructor SOCI489 Sptp: Reprod, Birth & Power Instructor SOCI491 Research Instructor SOCI610 Reproduction Birth And Power Instructor SOCI623 Meas Of Soc Parameters Instructor SOCI635 Soc Of Complex Org Instructor SOCI685 Directed Studies Instructor SOCI689 Sptp: Reprod, Birth, & Power Instructor SOCI691 Research Instructor WGST207 Intro Gender & Society Instructor WGST213 Gender & Health Instructor WGST289 Sptp: Gender & Health Instructor WGST410 Reproduction, Birth And Power Instructor WGST485 Directed Studies Instructor WGST489 Sptp: Reprod, Birth & Power Instructor WGST491 Research Instructor WGST610 Reproduction Birth And Power Instructor WGST689 Sptp: Reprod, Birth & Power Instructor
education and training Ph.D. in Sociology, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 2000 M.S. in Sociology, Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States) 1996 B.A. in Sociology, Southwestern Oklahoma State University - (Weatherford, Oklahoma, United States) 1994
awards and honors Presidential Impact Fellows, conferred by Texas A&M University - (College Station, Texas, United States), 2020 Outstanding Article Award, conferred by The American Society of Criminology - (Columbus, Ohio, United States), 2012 Organization and Management Theory Division/Best Published Paper Award, conferred by Academy of Management - (Briarcliff Manor, New York, United States), 2011
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