Kathryn Morris is Butler University's Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Professor of Psychology. In 2010, Morris was awarded a $108,000 National Science Foundation grant to study factors that affect whether people confront prejudice when they witness it. She has taught Introductory Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychology of Gender, Experimental Psychology, Research Methods & Statistics, Advanced Seminar in Social Psychology and Honors Colloquium. Within her professional organizations (the Society for Personality and Social Psychology and the Society for the Teaching of Psychology), Morris has done considerable work to develop and improve mentoring programs, empower teachers, and develop collaborations among teachers.
Articles
The Implicit Association Test as a Class Assignment: Student Affective and Attitudinal Reactions (with Leslie Ashburn-Nardo), Teaching of Psychology (2010)
The Implicit Association Test (IAT) is a popular means of examining “hidden” biases. However, some...
Gender Differences in Communication:Implications for Salespeople (with Daniel H. McQuiston), Journal of Selling & Major Account Management (2009)
As more women enter into the traditionally male-dominated occupations of sales and purchasing, an understanding...
The Confronting Prejudiced Responses (CPR) Model: "CPR" for Hispanic Professionals (with Leslie Ashburn-Nardo and Stephanie A. Goowin), Business Journal of Hispanic Research (2008)
Hispanics are the largest minority group in the United States, comprising over 15% of the...
HOMER as an Acronym for the Scientific Method (with Jessica L. Lakin, R. B. Geisler, and Jordan R. Vosmik), Teaching of Psychology (2007)
Mnemonic strategies, such as acronyms, effectively increase student retention of course material. We present an...
Keeping it "All in the Family:" Does Nepotism in the Hiring Process Really Benefit the Beneficiary? (with M. Y. Padgett), Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies (2006)
The purpose of this research was to examine the consequences of being perceived as having...