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Ron MorrisClinical Assistant
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EDUCATION
BS University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Criminal Justice (magna cum laude). May, l976
MS University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Psychology: Industrial/Organizational. May, l979
MS University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Psychology: Research - Personality/Social Concentration
Thesis: Are the Intrinsically Religious Only Apparently Less
Prejudiced: A Second Look at Religious Orientation,
Social Desirability, and Prejudice. August l984
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS
Instructor -part time, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga l979 to 1989.
Instructor - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga l990 to 1994
Clinical Assistant Professor-- University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 1994 to present.
Courses taught include:
Introductory Psychology
Introductory Statistics
Lab Research Methods
Field Research Methods
Psychology of Adolescence
Psychology of Adjustment
Differential Psychology
Psychology of Religion
Social Psychology
CONSULTING APPOINTMENTS
Paid research consultant - June, l98l to August, l983. Advised on collection and analysis of human factors simulation data on nuclear power plant operators for General Physics Corporation, Chattanooga Branch.
Research associate - January, 1989 to present. Advised on collection and analysis of data for the Office of Planning Evaluation and Institutional Research at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
Appointed Student Member, Research Self-Study Committee. March l980 - October l980.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
Religious Research Association
Association for the Sociology of Religion
GRANTS AWARDED
CECA/Development/Research/CCI Grant UT Chattanooga 1993
PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Morris, R.J. The generalizability of Intrinsic /Extrinsic orientation. Paper presented at Southeastern Psychological Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, March, l979.
Hood, R.W., Morris, R.J. and Stern, R. Knowledge and experience criteria in the report of mystical experience. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, San Antonio, Texas, October, l979.
Morris, R.J. and Hood, R.W. Religious Orientation, Report of Mystical Experience and Attitudes Toward Death. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio, October, l980.
Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. Eliciting religious imagery in an isolation tank situation. Paper presented at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Cincinnati, Ohio, l980.
Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. The empirical identification and utilization of Lifton's Modes of Death Transcendence. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Baltimore, Maryland, October, l98l.
Hood, R.W. and Morris, R.J. An investigation of Lifton's modes of death transcendence in an aged population. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Providence, Rhode Island, October, l982.
