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- Title:
- David Morris interview
- Interviewee:
- Morris, David, 1947-
- Interviewer:
- Williams, Charles Thomas
- Date Created:
- 2018-09-20
- Role:
- Faculty
- Department:
- Liberal Studies; School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Science
- Subjects:
- Bill Gerberding Donna Kerr liberal education interdisciplinary education interdisciplinarity curriculum planning higher education nontraditional students academic administration Warehouse District urban development urban revitalization
- Biography:
- David Morris (b. 1947) is a founding faculty member of University of Washington Tacoma. He was one of the initial 13 faculty members hired to create the Liberal Studies program, presently the School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Sciences. He retired in 2012. Before arriving in Tacoma, Morris had studied English and city planning at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for his master's degree. He earned his PhD in American Literature from University of Washington in 1984 and worked as a teaching assistant for Donna Kerr, the first dean of UW branch campuses before they opened. He previously taught at UCLA and Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana.
- Description:
- David Morris recounts his experience starting the UW Tacoma Liberal Studies program and the then branch campus with a cohort of interdisciplinary scholars. He describes his interest and specialization in environmental literature and how they match the interdisciplinary approach to the curriculum at UW Tacoma. He shares his memories of team teaching and working with older, nontraditional college students that made up the majority of UW Tacoma student body when it was first established. Later in the interview, he discusses the tri-campus relationship between UW Tacoma, Seattle, and Bothell and shares his view on the university's trajectory of growth.
- Location:
- United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma
- Type:
- Sound; Text; StillImage
- Format:
- cpd
- Preferred Citation:
- University of Washington Libraries, University of Washington Tacoma Library, UWTOH201810