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Irwin Morris

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William T. Kretzer Distinguished Prof. of Humanities Executive Director

School of Public and International Affairs

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Bio

I am the William T. Kretzer Distinguished Professor of Humanities and the Executive Director of the School for Public and International Affairs. A student of southern politics for over two decades, I have also published research in the areas of political economy, race and ethnic politics, public policy, and American political institutions. My most recent book (co-authored with Bryan Gervais), Reactionary Republicans: How the Tea Party in the House Paved the Way for Trump’s Victory (Oxford University Press, 2018), explains the rise of Donald Trump and the new brand of Republican conservatism. My current research projects include the 21st century transformation of southern politics and the partisan foundations of public responses to COVID-19.

Projects

Movers, Stayers, and the Partisan Transformation of 21st Century Southern Politics. Under contract. Oxford University Press.

Responsibilities

Executive Director, SPIA

Office Hours

  • Mon: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Tue: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Wed: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Thu: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  • Fri: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Or By Appointment

Publications

Reactionary Republicans: How the Tea Party in the House Paved the Way for Trump’s Victory. 2018. With Bryan Gervais. Oxford University Press.

The Clinton Impeachment: Where are They Now?  With Nicholas S. Miras. 2018. In The Politics of Impeachment. Edited by Margaret Tseng. Washington, DC: Westphalia Press (Policy Studies Organization).

The Rational Southerner: Black Mobilization, Republican Growth, and the Partisan Transformation of the American South. 2012 (Paperback edition, 2014). With M.V. Hood III and Quentin Kidd. Oxford University Press.

The American Presidency. 2010. Cambridge University Press. (Textbook)

Presentations

Movers and Stayers and the Transformation of Southern Politics. 2020. Presented at the Citadel Symposium on Southern Politics, Charleston, SC.

When Parties Tweet: Assessing and Explaining Incivility in State Legislatures. 2019. With Bryan Gervais. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Political Science Association, Austin, TX.

Education

Ph.D. Political Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1994

M.A. Political Science University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1991

B.A. Political Science Furman University 1989

Area(s) of Expertise

American institutions, public policy, political economy, southern politics

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