Ronald V. Morris papers

Ronald Vaughan Morris was born on August 19, 1963 in Beech Grove, Indiana. He received his Bachelor of Science from the University of Indianapolis in Elementary Education in 1986. Upon graduation, Morris worked as an elementary school teacher in the Metropolitan School District of Perry Township in Indianapolis until 1994. During his tenure as an elementary school teacher, Dr. Morris earned a Master of Science degree from Purdue University in Educational Psychology, focusing on Gifted Education. In 1994, Morris stopped teaching and returned to school full time, serving as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Purdue University while pursuing his Doctor of Philosophy in Curriculum and Instruction, focusing on Social Studies Education.

Dr. Morris began his career in academia at Texas Tech University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in 1997. In August 2002, Morris returned to Indiana and went to work at Ball State University as an Assistant Professor in the History Department. Two years later Morris was promoted to Associate Professor.

In addition to his many scholarly achievements, Dr. Morris has worked on several special projects. As the Fall 2004 Virginia B. Ball Center for Creative Inquiry Fellow, he organized The Traces and Trails: Wayne County Intersections project which resulted in a traveling exhibition, five traveling artifact and primary source trunks, and an 80 page exhibition catalog. From 2005 to 2008, Morris served as the Primary Investigator on the Ohio River Teacher American History Project, which was a $500,000 grant supported by the U.S. Department of Education.