Irwin L. Morris
Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
Department of
Government and Politics
University of Maryland
3140 Tydings Hall
College Park, MD
Tel. (301) 405-8633,
imorris@umd.edu
Research
Books
Articles
Conference Papers
My research focuses on a variety of topics in the fields of American politics, political economy, and public policymaking. Though my earlier work tended to focus on either racial dynamics (several articles on the racial/ethnic dynamics of public opinion on immigration issues) or economic dynamics (a book and articles on monetary policymaking and a book on the role of campaign contributions in the Clinton impeachment), a portion of my most recent work (primarily on legislative politics and party development in the South) focuses on the intersection of race and economics. I am currently working on a series of articles (and a book) on the political transformation of the American South with Trey Hood and Quentin Kidd. I am also analyzing the role of presidential campaigning in congressional elections with Paul Herrnson and John McTague. Finally, I recently completed a textbook on the American presidency for Cambridge University Press.
The great problem of legislation is, so to organize the civil government of a community . . . that in the operation of human institutions upon social action, self-love and social may be made the same. --J. Q. Adams
Time and patience are the great warriors. --L. Tolstoy
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