Teresa Morris

• Teresa Morris, Professor and Co-P.I., National Children's Study (San Bernardino
• County Location)
• Ph.D. - University of California, Berkeley
• Phone: (909)537-5561
• E-mail: tmorris@csusb.edu

Teresa Morris is from England via Australia. She has worked in England and Australia as a teacher, community worker and academic. She received her M.S.W. from the University of Hawaii and her Doctorate from UC, Berkeley. Her publications are in the areas of philosophy of science and alternative paradigm research methods. She teaches research methods.

Professional Specialties

• Research Methods
• Philosophy of Knowledge
• Program Evaluation  
• Policy Practice
• Immigrants and Refugees
• Leadership

Selected Publications

Black, J., Morris, T., Harbert, A. & Mathias, C.  (2008). Educational Collaboration in Psychiatric Disability, Rehabilitation and  Recovery:  Developing Transformative Solutions.  Journal of Social Work in Disability & Rehabilitation, 7(3/4).

Morris, T. (2006). Social Work Research Methods: Four Alternative Paradigms. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Morris, T. (2005). Social Work Professional Education and Workforce Development: A Ladder of Learning. In Professional Development: The International Journal of Continuing Education. 8(Vols. 2 and 3) pp. 108-115.

Morris, T. (2000). "A Personal Account of Leadership in an Academic Setting". Advancing Women in Leadership. Vol. 3, No. 2.

Morris, T. (1997). "Is it possible to know when theories of human behavior are obsolete?" (The Con argument) in (Eds.) Bloom, M. & Klein, W.C. Controversial Issues in Human Behavior and the Social Environment. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.

Morris, T. (1995/6). "The Struggle to Recognize Everyday Social Work as Rational Practice". Arete Vol. 20, No. 2, winter, pp. 36-41.

Morris, T. (1994). "Alternative Paradigms: A source for social work practice research". Arete Vol. 18, No. 2, winter pp. 31-44.

Mary, N. & Morris, T. (1994). "The Future and Social Work: A Global Perspective". Journal of Cross Cultural Social Work. Vol. 3 No. 4, pp. 89-101.

Morris, T. (1992). "Determinants of Public Cash Assistance Use Among Refugees in California". The American Review of Public Administration. Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 227-241.

Morris, T. (1992). "Teaching social workers research methods: Orthodox doctrine, heresy, or an atheistic compromise ". Journal of Teaching in Social Work. Vol. 6(1) pp. 41-62.

Morris, T. (1990). "Culturally Sensitive Family Assessment: An Evaluation of the Family Assessment Device Used with Hawaiian-American and Japanese-American Families". Family Process. 29/1 pp. 105-116.

Affiliations, Associations, Consultations

• National Association of Social Workers
• Council on Social Work Education
• Society for Social Work Research