Associate Professor of Psychology

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Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2005

 

 

 

Dr. Morris is a social psychologist whose research interests include stereotyping, discrimination, social stigma, and deception detection. Some of her current research focuses on the stigma of being single and the question of whether people can improve their ability to detect deception.

Contact Dr. Morris if you would like information about her research, courses, or if you would like to gain experience conducting original research in the Social Psychology Research Lab.

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Courses

• Social Psychology
• Psychological Methods and Statistics II
• Psychology of Gender
• Psychology and the Law (First Year Seminar)
• Writing in Psychology: Romantic Relationships
• Living in the Margins: The Production, Perpetuation, and Experience
  of Stereotypes and Discrimination (Sophomore Interdisciplinary Studies)
• Stereotyping and Stigma (Senior Capstone Seminar)
• Introduction to Research Methodology (Graduate course)

Publications

• Pastore, L., Patrie, J., Morris, W. L., Dalal, P., & Bray, M. (2011).  Depression symptoms and body satisfaction association among polycystic ovary syndrome women.  Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 71, 270-276.
• DePaulo, B. M., Morris, W. L., & Sternglanz, R. W. (2009).  When the truth hurts: Deception in the name of kindness. In A. L. Vangelisti (Ed.), Feeling hurt in close relationships (pp. 167-190).  New York: Cambridge University Press.
• Morris, W. L., & DePaulo, B. M. (2009).  Singlehood.  In H. T. Reis & S. K. Sprecher (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Human Relationships (pp. 1504-1507).  Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
• Morris, W. L., DePaulo, B. M., Hertel, J., & Taylor*, L. C. (2008).  Singlism - Another problem that has no name:  Prejudice, stereotypes, and discrimination against singles.  In T. G. Morrison & M. A. Morrison (Eds.), The Psychology of Modern Prejudice (pp. 165-194).  Hauppauge, NY: Nova Science Publishers. 
• Paull*, E. J., & Morris, W. L. (2008).  Stereotyping and Nonconformity: the Effects of Punk Music on Social Behavior.  Psi Chi Journal of Undergraduate Research, 13,173-183. 
• Pastore, L. M., Morris, W. L., & Karns, L. B. (2008).  Emotional reaction to Fragile X premutation carrier tests among infertile women.  Journal of Genetic Counseling, 17, 84-91.
• Morris, W. L., Sinclair, S., & DePaulo, B. M. (2007).  No shelter for singles: The perceived legitimacy of marital status discrimination.  Group Processes and Intergroup Relations, 10, 457-470.
• Hertel, J., Schütz, A., DePaulo, B. M., Morris, W. L., & Stucke, T. S. (2007). She's single, so what? How are singles perceived compared to people who are married? Journal of Family Research, 19, 139-158..
• DePaulo, B. M. & Morris, W. L. (2006). The unrecognized stereotyping and discrimination against singles.  Current Directions in Psychological Science, 15, 251-254.
• DePaulo, B. M. & Morris, W. L. (2005). Singles in society and in science.  Psychological Inquiry, 16, 57-83.
• DePaulo, B. M. & Morris, W. L. (2005). Should singles and the scholars who study them make their mark or stay in their place?  Psychological Inquiry, 16, 142-149.
• DePaulo, B. M. & Morris, W. L. (2004). Discerning lies from truths: Behavioural cues to deception and the indirect pathway of intuition.  In P. A. Granhag & L. Strömwall (Eds.),  The detection of deception in forensic contexts (pp. 15-40). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

*Denotes student co-author.