Kathryn Morris, chair of the Psychology Department
since 2007, became Butler University's interim provost and
vice president for academic affairs on Jan. 1, 2012.
Morris earned her Bachelor of Arts from Gettysburg College and
her Master of Arts and doctorate from the University of Texas at
Austin. Her areas of expertise include social psychology,
psychology of gender, methodology and statistics.
Morris joined the Butler faculty in 1996. She has received
numerous honors and awards since, including the Outstanding Faculty
Award in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. In addition, she
is a charter member and the first president of Butler's chapter of
Phi Beta Kappa. In 2004, she was selected by the graduating
students to serve as the faculty commencement speaker.
In 2010, Morris was awarded a $108,000 National Science Foundation
grant to study factors that affect whether people confront
prejudice when they witness it. She has taught Introductory
Psychology, Social Psychology, Psychology of Gender, Experimental
Psychology, Research Methods & Statistics, Advanced Seminar in
Social Psychology and Honors Colloquium.
Within her professional organizations (the Society for Personality
and Social Psychology and the Society for the Teaching of
Psychology), Morris has done considerable work to develop and
improve mentoring programs, empower teachers, and develop
collaborations among teachers.