Dr. Morris is a Professor of Politic Science and serves as Chair of the Department of Political Science and Dean of the School of Intelligence, Computing, and Global Politics. He was the founder of the Mercyhurst Center for Applied Politics and served as its director for more than a decade. Dr. Morris has conducted dozens of public opinion polls since 2010, and his polls have been reported by every major news organization in Pennsylvania and Ohio, as well as national news organizations, including National Public Radio, State Impact, RealClearPolitics.com, CNN.com, MSNBC.com, the Today Show, and NBC’s Hardball. As Mercyhurst University’s senior political analyst, Dr. Morris provides analysis and commentary for television, radio, print, and online news organizations in the United States and abroad. He is the former director of the Mercyhurst University Honors Program and was a visiting professor at Idaho State University before coming to Mercyhurst. He is originally from Claremont, California.