Kevin J. Morris was born in 1952 in New York City, the son of Howard and Joan Morris. Morris received a B.A. in English from Fordham University (1974), M.A. in English from New Mexico Highlands University (1975), and an Ed. D. in Vocational/Technical Education from Clemson University (1997). Morris was an Adjunct Professor at Greenville Tech in Greenville, South Carolina from 1980-1984, and has been a full-time instructor from 1984-present (2005). While at Greenville Tech, he has been an instructor of Composition I and II, American English and World Literature I and II, Film Genre, and Introduction to East Asian Civilization. From 1988-1993, Morris was head of the English Department and in 1988 was a recipient of the SCETC-Gregory Cowan Award for Excellence in Teaching. As part of the research for his 1997 dissertation entitled A History of the South Carolina Technical Education System, 1961-1991, Morris conducted a series of interviews with twelve individuals who were critical in the establishment and evolution of the technical school system in South Carolina. The individuals interviewed are: G. William Dudley, H. MacLean Holderfield, Robert E. McNair, James R. Morris, Y.W. Scarborough, Wyman Shealy, Fred R. Sheheen, O. Stanley Smith, Lex Walters, John C. West, Louis Williams, and Edwin Zobel.
From the description of Kevin J. Morris oral history collection, 1996-1997, bulk 1996. (Clemson University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 68042827
