Mary Y. Morgan
POSITION
Associate Professor
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
School of Human Environmental Sciences
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
1981-present
Director, HDFS Undergraduate Program, 1991-present.
EDUCATION
1980 Ph.D. Home Economics Education University of Missouri
1974 M.Ed. Vocational Education University of Illinois
1969 B.S. Vocational Home Economics Northeast Missouri State University
AWARDS
1991 Outstanding Teaching Award
School of Human Environmental Sciences
REFERRED JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Brayboy, M.E. and Morgan, M.Y. (1998). Voices of Indianness: The lived world of Native American women. Women's Studies International Forum, 21(4), 1-14.
Morgan, M.Y. and Rhoden, J.L. (1995). Change in white college women's understanding of sexism: Empowerment through critical reflection. National Women's Studies Association Journal, 7(2), 35-57.
Morgan, M.Y. and Spalding, S.T. (1994). Women as initiators of change in rural Kenya. Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences, 86(3), 31-36.
Clawson, B., Morgan, M.Y. (1988). A critical analysis of the Journal of Vocational Home Economics Education. Journal of Vocational Home Economics Education, 6(2), 73-80.
Morgan, M., Scanzoni, J. (1987). Religious orientations and women's expected labor force continuity. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 49, 367-379.
Morgan, M.Y. (1987). Impact of religion on sex-role attitudes. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 11, 301-310.
Morgan, M.Y., Scanzoni, J. (1987). Assessing variation in permanence/pragmatism orientations: Implications for marital stability. Journal of Divorce, 11(1), 1-24.
Morgan, M.Y., Piland, W. (1984). Locally-directed evaluation of vocational education. Journal of Vocational and Technical Education, 1(1), 22-31.
Morgan, M.Y. (1984). Changing work roles: Implications for home economics curriculum. Journal of Vocational Home Economics Education, 2(4), 28-42.
Morgan, M.Y., Stewart, B., Martin, B. (1981). Sex role attitudes of Missouri vocational home economics teachers. Journal of Vocational Education Research, 6(1), 57-68.
BOOK CHAPTER
Morgan, M.Y. (1998). The process of critical science in exploring racism and sexism with Black college women. In K. Conway-Turner, S. Cherrin, J. Schiffman, K. Turkel (Eds.), Women studies in transition: The pursuit of interdisciplinarity. Newark, DE: University of Delaware Press.
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
"Women's groups in urban Kenya: A resource for families." Southeastern Council on Family Relations, Atlanta, GA, February 27, 1998. (with Dolpine Odero)
"Rural Kenyan women's lived experiences." National Council on Family Relations, Arlington, VA, November 7, 1997. (with Felicia Opiyo)
"Our journey, our story: Mexican-American mothers and daughters experience early childbearing." National Council on Family Relations, Kansas City, MO, November 8, 1996. (with Connie Ingalls-O'Keefe)
"The meaning of family diversity for Black and White college women," National Council on Family Relations, Kansas City, MO, November 7, 1996. (submitted with Dolphine Odero)
"Our journey, our story: Mexican-American mothers and daughters experience early childbearing," National Council on Family Relations, Kansas City, MO, November 8, 1996. (with Connie Ingalls-O'Keefe)
"Revisiting the story of Ruth," National Council on Family Relations, Portland, OR, November 17, 1995. (with Connie Ingalls-O'Keefe)
"Rural Kenyan women's roles in development," National Women's Studies Association, Ames, IA, June 17, 1994.
"Rural Kenyan women's roles in development: From families to neighborhoods to nation," National Council on Family Relations, Minneapolis, MN, November 11, 1994. (with Sarah Spalding)
"Behavioral and psychological risk factors in college students," Southeastern Women's Studies Association, Greenville, NC, April 8, 1994. (with Megan Evans)
"Women as initiators of change in rural Kenya," Southeastern Women's Studies Association, Greenville, NC, April 8, 1994. (with Sarah Spalding)
"The perspectives of three women on aging and health," Southeastern Women's Studies Association, Greenville, NC, April 8, 1994. (with Geraldene Zurek)
"Black college women's responses to experiences of oppression, "Southeastern Women's Studies Association, Nashville, 1993.
"Between sisters: A study of changing relationships of kin sisters," Southeastern Women's Studies Association, Nashville, 1993. (with Alison Swafford)
"The meaning of sexism in work and family roles for white college women: Empowerment through critical science," National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, 1992. (with J. Lyn Rhoden)
"The voices of Indianness: The lived world of Native American women," National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, 1992. (with Mary E. Brayboy)
"The effects of political conservativism on human sexuality: A feminist perspective," Sexuality Focus Group, National Council on Family Relations, Orlando, 1992.
"Poverty of rural Iowa women in the early twentieth century," National Council on Family Relations, Denver, 1991.
"Research applications of a feminist perspective." National Council on Family Relations, Seattle, 1990.
"Interpretive inquiry as a feminist research methodology." National Women's Studies Association, Akron, 1990.
"'I could remember:' Life experiences of rural Iowa women." National Women's Studies Association, Baltimore, 1989.
"Integrating research with a feminist perspective," Workshop chair, National Association of Teacher Educators of Vocational Home Economics Educators, Orlando, 1989.
"Remembering the past: Life experiences of rural women." Southeastern Women's Studies Association, Atlanta, 1989.
"Family, work, and quality of life: A social-psychological framework and agenda for home economics education research." American Vocational Association, Dallas, 1986.
"Linkages between religion, sex-role attitudes, and work expectations of college women." National Council on Family Relations, Dallas, 1985.
"Comparison of females majoring in traditional and nontraditional college programs." American Vocational Association, New Orleans, 1984.
"Sex-role attitudes and work expectations of females in traditional and nontraditional college programs." National Council on Family Relations, San Francisco, 1984.
"Predictors of sex-role attitudes of women in home economics verses nontraditional college programs." School of Consumer Science and Allied Professions, Winthrop College, Rock Hill, SC, April 1984.
"Traditional expectations: Problems and solutions." Virginia Law Women, University of Virginia School of Law, Charlottesville, February 1982.
FUNDED RESEARCH
"Meaning of oppression for black college women." Summer Research Associate Program for Minority Scholars for Dr. Lorraine Mayfield-Brown, Graduate School, UNCG, 1992, $4000.
"Work/Relationship roles of females with undergraduate degrees: A follow-up five years later." Home Economics Research Center, 1987-1988, $650.
"A cross-cohort comparison of family norms." Excellence Foundation Faculty Summer Fellowship, UNCG, 1984, $1750.
"Comparison of teachers' and students' perceptions of secondary home economics curriculum." University Research Council Grant, UNCG, 1983-1984, $490.
"Comparison of sex-role attitudes, self-esteem, and personality style of females majoring in traditional and nontraditional college programs." University Research Council Grant, UNCG, 1982-1983, $495.
GRANTS NOT FUNDED
Rockefeller Foundation Residence Fellowship, "Life experiences of rural Iowa women," 1989, $30,000.
Ford Foundation, "Gender balanced curriculum development in undergraduate education," 1987, $268,500, (Co-authored with five-member women's studies committee).
Ford Foundation Women's Studies Curriculum Development Award, Women's Studies Research Center, Duke University-University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, 1985, $2000.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Linkage with Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya
Participated with and helped supervise undergraduate students in an in-depth
cross-cultural experience with Kenyan families and worked with faculty at Egerton
University and agricultural extension agents through the Ministry of Agriculture,
May 30-July 2, 1993.
Coolidge Research Colloquium
Selected participant, "Influence of Religion on Work and Family Roles
of Rural Iowa Women," Association for Religion and Intellectual Life, Cambridge,
MA, June 10-July 7, 1990.
Center for Research on Women
Workshop participant, "Integrating Race and Gender into Curriculum,"
Memphis State University, l986, l987, l989.
University of London Institute of Education
Participant, Women's Studies Summer Institute, "European Feminist Theory
and Practice," July 13-29, l988.
Conference on Integrated Undergraduate Core Curriculum in Home Economics Participant, University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 1985.
The Beatrice Paolucci Symposium
Participant, Shaping Destiny Through Everyday Life, Michigan State University
at East Lansing, 1985.
National Invitational Conference on Interrelationships Between Work Life and Family Life: Participant, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1983.
North Carolina Home Economics Association
Participant, NCHEA Legislative Workshop, 1983.
TEACHING
HDF 210 Aspects of the Personal Environment
HDF 407 Issues Affecting Women and Families
HDF 410 Cultural Variations in Families and Children
HDF 607 Feminist Theory and Research Methods
HDF 662 Families in Comparative Perspective
HEB 668 Group Work Techniques and Interpersonal Relations
Recent Guest Lectures
Invited Speaker. "The process of critical science with Black college
women: Dilemmas, strategies, and empowerment," Interdisciplinarity and Identity
Conference, Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Program, University of Delaware,
Newark, DE, April 15, 1994.
Guest Lecture. "Women's work: Implications for development," HDF 211, Fall 1993 and Spring 1994.
"Visiting with women of Africa: Pictures and stories," (with Felicia Opiyo) Women's Studies Research Series, January 25, 1995.
"A white American woman's experience in Kenya" HDFS Graduate Students and Faculty Brown Bag, January 28, 1994.
"Women's work: Implications for development," HDF 211, Fall 1993 and Spring 1994.
"Importance of an ecological perspective in global development," HEB 589 Global Issues: Families in Development, Spring 1993.
"Framework for understanding and using an ecological perspective," Seminar for HID majors and faculty, Spring 1993.
"Alternative modes of inquiry," HDF 690 Professional Seminar I, Fall 1992.
"Ethical issues related to qualitative research," HDF 690 Professional Seminar II, Spring 1993.
Chair, Distinguished Leader Round Table, "Research applications of a feminist perspective," National Council on Family Relations, Seattle, November 1990.
Contributor, Panel--Social science and feminism: Conflict and reconciliation, "Interpretive inquiry as a feminist research methodology," National Women's Studies Association, Akron, June 1990.
Co-chair pre-session workshop, "Integrating research with a feminist perspective," National Association of Teacher Educators of Vocational Home Economics Educators, Orlando, 1989.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Presentations
"Life experiences of elderly rural women." Presentation at the First
Christian Church, Greensboro, October 11, 1995.
"So that explains the differences: Women's work and family roles in historical and global context." Presentation at the Professional Secretaries International, O'Henry Chapter, Greensboro College, March 28, 1995.
"Glimpses of life experiences of rural Kenyan women" Presentation at P.E.O., Women's Professional Association, Seymour, Iowa, March 6, 1995.
"Glimpses of life experiences of rural Kenyan women" Presentation at United Methodist Women, Sewal, Iowa, March 6, 1995.
"Women's roles in work and family in rural Kenya" Presentation at AHEA Student Member Section at UNCG, November 1, 1994.
"Critical science and the story of Ruth: A new story of two women." Women, Religion, and Spirituality. The Women's Studies Conference at UNCG, December 3, 1994. (with Connie Ingalls-O'Keefe)
Presented key address, "Rethinking Excellence," at the UNCG Kappa Omicron Nu, National Home Economics Honor Society, 1993 Spring Initiation.
Invited presentation, "Impact of religion on women and work," Annual McIver Lecture, University of North Carolina at Greensboro, 1986.
Interview, "Women in the work force," WFMY-Channel 2, Good Morning Show, Greensboro, NC, 1983.
Peer Evaluations
Evaluated classroom teaching for colleagues: Kay Pasley (F94), Deb Cassidy
(S95), Jennifer Kerpelman (F96), Jon Tudge (S97).
Served as an external reviewer for the promotion and tenure decision of Marjorie Inana, Human Ecology Department, College at Oneonta, State University of New York, August 1994.
Consultant
Infusing Cultural Diversity in the Curriculum, one-day workshop, Department
of Consumer Science and Education, College of Education, The University of Memphis,
May 9, 1996.
Program Review
Women's Studies Program Review, WMS Coordinating Council, Spring 1996-Spring
1997.
Editor/Reviewer
Referee, Journal of Family and Consumer Sciences Education, 1997-present.
Referee, Journal of Vocational Technical Education, 1984-1985.
Reviewer for research proposals to North Carolina Agricultural Research Service, 1992.
Reviewer of Proposals for Annual Conferences:
National Council on Family Relations, Feminism and Family Studies, 1987-1991, 1993.
National Association of Teacher Educators of Vocational Home Economics Educators, Home Economics Education, 1991-92
American Educational Research Association, 1982, 1987.
Associate Editor, Journal of Vocational Home Economics Education, 1985-88.
Advisor
Women's Coalition, Advisor 1992
SNCHEA Advisor, North Carolina Home Economics Association, 1986-1990.
Professional Offices/Committees
American Vocational Association, Division of Home Economics Research Committee,
1988-91.
Editorial Policy Board, National Association of Teacher Educators of Vocational Home Economics Educators, 1985-1988.
North Carolina Membership Chair, 1983-1985.
North Carolina Compiler for National Directory of Vocational Home Economics Teacher Educators, 1982-1987.
UNIVERSITY COMMITTEES
Student Experience Committee, 1996-present.
2+ Advisory Committee, 1996- present
Women's Studies Committee, 1985-present.
Women's Studies, Coordinating Council 1992-present
Women's Studies, Review Task Force 1995
Women's Studies, Evaluation Committee 1994-95, Chair, 1997
Women's Studies, Women's History Month 1994
Women's Studies Feminist Perspective Subcommittee, 1987-1988
Women's Studies Grant Writing Task Force, 1986-1987
Women's Studies Seminar, 1986, 1987
Unit Planning Committee, 1994-96.
African Studies Committee, 1993-94.
Equal Employment Opportunities/Intergroup Relations, 1991-93.
Academic Cabinet, 1989-90.
Centennial Planning Board, l988-92.
University Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1987-89.
CURRENT PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS
National Women's Studies Association
Southeastern Women's Studies Association
National Council on Family Relations
Southeastern Council on Family Relations
North Carolina Family Life Council
American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
International Federation of Home Economists
North Carolina Association of Family and Consumer Sciences
National Association of Vocational Teacher Educators in Home Economics
American Educational Research Association
Association for Religion and Intellectual Life
HONORARY SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS
Kappa Omicron Nu, National Home Economics Honor Society
Phi Delta Kappa, National Education Fraternity
Phi Upsilon Omicron, National Home Economics Honor Society
