Rate My Professor Daniel Morrison

A sociologist of science, technology, and medicine, Morrison's research interests include empathy, care ethics, biomedical ethics, racism in medicine, interactionist social theory, the sociology of ignorance, race and racism, illness narratives, and care theory. His scholarship has garnered over 540 citations. Notable publications include “Medical Sociology and Technology: Critical Engagements” with Monica J. Casper (Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 2010), “Intersections of Disability and Trauma Studies: Lessons from TBI and Obstetric Fistula” with Monica J. Casper (Disability Studies Quarterly, 2012), “Two Large-Scale Surveys on Community Attitudes Toward an Opt-Out Biobank” with Kyle B. Brothers and Ellen W. Clayton (American Journal of Medical Genetics, 2011), and more recent articles such as “Christian Universities as Cisgendered Organizations” with Jonathan S. Coley (Social Currents, 2025) and “Facing Slavery as Saving Face: Racial Cynicism in Student Perceptions of Universities Studying Slavery” with Claire Whitlinger (Sociological Perspectives, 2026). He co-edited a special issue of Sociological Perspectives on Ethnography (2018) and hosts The Annex sociology podcast. Morrison received the Marion T. Loftin Research Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Paper from Vanderbilt University in 2007 and currently serves as Treasurer of the Pacific Sociological Association (2023-2025).