Tabitha S. Morton, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Political Science
Contact Information
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Office: 313 G.R. Woolfolk Social & Political Science Building
Phone: (936) 261-3205
Email: tsmorton@pvamu.edu
Teaching/Research Area of Interest
- Public Policy
- Public Administration
- Race, Ethnic, and Gender Politics
Education
- B.A. in Political Science
- Ph.D. in Political Science
Selection of Courses Taught
- Intro to Political Science
- Race, Gender, and Public Policy
- Blacks in American Political Systems
- American Government
- Public Policy Analysis
Selected Research Activities
- Morton, Tabitha S.M. 2018. “Climate Change Policy Implementation and Citizens’ Willingness to Pay within a Federal System.” Public Policy and Administration Review.
- Morton, Tabitha S.M. Morton. 2018. “Citizens’ Decision-Making Frameworks on Climate Change Policy Preferences.” Journal of Social Science for Policy Implications.
- Meier, Kenneth J. and Tabitha S.M. Morton. 2015. “Representative Bureaucracy in a Cross-National Context: Politics, Identity, Structure and Discretion,” in Eckhard, Patrick von Maravic, and B. Guy Peters, Politics of Representative Bureaucracy: Power, Legitimacy and Performance.
- Morton, Tabitha S.M. 2015“Improving the Educational Outcomes for Latinos: A Study of the Interactive Effects of Representative Bureaucracy and Personnel Stability.” Journal of Latinos and Education 14:3, pp. 301-319.
Selected Service Activities
- Faculty Senate
- Faculty Senate Committee for Recruitment and Retention
- PVAMU Division of Social Work, Behavioral and Political Science Grade Dispute Committee
- PVAMU Division of Social Work, Behavioral and Political Science Fundraising Committee