Tabitha S. Morton, Ph.D.

Tabitha S. Morton
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