Rate My Professor Aldon Morris

Aldon Morris, Leon Forrest Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Black Studies at Northwestern University, is a leading figure in Social Science renowned for his contributions to the study of social movements, sociological theory, the sociology of W.E.B. Du Bois, the civil rights movement, race, religion, social inequality, and political sociology. He received his Ph.D. in Sociology from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1980, M.A. in Sociology from the same institution in 1977, B.A. cum laude in Sociology from Bradley University in 1974, and A.A. in Sociology from Olive-Harvey College in 1972. Morris's academic career includes service as Professor of Sociology at Northwestern University since 1992, where he chaired the Department of Sociology from 1992 to 1997, directed the Asian American Studies Program from 2002 to 2005, served as Associate Dean for Faculty in Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences from 2003 to 2007, and Interim Dean from 2007 to 2008. He held the Leon Forrest Professorship from 2007 until assuming emeritus status in 2023. Earlier, he was Assistant Professor and Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Michigan from 1980 to 1988.