Rate My Professor Dan Morrison

Dan Morrison is a Professor of Practice in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. He holds a Master of Public Administration from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, earned in 1994, and a Bachelor of Arts in Photojournalism from the University of Texas in 1984. With 40 years of professional experience as a photojournalist and writer-reporter, Morrison joined the SOJC as a full-time instructor in 2009 after nearly 30 years in the industry. His extensive career has equipped him to teach both large lecture classes, such as the required Gateway multimedia series, and small intensive lab classes in Photojournalism. Morrison regularly mentors students by including them in coverage of local breaking news events, high school sports, and University of Oregon athletics.

Morrison's photographs and stories have appeared in elite publications including the Austin American Statesman, Time magazine, Discovery Channel Magazine, Backpacker Magazine, the New York Times, and the New York Post. Serving as a stringer for the Associated Press for many years, his work has been distributed globally through high-profile media outlets. His photojournalism has covered frontlines in war zones such as the Israeli Defense Forces invasion of southern Lebanon, the Sandinista-Contra conflict in Nicaragua, civil war in El Salvador, border conflicts with Hamas and Hezbollah in Lebanon, and the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan. Additional assignments include a Mount Everest expedition, elephant tracking in Kenya, kayaking in the Baltic Sea, a space shuttle launch in Florida, climbing frozen waterfalls in Colorado, tornado chasers in the Midwest, and alligator hunting in Louisiana. He has received major awards from the Society of American Travel Writers Foundation honoring outstanding work in travel journalism. Since joining the university, Morrison has continued practicing photojournalism for local, national, and international news venues, including KVAL and KMTR, with recent coverage of a Proud Boys parade and Oregon wildfires. His areas of expertise encompass photojournalism, multimedia journalism, and visual journalism.