Linda J. Morrison, Ph.D., L.S.W.
Assistant ProfessorMcAnulty College and Graduate School of Liberal Arts
Sociology
College Hall 508
Phone: 412.396.6489
morrisonl2841@duq.edu
Education:
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Pittsburgh, 2003M.A., Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, 1995
M.S.W., Social Work, University of Pittsburgh, 1985
B.A., Anthropology, University of Massachusetts, 1975
Courses taught at Duquesne:
Sociology 101 Survey of Sociology
Sociology 201 Sociological Methods I
Sociology 203 Sociology of Aging
Sociology 214 Helping Process
Sociology 219 Introduction to Human Services
Sociology 315 Socialization and the Life Course
Sociology 450 Fieldwork
Dr. Morrison is the author of Talking Back to Psychiatry: The Consumer/Survivor/Ex-Patient Movement (Routledge 2005), with articles published in Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, Radical Psychology, and Humanity & Society.
Her research has focused on the interface between human objects of policy and the professionals who construct and provide human/social services. She studies recipient activism and advocacy, with particular attention to activist influences on providers and policy makers. Her interests extend across the health, mental health, disability and welfare arenas.