Daniel Morse

Candidate statement

Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Department of English; Affiliate Faculty, Department of Gender, Race, and Identity Studies, University of Nevada, Reno

As Second Vice President of MSA, I would collaborate with the Board to support valuable recent work making MSA more inclusive of contingent faculty members, graduate students, and scholars outside of English departments. I would also work to boost our national and international recognition while honoring the inviting community I’ve enjoyed at MSA conferences since 2008 in Nashville. Drawing on eighteen years as a member of MSA (including on a local organizing committee to host the conference in Reno) as well as organizing and appearing in seminars, roundtables, and panels, I would add experience publishing in (and reviewing manuscripts for) Modernism/modernity, Modernist Cultures, the Journal of Modern Literature, The Global South, and other venues. My first book, Radio Empire: The BBC’s Eastern Service and the Emergence of the Global Anglophone Novel was published in the Modernist Latitudes series by Columbia University Press in 2020. I’ve taught modernism at the undergraduate and graduate levels at three state universities as well as at the Rosenbach Museum & Library, where I gained experience engaging a wider public. I would also draw on extensive service to the profession (including as an NEH reviewer) and to my institution (including as Director of the interdisciplinary humanities program).

For more on my publications and experience, please see my website: danielryanmorse.com