Donald D. Morrill

Education

1977 Drake University, B.A.
1979 Drake University, M.A.
1985 University of Florida, Ph.D.

Courses Taught

Composition
Poetry Writing
Nonfiction Writing
Literature
Media Studies

Career Specialties

Professor Morrill is the author of four books of nonfiction, Impetuous Sleeper, The Untouched Minutes (River Teeth Nonfiction Prize), Sounding for Cool (American Library Association/AAUP “Best of the Presses” Award) and A Stranger’s Neighborhood. He is also the author of two volumes of poetry, At the Bottom of the Sky and With Your Back to Half the Day.

Professional and Community Activities:

Professor Morrill has traveled extensively and taught at Jilin University in the People's Republic of China. He also was a Fulbright Scholar in American Literature at the University of Lodz in Poland. Most recently, he served as the Bedell Visiting Writer in the Nonfiction Writing Program at the University of Iowa, and the Writer-in-Residence at the Poetry Center at Smith.

For many years, he directed the Writers at the University series at The University of Tampa and was a poetry editor of Tampa Review and The University of Tampa Press Poetry Series. Recently, he concluded a term on the Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) Board of Directors.

Honors and Awards

Anne Halley Poetry Prize, The Massachusetts Review

Mid-List First Series Award

Emerging Writers of Creative Nonfiction Award, Duquesne University Press

Writer's Voice Community Residency Award

The Missouri Review Editors' Prize for Nonfiction

Louise Loy Hunter Outstanding Faculty Award

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Outstanding Scholarship Award

College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Teaching Award