Meet Donald Morrill
Associate Dean, Graduate and Continuing Studies; Dana Professor, English
Phone: (813) 257-3557
Email: dmorrill@ut.edu
Address: 401 W. Kennedy Blvd. Tampa, FL 33606
Mailbox: 6F
Building:
GHS
Room: 640
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
Donald 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 three volumes of poetry, Awaiting Your Impossibilities, With Your Back to Half the Day and At the Bottom of the Sky.Professional and Community Activities
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
Florida Book Award Silver Medal for PoetryRiver Teeth Nonfiction Prize
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