▁was ▁a ▁professor ▁of ▁Soci ology ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California ▁at ▁Los ▁Angeles . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁author ▁of ▁The ▁Two - W ay ▁Mir ror : ▁National ▁Status ▁in ▁Foreign ▁Stud ents ' ▁Ad just ment ▁( 1 9 6 0 ), ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁The ▁White ▁Re action ▁Study ▁( 1 9 6 7 ), ▁an ▁important ▁work ▁on ▁urban ▁race ▁relations . ▁ ▁Academ ic ▁career ▁ ▁Morris ▁earned ▁his ▁Ph . D . ▁at ▁Ohio ▁State ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 2 , ▁where ▁his ▁doctor al ▁dis sert ation ▁employed ▁the ▁parad ig m ▁method ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁develop ▁a ▁general ▁model ▁of ▁social ▁strat ification . ▁ ▁In ▁addition ▁to ▁his ▁dis sert ation ▁and ▁two ▁published ▁books , ▁his ▁work ▁also ▁included ▁numerous ▁articles ▁which ▁appeared ▁in ▁such ▁peer - review ed ▁journ als ▁as ▁the ▁American ▁Journal ▁of ▁Soci ology , ▁American ▁Soci ological ▁Review , ▁Soci ological ▁In qu iry , ▁and ▁Soci ology ▁and ▁Social ▁Research . ▁ ▁He ▁taught ▁at ▁U CLA ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 3 – 1 9 7 6 , ▁during ▁which ▁time ▁he ▁did ▁research ▁as ▁a ▁Ful br ight ▁scholar ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁( 1 9 6 3 – 6 4 ). ▁ ▁During ▁his ▁ten ure ▁at ▁U CLA , ▁he ▁also ▁served ▁as ▁Act ing ▁Dean ▁of ▁the ▁School ▁of ▁Social ▁W elf are , ▁and ▁later ▁as ▁Chair man ▁of ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Soci ology . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁also