Jessica Morris, PhD

Assistant Professor of Communication at APSU specializing in PR, social media, and event planning

[Steve McGuire @sfmcguire79]

Full page ad in today’s WSJ taken out by leaders at @VanderbiltU and @WashU:

Higher Education is at a Crossroads

To university leadership, Board members and alumni:

American higher education is at a crossroads. Ideological forces in and outside of campuses have pulled too many universities away from the core purpose, principles and values that made them America's great engines of learning, innovation and discovery, and the envy of the world.

It is imperative that universities reaffirm and protect these core principles, strengthen their compact with the American people, and build on their unmatched capacity for teaching and innovation. They must do so not only because universities provide education that is transformative and research that improves everyday life—but also because their work is vital to American prosperity, competitiveness and national security.

To this end, the leadership of Vanderbilt University and Washington University in St. Louis recently took action at the board level to affirm our commitment to three indispensable principles that have long guided us:

-Excellence in all aspects of our institutions' work, free of political litmus tests, grounded in a commitment to institutional neutrality in words and deeds;

-Academic freedom and freedom of expression, to ensure unfettered inquiry, perspectives drawn from a wide range of human experience, and dialogue and debate that are free from censorship and disruption; and

-An environment that fosters growth and development, including a commitment to minimizing financial and other barriers that impede students' access to our institutions or that hinder their academic success.

Learn about the Vanderbilt-WashU Statement of Principles and efforts to restore confidence in America's great universities at HigherEdStatementofPrinciples dot com

Bruce Evans
Chairman, Board of Trust
Vanderbilt University

Andrew Bursky
Chair, Board of Trustees Washington University in St. Louis

Daniel Diermeier
Chancellor
Vanderbilt University

Andrew D. Martin
Chancellor
Washington University in St. Louis

[Nashville Sounds @nashvillesounds]

2 Weeks from today (4/11) is Peanut Free Night at the Ballpark with @AASC_Nashville!

This night helps our friends with severe allergies attend a game worry free.

🎟️: https://t.co/TRqfqtLlVJ

[Main Street Preps @MainStreetPreps]

MSP North Show - March 2, 2023 https://t.co/ECmtK1w1qd

[Jessica Morris, PhD @jmorrisapsu]

Can we talk about how @DrWillKirby is eternally young and possibly just dying his hair gray to fool us all? #fountainofyouth #bigbrother #BB24

[MCHSIndiansbaseball @base_Indians1]

We are on the road! New Look, Same Team! See you in Murfreesboro!

[Josho @leavingtrunk]

Wishing the best of luck today in the state tournament to Coach Dunn and the MC baseball players from the thousands of Montgomery Central Alums and the people "from the other side of the river". @base_Indians1 @Brady_MSP @Cville_Sports @Downtownbrown02

[MCHSIndiansbaseball @base_Indians1]

Great Day for the program! Going to State Great! Wonderful bus driver at the end of the night saying " you sure have some good kids" PRICELESS!

[Clarksville Now @clarksvillenow]

Montgomery Central baseball captures spot in state tournament after win over Jackson Southside https://t.co/iSVqftqDJO

[Jessica Morris, PhD @jmorrisapsu]

@AEJMC @comm4U2day

[Jessica Morris, PhD @jmorrisapsu]

@AEJMCCTEC @AEJMC @GSIG_AEJMC @amyritchart

[AEJMC @AEJMC]

Fascinating & informative session from the Entertainment Studies IG in Fact vs. depiction: Disability awareness in entertainment, for better or worse. L to R - Jessica Morris of Austin Peay State, Kalah Kemp of College of the Ozarks and Tracy Nichols of Austin Peay. #AEJMCMW22

[Jessica Morris, PhD @jmorrisapsu]

This is the best.

[Detroit Lions @Lions]

Whole squad is behind you, Mel 💙

[Jessica Morris, PhD @jmorrisapsu]

Anybody else think the Brad Pitt voiceover sounded like the guy from the Chevy commercials? Maybe he IS the guy from the Chevy commercials #whoknows #imnitgooglingit #SuperBowl

[Jessica Morris, PhD @jmorrisapsu]

Someone edited Wikipedia to have the first sentence about Joseph Epstein say “is not a doctor” and I am HERE FOR IT.

[Marc Lamont Hill @marclamonthill]

Trump didn’t denounce White supremacists. He told them to “stand back and stand by.” This wasn’t an accident.

[Jessica Morris, PhD @jmorrisapsu]

I would respect Wallace so much if he got up and walked out.

[Jessica Morris, PhD @jmorrisapsu]

Can you fact-check incomplete thoughts? #whatishappening

[Jessica Morris, PhD @jmorrisapsu]

This is childish. #benjaminbutton

[Jessica Morris, PhD @jmorrisapsu]

He said “elections have consequences.”

[Jessica Morris, PhD @jmorrisapsu]

I just spent 10 minutes deleting emails and I still have the same number in my little red notification and my OCD is kicking in and I don’t know how to stop it. #whatishappening #thatsnotmath #ihatethereddot