Stephen Morris is a Professor at Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU), where he joined in 2009 after 20 years at the University of South Alabama. He served as department chair at MTSU from 2009 to 2017. From 2019 to 2021, he was a researcher at Mexico's National University (UNAM).
At MTSU, Morris teaches courses covering comparative politics, Latin American politics, research methods, political corruption, and an IR senior seminar.