[040] “MTSU ON THE RECORD” IS THE PLACE FOR POLITICS THIS SUNDAY

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: August 5, 2009
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Gina Logue, 615-898-5081; WMOT-FM, 615-898-2800

“MTSU ON THE RECORD” IS THE PLACE FOR POLITICS THIS SUNDAY
Dr. Stephen Morris Discusses International Relations, Political Corruption Course
(MURFREESBORO) – Dr. Stephen Morris, new chair of the MTSU Department of Political Science, will be Gina Logue’s guest at 7 a.m. this Sunday, August 10, on “MTSU On the Record” on WMOT-FM (89.5 and wmot.org).
Morris comes to MTSU from the University of South Alabama, where he was director of the International Studies Program and a political science professor. His research and teaching interests include the politics of Mexico, Latin America, and political corruption and political economy. This fall, Morris will teach a special topics course in political corruption on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
“It’s very difficult to define corruption,” Morris says. “It’s even more difficult to measure it, but, in a sense, that gets us into the cultural side of the equation. It’s a topic that bridges culture, institutions, political systems and economic systems.”
To hear last week’s interview with Emmy Award-winning MTSU alumnus Wayne White, go to http://frank.mtsu.edu/~proffice/podcast2009.html and click on “August 3, 2009.” For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.