Curriculum Vitae

Zachary A. Morris 2329 Webster Street,

Berkeley, California 94705 (904) 472-6013

Zach.Morris@berkeley.edu EDUCATION University of California-Berkeley PhD student at School of Social Welfare, degree expected June 2017 MSW with concentration in Management and Planning, 2014 Oxford University, Green Templeton College M.Phil in Comparative Social Policy, 2012 Thesis titled, The United Kingdom: The most advanced workfare state Visiting researcher at the University of California-Berkeley School of Social Welfare, Fall 2011 University of Pittsburgh Honors College B.Phil in Urban Studies, Politics & Philosophy, 2009 summa cum laude Honors thesis titled, The Feasibility of a Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Pittsburgh

AWARDS Mathematica Policy Research Summer Fellow in Disability Policy Research, 2014 Disability Determination Process Small Grant from the Social Security Administration, 2013 Berkeley Fellowship (university-wide award for five years of doctoral studies), 2012-2017 Rothermere American Institute at Oxford University (travel award for primary research), 2011 Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship (for one year of study at Oxford University), 2010 Wilma Binder Zeder Scholarship for Outstanding Academic Performance, 2009 David L. Lawrence Scholarship for research in Mongolia, 2007 ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL REPORTS Morris, Zachary A. (2014). Disability benefit reform in Great Britain from the perspective of the United States. (Report submitted to Social Security Administration). Morris, Zachary A. (2013). Constructing the need for reform: Disability benefits in the United States and Great Britain. (Under review at Policy & Politics). Book Review, The Sympathetic State by Michelle Landis Dauber. International Journal of Social Welfare. (Forthcoming, April 2014). Morris, Zachary A. and Austin, Michael J. (2013). Leadership Development in the Jewish Nonprofit Sector: A Case Study of the New York Muehlstein Institute for Jewish Professional

Leadership. (Under review at Journal of Jewish Communal Services). PRESENTATIONS Constructing the need for reform: Disability benefits in the United States and Great Britain

Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Fall Conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico, November 2014 (upcoming).

Disability benefit reform in Great Britain from the perspective of the United States Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management International Conference,

Segovia, Spain, September 2014 (upcoming). What can you do? International lessons on assessing work-capacity for the United States

Paper presented at Mathematica Policy Research Center for Studying Disability Policy, July 2014

The Social Model of Disability and the Practice of Medicine

Invited lecturer for Caring for the Underserved course at the University of California-San Francisco Medical School, March 2014

Disability Policy Reform in the United States and Great Britain Conference for Policy & Politics journal, Bristol, United Kingdom, September 2013

*Presentation featured on the conference website Disability Insurance in the United States and Great Britain Doctoral brown-bag lunch at UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare, August 2013 EXPERIENCE Summer Experiential Learning Fellowship at Mathematica Policy Research, Summer 2014

Conducted research at the Center for Studying Disability Policy in Washington DC on disability policy reforms in advanced economic countries

Intern at Research and Evaluation Unit: Social Services Agency of Alameda County, 2013-2014

Leading a quantitative evaluation of the General Assistance SSI advocacy project Co-facilitating focus groups with non-minor dependents on their experience in the child welfare system

Graduate Student Researcher, University of California-Berkeley School of Social Welfare Conducted survey research on non-profit leadership, Professor Austin, Summer 2013

Wrote a literature review on youth unemployment issues, Professor Gilbert, Fall 2012

Management and Policy Intern at Buckelew Family Programs, 2013 Compiled financial report on State of the Agency presented to the Board of Directors Developed data benchmarking system for tracking outcomes for employment training and supportive housing programs

Coro Fellow in Public Affairs in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 2009-2010 Completed a year-long leadership training program with four consulting placements:

Evaluated the Moving to Work program for low-income public housing residents Conducted research for the Heinz Family Philanthropies Developed a strategic plan for a startup non-profit do-tank Created a database to track loans and mortgage payments for a real estate company

SERVICE Diversity Committee, Berkeley School of Social Welfare, 2013-Present Doctoral Representative, Berkeley School of Social Welfare, 2013-Present Volunteer English as a Second Language Tutor, Oxford, 2011-2012 Secretary for Human Welfare Conference at Green Templeton College, Oxford, 2010-2011 President and Co-Founder of Somali-Bantu Refugee Tutoring Program in Pittsburgh, 2005-2009 Mongolia Field Studies Program, Survey research in Ger District, Ulan Bator, Mongolia, 2007 Chairperson of University of Pittsburghs Student Government Diversity Committee, 2006 Executive Board of Sudan Divestment Coalition at University of Pittsburgh, 2006 American Jewish World Service Volunteer, Pacux, Guatemala, 2006 MEMBERSHIP Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management, 2013 Present Society for Social Work and Research, 2014 Present PROFICIENCIES STATA, SPSS, EXCEL