Morgan Shipley
Areas of Interest
- American Radicalism, Counterculture Movements, 1960s Social, Cultural and Political Movements,
- Alternative Social Movements, Intersection of Social and Political Theory and Popular Culture,
- Literature of Dissent, The Beats, Hunter S. Thompson,
- Democracy and Liberalism within America Rhetoric and Practice,
- Role of Violence within Contemporary Societies
Biography
Morgan Shipley is a first year Ph.D. student in the American Studies Program. He earned his BA in Political Science from DePaul University. His undergraduate thesis explored the nature of freedom as restrictive in Revolutionary America. Morgan went on to receive his MA in Social Science with an emphasis in Political Theory from the University of Chicago. He worked with the late Iris Young to write a thesis that legitimated civil disobedience through popular democratic ideals.
His research centers broadly on the history, nature, and manifestation of American Radicalism. More specifically, he is interested in the intersection between political/social theory and popular culture and the ways that radicalism creates space for transformation, looking chiefly at the 1960s. Morgan is also interested in literature of dissent as a popular expression of radicalism, interested in the Beat Generation, Hunter S. Thompson, Brett Easton Ellis, and Chuck Palahniuk. Morgan currently teaches a freshman writing course in MSU’s Writing, Rhetoric, and America Cultures Program.
Morgan recently moved to East Lansing by way of Chicago with his lovely wife Stephanie, their dog Sassy, and their cats Gus and Ebony.
