Rachel Wortman Morris, Ph.D

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  • The Great Differentiator: Democratising access to skills-based education means better occupational choices

    OECD

    While the pains and challenges of the current higher costs and job losses aren’t distributed equally—and access to educational opportunities have been out of reach for many low-income families—democratising access to skills-based education ensures that everyone has greater access to occupational choice.

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  • The time is now to rethink cybersecurity education

    Microsoft Learn Blog

    As faculty in higher education, we have a responsibility to help prepare our students with the skills that will not only ensure they are successful in the jobs of the future but also aid in safeguarding society. To that end, there are three philosophical moves that we need to make in academia today as groundwork for this near future.

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  • Cybersecurity skills and certifications open doors to the next hot jobs for recent grads

    Microsoft Learn Blog

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  • Microsoft Learn for Educators delivers cutting-edge instruction to students

    Microsoft Learn Blog

    Technology is changing the future of work. As students prepare to enter the workforce in today’s challenging environment, they’re searching for ways to stand out. At Microsoft, we’re committed to supporting higher education institutions, students, and the educators teaching and mentoring them on their learning journey to attain new technical skills for the jobs of the future.

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  • Azure skills and certifications can boost grads’ salary potential

    Microsoft Learn Blog

    For anyone looking for a job, the first question is really around demand. How much demand is there for the skills I may have? In general, there has been significant growth in the demand for cloud skills. However, when we look at the demand for cloud skills for people with a bachelor’s degree and zero to two years of experience, demand for Azure skills has surpassed the market.

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  • The Affective/Effective Life of Organs: Donors, Recipients, Nations, and States

    Drew University Journal of Medical Humanities

    The Affective/Effective Life of Organs: Donors, Recipients, Nations, and States seeks to explore the affective life of organs through an examination of two case studies as a way of better understanding why only 26% of the UK’s population is registered on the NHS Organ Donor Register while 90% of population support, in principal, organ donation after death. Through an examination of the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital case and the current row over organs from UK donors going to non-UK patients…

    The Affective/Effective Life of Organs: Donors, Recipients, Nations, and States seeks to explore the affective life of organs through an examination of two case studies as a way of better understanding why only 26% of the UK’s population is registered on the NHS Organ Donor Register while 90% of population support, in principal, organ donation after death. Through an examination of the Alder Hey Children’s Hospital case and the current row over organs from UK donors going to non-UK patients, this paper explores how the affect of organs is effecting lives.

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  • “On Loss and Gain of Self: (Pop) Cultural Treatments of Organ Donation”

    International Journal of Healthcare & Humanities

    This paper, “On Loss and Gain of Self: (Pop) Cultural Treatments of Organ Donation” juxtaposes Catherine Waldby and Robert Mitchell’s 2006 book “Tissue Economies” with treatments of organ donation in popular TV shows to ask what might it mean to incorporate the tissue of another into one’s self, and what that means for one’s self. This paper posits that there is relationship between the sense of identity imbued in a specific tissue and that tissue’s significance to the body’s overall integrity,…

    This paper, “On Loss and Gain of Self: (Pop) Cultural Treatments of Organ Donation” juxtaposes Catherine Waldby and Robert Mitchell’s 2006 book “Tissue Economies” with treatments of organ donation in popular TV shows to ask what might it mean to incorporate the tissue of another into one’s self, and what that means for one’s self. This paper posits that there is relationship between the sense of identity imbued in a specific tissue and that tissue’s significance to the body’s overall integrity, function, or a person’s sense of being. Or, in other words, the greater a tissue’s ontological value the greater the sense of personal identity invested in it. Ultimately, this paper explores and asks the types of questions that will help to guide some bioethical considerations of seemingly ever-growing tissue and bioengineering economies.

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  • “The Politics and Economics of the Romantic Poetess.”

    Criterion

    Although women had laid claim to a place in the new writing economy, that place remained severely restricted. Letitia Elizabeth Landon and Felicia Hemans had to navigate these various restrictions, which limited their expression of subject, style, and person, to make a living. To this end, Hemans and Landon developed specifically gendered strategies for establishing credentials to gain, and then maintain, their legitimacy as poets; whereas Anne Letitia Barbauld—though she too desired an…

    Although women had laid claim to a place in the new writing economy, that place remained severely restricted. Letitia Elizabeth Landon and Felicia Hemans had to navigate these various restrictions, which limited their expression of subject, style, and person, to make a living. To this end, Hemans and Landon developed specifically gendered strategies for establishing credentials to gain, and then maintain, their legitimacy as poets; whereas Anne Letitia Barbauld—though she too desired an audience—had the economic freedom to write whatever and however she wished. However, all three women of letters employed similar strategies of embracing a writerly persona, expressing great beauty in their work, and rooting their poems in history and philosophy not only to establish a readership, but also to criticize the dominant paradigm.

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  • "Street Level: Intersections of Art and the Law-Philip-Lorca Dicorcia's 'Heads' Project and Nussenzweig V. Dicorcia"

    gnovis: Georgetown University’s Journal of Communication Culture and Technology

    This article analyzes Philip-Lorca diCorcia’s “Heads” photographs, specifically “Head” - a photograph of Mr. Erno Nussenzweig. Three and a half years after diCorcia exhibited his “Heads” collection at the Pace/MacGill Gallery in New York City, Nussenzweig learned that he had been photographed on some December 1999 day as he walked through Times Square. Horrified that he had been captured, commodified, exhibited, reviewed, and sold as a result of doing nothing more than walking down the street…

    This article analyzes Philip-Lorca diCorcia’s “Heads” photographs, specifically “Head” - a photograph of Mr. Erno Nussenzweig. Three and a half years after diCorcia exhibited his “Heads” collection at the Pace/MacGill Gallery in New York City, Nussenzweig learned that he had been photographed on some December 1999 day as he walked through Times Square. Horrified that he had been captured, commodified, exhibited, reviewed, and sold as a result of doing nothing more than walking down the street, Nussenzweig filed suit against diCorcia and the Pace/MacGill Gallery for violating his right to privacy and his religious beliefs (Nussenzweig is an Orthodox Hasidic Jew). This article takes a critical-cultural-legal approach to the case - merging legal theory with urban studies and visual culture - to argue that what was initially made visible by the photograph was not Nussenzweig himself but the city and the conditions of modern life in the city. An analysis of both the legal case (which sides with the city) and a reading of the photographs support such an argument. Though Nussenzweig filed suit against diCorcia and Pace/MacGill for violating his right to privacy, this article suggests that he is the one who violates himself as a result of his lawsuit. Furthermore, through the legal proceedings Nussenzweig initiated, he is the one who attaches his name to the photograph and draws increased attention to ‘Head’, thus making the viewers see him and not the city.

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  • “Tracing Back My Body of Work”

    Encounters with Contact Improvisation

    Encounters with Contact Improvisation: Dancing Contact Improvisation in College, a new publication made this year at Oberlin College, distributed by Contact Editions. Through a series of student writings and essays by established artists teaching in universities throughout the U.S., Encounters considers the unique experience of teaching and learning Contact within an educational institution. Included are sections on students’ first impressions, thoughts on the often-surprising effects of touch…

    Encounters with Contact Improvisation: Dancing Contact Improvisation in College, a new publication made this year at Oberlin College, distributed by Contact Editions. Through a series of student writings and essays by established artists teaching in universities throughout the U.S., Encounters considers the unique experience of teaching and learning Contact within an educational institution. Included are sections on students’ first impressions, thoughts on the often-surprising effects of touch within the form, classroom exercises, the role of Contact in life after school, debates about institutional formats, a comic strip, and more. Limited edition.

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  • “The Problems with Identity: Distribution, Agency, and Identification”

    The Humanities Review (Special Edition)

    This article takes a comparative approach to the discussion of identity and agency by examining the ID systems in the US and the UK. Rooting the discussion in a historical context, this paper concludes that the various technological means of stitching identity back onto the body may marginalize individuals even more as ID systems still fail to identity what it is that they want to identify - identity.

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Honors & Awards

  • FY22 Worldwide Learning Annual Business Awards - Inclusive Culture

    Microsoft, Worldwide Learning Executive Team

    Awarded to members of the Worldwide Learning D&I team for driving an inclusive culture for the org

  • FY22 Worldwide Learning Annual Business Awards - People's Choice Award

    Microsoft Worldwide Learning peers and team members

    For excellence in supporting team members and driving business impact.

  • FY21 Worldwide Learning - Technical Audiences Program - Bias for Action Award

    Microsoft, Technical Audiences Leadership Team

  • FY21 Worldwide Learning Awards - Allyship

    Microsoft, Worldwide Learning Executive Leadership Team

    For allyship to peers across Worldwide Learning and Microsoft.

  • FY19 H1 Marketing and Consumer Business Award (MCB) - Customer Obsession

    Microsoft Marketing and Consumer Business Award (MCB Leadership Team

    Awarded to the team for the creation of AI Business School

  • FY19 H1 Microsoft Worldwide Learning Award - Contributing to Other's Success

    Microsoft Worldwide Learning leadership team

  • FY18 H2 Microsoft Worldwide Learning Award - Contributing to Other's Success

    Microsoft Worldwide Learning leadership team

  • Arts & Humanities Graduate Research Grant

    Ohio State University

  • Arts & Humanities Graduate Research Small Grant

    Ohio State University

  • Charles Orr Memorial Scholar Award

    Middlebury College

  • Dissertation Prospectus Research Award

    College of Arts & Humanities at The Ohio State University

  • Dulcie Scott Memorial Scholar Award

    Middlebury College

  • NSF Travel Award

    National Science Foundation

  • Post-Prospectus Research Grant

    Ohio State University

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