Charles E. Morris III (B.A. Boston College, 1991; M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1994, 1998) joined the faculty in 2005 after teaching for nearly a decade at Vanderbilt and Denison Universities. He is the editor of Queering Public Address (University of South Carolina Press, 2007) and co-editor of Readings on the Rhetoric of Social Protest (Strata, 2001/2006). He is a regular contributor to Quarterly Journal of Speech and has also published in Rhetoric & Public Affairs, Communication & Critical/Cultural Studies, and Women's Studies in Communication.

For his work on queer historical criticism, Professor Morris has been the recipient of the Karl R. Wallace Memorial Award and the Golden Anniversary Monograph Award from the National Communication Association. He is currently completing a book on Abraham Lincoln's sexuality. He is an associate editor on the boards of QJS, CSMC, CC/CS, and WJC. He has been chair of the GLBT Division and is vice-chair of the Public Address Division of NCA. He currently serves as Director of the Communication Department Honors Program, a member of the Executive Committee of the LGFSAA, and a member of the American Studies Committee.

An award-winning teacher, Professor Morris offers courses in Rhetorical Criticism, Social Protest, and American Public Address. He lives in the South End with his partner of 13 years, Scott Rose, and their cat Augustine.