Daniel Ryan Morse

Daniel Ryan Morse is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Nevada, Reno, specializing in 20th-century and contemporary global Anglophone literature. His research intersects with radio studies, transnational modernisms, media studies, disability studies, and postcolonial theory. He has published extensively on the BBC's role in shaping global literature through broadcasting and teaches courses on global modernism, the history of the book, and Irish youth narratives.

• Education: Ph.D. and M.A. in English from Temple University; M.A. in English from George Washington University; B.A. in English from George Washington University.

Morse's research examines how radio and other media influenced modernist and postcolonial literature. His work covers sound studies, critical theory, and the reciprocal relationship between broadcasting and literary innovation. He has curated exhibitions, including a 2013 display on James Joyce's Ulysses at the Rosenbach Museum & Library.

His publications explore intersections between the BBC's Eastern Service and global Anglophone novels, radio drama in Nigeria, and dismodernist soundscapes in Joyce's work. Themes include media formalism, colonial cultural diplomacy, and postcolonial literary networks.

• Scientific Awards:
  • English Graduate Organization’s Best Graduate Mentor (2017, 2019)
  • Fitzgerald Distinguished Professor of the Humanities (2019-21)

Morse contributes to Tape Op: The Creative Music Recording Magazine and has mentored graduate students while teaching diverse courses like Queer Modernism and Global Modernism, the Archive, and Theories of Totality. He curated a notable Joyce exhibition and integrates media studies into literary analysis.