Dr. Timothy Morse

• Position: Assistant Professor
• Department: Teaching, Leadership, and Research
• Office Location: Building 85, Room 183
• tmorse@uwf.edu
• Campus: 850.474.2863
• Curriculum Vitae (CV)

Biography

Dr. Morse has taught at the University of West Florida since 2020, where he continues building upon his extensive special education experience. He has earned bachelor’s, master’s, and doctorate degrees in special education, and they pertain to students with mild disabilities, moderate-significant disabilities, special education administration, assistive technology applications in special education, and instructional design.

He is licensed to teach in three states, and his certifications encompass Elementary Education (K-8), Mild/Moderate/Severe Disabilities (K-12), and school administration as a Director of Special Education. He has worked in various positions as a special education teacher, grades P-12, in resource and self-contained classrooms. He has also provided support to students with disabilities in general education classrooms. Further, he has been employed as an Assistant Director of Special Education and both an Assistant and Associate Professor of Special Education at two universities in Mississippi: Delta State University and the University of Southern Mississippi.

A highlight of his time at the University of Southern Mississippi was a seven-year-long stint as the Director of Training/Positive Behavior Support Specialist for the University of Southern Mississippi's Autism Project. For this project, he founded and oversaw the creation and operation of an Autism Demonstration School on behalf of the university and the Mississippi Department of Education.

Moreover, he has learned quite a bit about the life experiences of children and adults with disabilities because of his involvement with several family members who received special education services when they were in school.

Degrees & Institutions

Dr. Morse earned a Bachelor of Science in Special Education from Vanderbilt University; a Master of Education in Special Education from the University of New Orleans, and a Doctorate of Education in Special Education from the University of Kentucky.

Publications

Morse, T. E. (Accepted 2025, September 4; Submitted 2025, August 1). A systematic instructional approach to teaching finance vocabulary to students with moderate-to-significant disabilities. Education Sciences.

Morse, T. E. (2025). Intensifying instruction: A conceptualization for individualizing effective instruction. Encyclopedia, 5(3), 104. https://doi.org/10.3390/encyclopedia5030104

Morse, T. E., & Nguyen, G.-N. T. (2025). Improving K-12 schooling in response to the COVID-19 pandemic through tutoring: One step forward in addressing an ongoing public health concern. COVID, 5(4), 59. https://doi.org/10.3390/covid5040059Morse, T. E. (2024; Online preprint, 2024, July 23). Revisiting the multi-tiered system of supports framework: An important mechanism for realizing equitable education in urban schools. Education and Urban Society 56(9), 1051-1064. doi: 10.1177/00131245241262013

Morse, T. E. (2024, June 7). Perspectives on intensifying instruction and special education in a tiered intervention framework. Open Access Journal of Education & Language Studies, 2(1): 555579. doi: 10.19080/OAJELS.2024.02.555579

Morse, T. E. (2024, April 4). Special education as accommodations or intensive instruction: Establishing a primary role for special educators. Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, 13(4): 555866. doi: 10.19080/GJIDD.2024.13.555866

Morse, T. E. (2024, March 26). Effective and efficient beginning strategies for intensifying instruction. Open Access Journal of Education & Language Studies, 1(4): 555570. doi: 10.19080/OAJELS.2024.01.555570

Morse, T. E. (2024, March 11). Conceptualizing high-quality instruction for students with extensive support needs. Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, 13(1): 555861. doi: 10.19080/GJIDD.2024.13.555846

Morse, T. E. (2024, March 7). Tiered intervention frameworks and the challenge of intensifying instruction. Open Access Journal of Education & Language Studies, 1(4): 5555566. doi: 10.19080/OAJELS.2024.01.5555566

Morse, T. E. (2024, February 12). Guidebook for teaching students receiving special education services. University of West Florida Pressbooks (1st Edition).

Morse, T. E., & Nguyen, G. (2024, February). An investigation of simultaneous prompting to teach an addition algorithm to preschool students. Journal of Education and Learning, 13(1), 18-31. doi: 10.5539/jel.v13n1p18

Morse, T. E. (2024, January 25). The value of short-duration lessons to intensify instruction in tiered intervention frameworks. Open Access Journal of Education & Language Studies, 1(2), 1-3. doi: 10.19080/OAJELS.MS.ID.555559

Morse, T. E. (2023, November 7). Rethinking intensive instruction on behalf of students with extensive support needs. Global Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, 12(5), 1-3. doi: 10.19080/GJIDD.2023.12.555846

Morse, T. E. (2023, June 15). Designing appropriate small group intensive instruction within an MTSS for students with low incidence disabilities. Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals (JAASEP), Spring/Summer 2023. Available http://aasep.org/aasep-publications/journal-of-the-american-academy-of-special-education-professionals-jaasep/jaasep-springsummer-2023/index.html; ISSN 2325-7466 [Online]

Morse, T. E. (2023, Spring). Systematic trial-based instruction: Effective and efficient evidence-based practices for teaching academic content. DADD Express, 34(1), 3, 7-8.

Crawley, W., Morse, T. E., Evans, W., & Habib, A. (2023; Published online May 6, 2023). Editorial for preventing school failure special edition - Covid-19 and learning loss: What the literature and practice tell us. Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth, 67(3), 119-120. doi: 10.1080/1045988X.2023.2204846

Horn, A., Layden, S., Morse, T. E., & Habib, A. (2023; Published online May 9, 2023). Establishing a context for the examination of learning loss by special student populations. Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth, 67(3), 127-131. doi: 10.1080/1045988X.2023.2204816

Gage, N., MacSuga-Gage, A., Crawley, W., & Morse, T. E. (2023; Published online April 27, 2023). Defining learning loss in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic. Preventing School Failure: Alternative Education for Children and Youth, 67(3), 121-126. doi: 10.1080/1045988X.2023.2204826

Morse, T. E. (2023, April 4). Essential components for presenting efficient small group instruction. Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, 11(3), 1-3. Available https://juniperpublishers.com/gjidd/volume11-issue3-gjidd.php; doi: 10.19080/GJIDD.2023.11.555815

Morse, T. E. (2023). Systematic trial-based instruction: An evidence-based approach to presenting remedial instruction in a multi-tier system of support. Global Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disabilities, 11(2), 1-10. doi: 10.19080/GJIDD.2023.11.555807

Morse, T. E. (2023). A preliminary examination of the use of simultaneous prompting to teach math content to students with disabilities. International Journal of Education, Learning and Development, 11(1), 13-32. https://doi.org/ 10.37745/ijeld.2013/vol11n11332

Morse, T. E. (2022). Simultaneous prompting and students with autism: Procedural guidance for teachers from a review of the literature. Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 57(1), 44-66.

Morse, T. E., Habib, A., Carr, M., & Evans, W. (2022). Flipped classrooms: Implications for K-12 students with learning and behavioural challenges from an international exploratory study of teacher educators. Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs, 22(2), 166-174. doi: 10.1111/1471-3802.12557

Morse, T. E., Habib, A., Hornby, G., & Evans, W. (2022). The efficacy of flipped classrooms: An investigation of the views of an international cohort of teacher educators. International Journal of Educational Reform, 31(3), 235-245. doi: 10.1177/10567879221076080

Morse, T. E. (2021). Fundamental strategies for presenting remedial instruction (Preliminary ed.). Kendall Hunt. Available https://he.kendallhunt.com/product/fundamental-strategies-presenting-remedial-instruction-preliminary-edition

Morse, T. E. (2020). Small group instruction: A forum for teaching students with learning challenges. Rowman & Littlefield. Available https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/small-group-instruction-9781475844115/Morse, T. E. (2020). Response to intervention: Refining instruction to meet student needs. Rowman & Littlefield. Available https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/response-to-intervention-9781475844085/