Robert W. Morrill

• Introduction to Human (GEOG 1004)
• Geography of Appalachia (GEOG 3224) 
• Geography of Virginia (GEOG 3234)

Endowment for the Virginia Geographic Alliance
Amount: $1,000,000
Established in 2000-2001

Co-coordinators of the Virginia Geographic Alliance Joseph Enedy (James Madison University) and R.W. Morrill led the effort to establish a $1,000,000 Endowment for the Alliance. The donors to the Endowment are National Geographic Society $500,000, Commonwealth of Virginia $392,000, Bloedorn Foundation $108,000.The Endowment supports the improvement of geography education in the Commonwealth of Virginia and is located at the National Geographic Society.

Mission Geography (NASA Curriculum Development Project)
Sponsors: Texas A&M University
Amount: $28,800
1998-2000 

Geography for Life Explorations 2000 (train trip across the United States and Canada), summer institute for teachers,
Sponsor: Virginia Geographic Alliance 
Investigator(s):  R. Morrill & L. W. Carstensen 
Amount: $36,000
1999-2000 

• Morrill, R. W., 2004. "The Virginia Standards of Learning: Where is Geography for Life?" The Social Studies, Nov/Dec: 255-260.
• Morrill, R. W. 1998 "The Bednarz Years: Higher Education and the Journal of Geography," Journal of Geography, Vol.97, pp.35-37.
• Morrill, R. W., J.P. Enedy and S. K. Pontius. 1995. "Teachers and University Faculty Cooperating to Improve Teacher Preparation." Journal of Geography,Vol. 94, no. 5 pp. 538-542.
• Geography for Life: National Geography Standards 1994. Authors: Bednarz, S. W., N. C. Bettis, R. G. Boehm, A. R. DeSouza, R. M. Downs, J. F. Marran, R. W. Morrill and C. L. Salter. American Geographical Society, Association of American Geographers, National Council for Geographic Education and National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. 272 pp.
• GeoSim Series, Carstensen, L. W., R. W. Morrill and C.A. Shaffer. 1993-1995 Software for Computer-Assisted Instruction in Geography Available on the world wide web at HTTP://geosim.cs.vt.edu