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Dr. John B. Murphy
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| Office Hours: | Monday - Thursday, 9:00 to 10:30 |
| Biography: | I earned my AB and MA in English at the University of Georgia in Athens, where I studied in the Honors Program and UGA-at-Oxford, worked at Wuxtry Records, and wrote for Flagpole Magazine. My thesis on Henry James was directed by Hubert McAlexander with Hugh Kenner and Simon Gatrell. I earned my Ph.D. in English at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, where I was Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, Head Teaching Assistant for History of Literatures in English III, Director of the Writing Center, and Visiting Assistant Professor. My dissertation on Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford was directed by Michael Levenson with Stephen Arata and Karen Chase. My scholarship centers on character, contingency, and ethics in late 19th and early 20th century writers including Conrad, Ford, and their peers. It is informed by work in virtue ethics by Alasdair MacIntyre, Martha Nussbaum, and Charles Taylor. My teaching and service at MGA have been informed by my scholarship's ethical concerns. I served five years in English Learning Support, where I drew on ideas from virtue ethics and positive psychology to foster student success in ways that have enhanced the program's outcomes. I served as the inaugural Coordinator for The Writing Center on the Cochran campus from Fall 2021 through Fall 2024, during which time I helped the Cochran location's outreach to grow by 400% and The Writing Center as a whole gain recognition as a center of excellence by the Southeastern Writing Center Association. I serve in the First Year Experience initiative, where I am part of a group of faculty and administrators contributing to Knights Academy, Knights Journey, and other character-and-ethics-based, co-curricular resources to foster student success. I serve in the MGA Faculty Senate as a voting member of the Academic Enhancement Committee, as a non-voting member of the Executive Committee, and as Governance Historian. |
| Courses: | ENGL 1101: English Composition I ENGL 1102: English Composition II ENGL 2112: World Literature II |
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| Education: | Ph.D. in English, University of Virginia MA in English, University of Georgia AB in English, University of Georgia |
| Professional Experience: | Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) - 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø Assistant Professor (Visiting) - University of Virginia Assistant Professor (Adjunct) - Piedmont Virginia Community College Director, The Writing Center, University of Virginia Tutor, The Writing Center, University of Virginia Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia Graduate Research Assistant, University of Georgia Teacher (10th and 12th Grade English) - Brentwood School |
| Professional Affiliations: | The Joseph Conrad Society of America The Joseph Conrad Society (United Kingdom) The Ford Madox Ford Society The South Atlantic Modern Language Association |
| Awards and Honors: | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia Graduate, Cum Laude, General Honors, University of Georgia |
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