EDUCATION
Ph.D., Telecommunication, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1996
Dissertation: Television and Popular Culture in Central Mexico
M.A., International Affairs, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, 1990
B.A., Communication, Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio 1987
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, Department of Mass Communications, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, Illinois. August 1994 to present. Courses taught:
- Transnational Media (undergraduate/graduate)
- Mass Communication Theory (graduate level)
- Media Critical Theory (undergraduate/graduate)
- Documentary Media (undergraduate/graduate)
- Video Writing & Production (undergraduate)
- Modern Latin America (interdisciplinary undergraduate course
Visiting Professor, School of Communication, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (I.T.E.S.M.), Querétaro Campus, Mexico, 1990 to 1991, 1993 to 1994, spring 2001. Courses taught:
- Seminar in International-Intercultural Communication
- Video Production
Teaching Associate, School of Telecommunication, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. September 1991 to June 1993. Courses taught:
- Video Production
- Studio Production for Television
ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE
Director, Graduate Program, Department of Mass Communications, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, July 1999 to present
Director/Founder, Media Literacy Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program, Department of Mass Communications, Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, August 2000 to present
Conference Co-Manager, Global Fusion 2001: Mass Media, Free Trade & Alternative Responses, Southern Illinois University (Edwardsville & Carbondale), October 2001 (see website at: www.siue.edu/gf2001)
Assistant Director, Department of International Programs, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey (ITESM), Querétaro Campus, Mexico, June 1990 to August 1991
Graduate Associate, International Studies Programs (Communication & Development Studies), Ohio University, September 1988 to June 1990
RESEARCH GRANTS/AWARDS
“Social Movements Across the Disciplines”, Multidisciplinary Research Group Grant, Southern Illinois University, 2002 ($5,000)
Excellence in Graduate Education Grant, Southern Illinois University, 2000 ($9,100)
Excellence in Undergraduate Education Grant (Service-Learning Study, Juarez, Mexico, Spring Break, March 11- 18), Southern Illinois University, 2000 ($4,500)
Tenure and Promotion, Southern Illinois University Board of Trustees, April 8, 1999
International Education Mini-Grant, Southern Illinois University, 1998 ($500)
Summer Research Fellowship, Southern Illinois University, 1997 ($6,000)
Senior Assignment Fund, Southern Illinois University, 1996 ($17,000)
Fulbright-García Robles Research Fellowship, administered by J. William Fulbright Foreign Scholarship Board and the United States Information Agency through the US- Mexico Commission for Educational & Cultural Exchange, 1993-1994
Outstanding Achievement Award, School of Telecommunications, Ohio University, 1990
Harry Dennis Memorial Scholarship, Cleveland State University, 1987
PUBLICATIONS
Books
Murphy, P. & Kraidy. M. (Eds.), Media Ethnography and Transnational Audiences (manuscript under review)
Book Chapters
Murphy, P. (in press) Without Ideology?: Rethinking hegemony in the age of transnational media, In L. Artz & Y. Kamalipour, (Eds.), The Globalization of Corporate Media Hegemony. SUNY Press
Lengel, L. & Murphy, P. (2000) Cultural identity and cyberimperialism: Computer mediated explorations of ethnicity, nation and citizenship, In B. Ebo, (Ed.), Cyberimperialism: Global relations in the new electronic frontier (pp. 187-204). Westport, CT: Praeger Publishers
Articles in Refereed Journals
Murphy, P. & Kraidy, M. (under review). Towards an ethnographic approach to international communication. Communication Theory.
Murphy, P. (2002) The anthropologist's son (living and learning the field), Qualitative Inquiry, 8(3), 246-261
Murphy, P. (1999) Media cultural studies' uncomfortable embrace of ethnography, Journal of Communication Inquiry, 23(3), 205-221
Murphy, P. (1999) Doing audience ethnography: A narrative account of establishing ethnographic identity and locating interpretive communities in field work, Qualitative Inquiry, 5(4), 479-502
Rodríguez, C. & Murphy, P. (1997) The study of communication and culture in Latin America: From laggards and the oppressed to resistance and hybrid cultures, The Journal of International Communication, 4(2), 24-45
Murphy, P. (1997) Contrasting perspectives: Cultural studies in Latin America and the U.S., a conversation with Néstor García Canclini, Cultural Studies, 11(1), 78-88
Murphy, P. (1995) Television and cultural politics in Mexico: Some notes on Televisa, the state and transnational culture, Howard Journal of Communication, VI(4), 250-261
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
The anthropologist’s son: Living and learning the field. National Communication Association, Atlanta, November 2001
Media, power and the globalization of common sense, Global Fusion 2001, St. Louis, October 2001
Identification and confrontation: Notes from a reception study of men, masculinity and machismo in Central Mexico (panelist), International Communication Association, Washington, D.C. May 2001
Approaches to audience research on cross-cultural media, Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, March 2001
Without ideology? Rethinking hegemony in the age of transnational media, BEA Plenary Panel, Global Fusion 2000, St. Louis, October 2000
Making social distinctions and dreaming with telenovelas in Mexico, International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico, June 2000
Media ethnography and the dialogical process: Exploring meaning through difference, International Communication Association, Acapulco, Mexico, June 2000
Confrontational representations and the hegemonic echo in central Mexico: An ethnographic study, II Colloquium on Communication and Culture Industries in NAFTA and MERCOSUR, University of Texas, Austin, June 1999
Waiting for Foucault: Ethnography's problematic acceptance in media cultural studies, International Communication Association, San Francisco, May 1999
Latin American cultural studies: Contributions and conflicts in popular culture theory and research, Broadcast Education Association, Las Vegas, April 1999
Internationalizing the university curricula through cross-cultural, interpersonal/ organizational, mass communication, and rhetorical components within the communication field (panelist), Speech Communication Association of Puerto Rico, San Juan, December 1998
The Frontera Project: Technology and pedagogy for the future (panelist), National Communication Association, New York, November 1998
Into the field: A narrative account of doing audience ethnography, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Baltimore, August 1998
Deterritorialized signs, multitemporal dilemmas and ironic reconversion: Notes from an audience ethnography of Mexican television viewers, National Communication Association, Chicago, November 1997
Communication and diversity in the U.S. and Latin America: Perspectives from research and the classroom, National Communication Association, Chicago, November 1997
Reflections of the first conference of the Americas: A roundtable discussion (panelist), National Communication Association, Chicago, November 1997
Ethnography, popular culture & the Gramscian legacy in Latin American & U.S. cultural studies, International Communication Association, Chicago, May 1996
Race, ethnicity and cultural power: Problematizing representation politics across borders, Union for Democratic Communication, University of Texas, Austin, March 1995
Mexican television: Party politics and Televisa culture, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Montreal, August 1992
Appalachian rural bars and cultural identity: An ethnographic study, Popular Culture Association, Toronto, Canada, March 1990
INVITED LECTURES
Transnational audiences and media ethnography, Communication and Development Studies Program Seminar, Ohio University, scheduled for May 9, 2002
Teaching media critical theory to undergraduates, Graduate Critical Theory Seminar, School of Telecommunication, Ohio University, scheduled for May 9, 2002
Sex, art and media, Human Sexuality and Reproduction Series, Biology Department, Southern Illinois University, December 4, 2001.
Poder, ideologia y economia politica de los medios masivos, Asociación de Profesionales en Comunicación, Querétaro, Mexico, April 8, 2001
Hybrid cultures and globalization, International Architecture Workshop, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Querétaro, February 5, 2001
Naturaleza del flujo informativo en la sociedad posmoderna y globalizada, Diplomado de Nuevas Perspectivas Periodísticas, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Guadalajara, Mexico, December 2, 2000
Media violence and the pedagogy of performance: The play Popcorn as media literacy, Hot House Theater, St. Louis, Missouri, November 25, 2000
Developments in qualitative audience theory and research around the world, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, November 6, 2000
Mass media and democracy, Dialogue with Senior Citizens Series, Southern Illinois University, March 24, 1999
Balancing theory and practice in curriculum design for undergraduate mass communications programs, Community College Counselors Conference, SIUE, October 1998
Mass media and globalization, Media Literacy class, Notre Dame High School, St. Louis, Missouri, December 12, 1997
Portrayals of African Americans in the media (panelist), Black History Month, Southern Illinois University, February 13, 1995
Transnational mass media & the“Third World, Dialogue with Senior Citizens Series, Southern Illinois University, March 1, 1995
Media and rural development in Mexico, 1991 Fulbright Mexico & Central America Teacher's Seminar, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Querétaro, Mexico, March 11, 1991
THESIS DIRECTION
Molly McNamara (Committee Member), “Politics in Film: A Study of Agenda Setting in Stanely Kubrick’s Films (1960-1987)” (defended April, 2002)
Monica Griffin (Committee Member), “Menace II Society: Images of African- Americans in Mainstream Film.” (defended May , 2002)
Paul Scott (Committee Chair), “Code A: Illustrations of Advertising’s Influences
on Selected Ethnic Minorities.” (defended February, 2002)
Alan Armitage (Committee Member), "The Hutchins Commission, the Office of Censorship and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Social Responsibility during WWII." (defended May, 2001)
David Tatum (Committee Member), "The Quixotic Ideal: Using the music of Nirvana and the Afghan Whigs to explore postmodernism" (defended May, 2000)
Pamela Watz (Committee Member), "Examining the Effects and Strategies of MC+ Marketing Materials" (defended April, 2000)
Tim Slape (Committee Chair), "Coal Miner Music: Cultural Voice and Political Dissidence" (defended March, 2000)
Janet Mees-Rienert (Committee Member) “Professional Development and the Integration of Media Technologies into the Curriculum” (defended August, 1999)
Jeff Blevins (Committee Chair), "Media Empires and Insidious Ideology: A Critical Analysis" (defended March, 1998)
Julie Heil (Committee Member), “Violence in Television News and the Conservative Market” (defended May, 1997)
Frank Absher (Committee Chair), "CBS 1935-1945: The Genesis of Broadcast News" (defended March, 1997)
Mike Montgomery (Committee Member), “Dead Air: An Examination of local News and Public Affairs Practices by University and College Broadcasters” (defended July 1997)
Julie Smith (Committee Member), “The Media Literacy Movement: Its History in Canada and its Future in the U.S.” (defended September 1996)
Dan Kasten (Committee Chair), “The Mass Culture Convergence Hypothesis: When Public Consumption of Breakthrough Technologies Negotiates a New Mass Culture” (defended December, 1996)
William Fleischman (Committee Chair), “Is Criticism of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Justified? A Comparative Analysis with the Chicago Tribune and the Kansas City Star” (defended December, 1996)
Keiichi Tsuchiya (Committee Chair), “Stereotypes and Stigmas: Representations of Asians in the U.S. Media: A Textual Analysis of Year of the Dragon and Rising Sun” (defended March, 1996)
STUDENT AWARDS
Alan Armitage, Winner, Southern Illinois University’s Outstanding Thesis Award 2000-2001, for "The Hutchins Commission, the Office of Censorship and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Social Responsibility during WWII." (P. Murphy, Committee Member)
Ian Leith and Amber Zumwalt, Second Place, Student Public Service Announcement Contest, NATPE 1997 PSA Anti-Racism contest (PSA development and submission to NAPTE mandatory assignment for P. Murphy’s Spring 1997 Video Production class)
VIDEO & TELEVISION
Ciudad Distraida, experimental video presented at the University Cincinnati Poetry & Prose Conference, Cincinnati, Ohio. Producer, camera & editor. January 1992
Modern Aztec wedding: Traditional reciprocity & rituals of kinship, documentary presented at Kentucky Academy of Science conference, Anthropology section, Owensboro, Kentucky. Camera & editor. November 1991
Arcangel Miguel, television drama. Querétaro, Mexico. Producer. April 1991
Santa Rosa Viterbo, video profile of colonial church. Querétaro, Mexico. Director & camera. July 1990
Women of Canoa, documentary of Nahuatl women in highland community of Central Mexico. Camera & editor. May 1990
El Tlachiquero, documentary of a pulque-maker (indigenous alcoholic beverage), Puebla, Mexico. Camera & editor. March 1990
Hocking to Harlem, documentary of exchange program of rural students from Appalachia with urban students from Harlem. Audio & camera. March 1989
UNIVERSITY SERVICE
Promotion & Tenure Advisory Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, SIUE, 1999-present
Executive Committee, Dept. of Mass Communications, SIUE, 1999-present
Promotion & Tenure Committee, Dept. of Mass Communications, SIUE, 1999- present
Coordinator, Mass Communications Week, Dept. of Mass Communications, SIUE, March 29-April 2, 1999
New Faculty Mentor, Dept. of Mass Communications, SIUE (Dr. Gary Hicks) 1998-99
Search Committee, Dept. of Mass Communications, SIUE, 1995-99
New Faculty Mentor, Dept. of Mass Communications, SIUE (Dr. Andrew Mendelson) 1997-98
Academic Policies & Curriculum Committee, College of Arts & Sciences, SIUE, 1997-98
Dean's Scholar Honor's mentor, SIUE, 1998-99
Chancellor's Scholar Honor's mentor, SIUE, 1997-98
Curriculum Committee, Dept. of Mass Communications, SIUE, 1995-96
Professional Standards and Ethics Committee, SIUE, 1994-95
SERVICE TO DISCIPLINE
Manuscript Referee, Qualitative Inquiry, Sage Publications, 2002
Outside Evaluator/Consultant, International Journalism Masters Program, Universidad Virtual, Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico, 2002
Paper Judge, National Communication Association (Ethnography Division), 2002
Conference Co-Manager, Global Fusion 2001: Mass Media, Free Trade & Alternative Responses (see website at: www.siue.edu/gf2001)
Panel Moderator, “Conflict, Colonization and Cultural Relativism”, International-Intercultural Division, National Communication Association, Atlanta, November 2001
Panel Respondent, “Insider/Outsider: Ethnography in Media Studies”, Intercultural and Development Communication Division, International Communication Association, Washington, DC, 2001
Outside Evaluator, Promotion & Tenure Committee, University of Texas, San Antonio, 2000
Panel Respondent, “The Engaged Media Ethnographer: The Politics, Poetics and Pedagogy of Quick and Dirty Fieldwork”, National Communication Association, Chicago, November 2000
Pre-conference Workshop Organizer, Chair and Presenter, "Media Ethnography & Globalization: Negotiating Interpretations—Theory and Practice" Global Fusion 2000 Preconference, October 13, 2000
Steering Committee, Global Fusion 2000: Communication & Culture-Bridging Borders (see: www.siu.edu/~gf2000/)
Paper Judge, Global Fusion 2000: Communication & Culture-Bridging Borders
Paper Judge, International Communication Association (Mass Communication Division), 1997-1999
Panel Moderator, "Stretching the Boundaries of Entertainment-Education", Second International Conference on Entertainment-Education & Social Change, Ohio University, May 1997
Faculty Advisor, International Television Association, 1997
Advisor Board Member, "Elite Library" of Brown and Benchmark Publishers, 1996-97
Manuscript reviewer, Mass Communications Theory, D.C. Heath Publishing Company, 1995
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Global Exchange Cuban Culture Program, Universidad de Havana, Cuba, May 1999
Participant, "Beyond the Dream IX: The Wisdom of Our Elders: The Eagerness to Follow" SIUE, Black History Month, February 5, 1997
Center for Languages, Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico. January - March 1988
Videographer, Educational Media Center, Cleveland, Ohio, 1987
International Communication Program, La Universidad Cumplutense de Madrid, Spain, July - August 1987
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Broadcast Education Association
International Communication Association
National Communication Association
LANGUAGE SKILLS
native English, fluent Spanish