Alexander B. Murphy#
| Membership Number: | 3011 |
| Membership type: | FOREIGN |
| Section: | HUMAN MOBILITY, GOVERNANCE, ENVIRONMENT AND SPACE |
| Elected: | 2011 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED STATES |
| Homepage(s): | http://geog.uoregon.edu/murphy |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1987-present Department of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon
- 1998-present James F. and Shirley K. Rippey Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences
- 1996-2000 Department Head
- 1996-present Professor of Geography
- 1992-1996 Associate Professor of Geography
- 1987-1992 Assistant Professor of Geography
- 1981-1983 Katten, Muchin, Zavis, Pearl and Galler, Chicago, Illinois
- Lawyer specializing in commercial civil litigation
Fields of Scholarship
- Political geography
- Ethnic geography
- Identity and territory
- Geopolitics
- Regionalism
- European integration
- Belgium
Honours and Awards
- 2011 Residency Fellowship, Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Center, May-June
- 2009 Queen Mary (University of London) Distinguished Visiting Fellowship, winter-spring
- 2008 Gilbert Grosvenor Honors for Geographic Education, Association of American Geographers
- 2001 National Council for Geographic Education, Distinguished Teaching Award
- 2001 National Council for Geographic Education, Distinguished Issue Award, Journal of Geography
- 1998-present James F. and Shirley K. Rippey Endowed Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon
- 1996-1998 David M. and Nancy L. Petrone Scholar Award, University of Oregon
- 1991-1997 National Science Foundation, Presidential Young Investigator's Award
- June 1991 Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Oregon, ($2000)
- 1985-1986 Belgium America Educational Foundation Honorary Grant
- 1977-1978 Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Grant to Germany
- 1977 Fellow's Prize for Outstanding Student in Saybrook College, Yale University
