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Dr. John B. Murphy
478-934-3375
Assistant Professor
| Office Hours: | Tuesday and Thursday, 2:30 to 5:30, Face-to-Face and Online |
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| Biography: | A native Middle Georgian, I grew up in Sandersville and have since lived in Athens, Georgia and Charlottesville, Virginia. Currently, I live in Warner Robins and work on MGA's campus in Cochran. I teach general education courses in College Composition (first year), Introductory Literature (first year) and World Literature (second year) while contributing regularly to international scholarship on the modernist writers Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford. Both my teaching and scholarship are informed theoretically by Virtue Ethics and Positive Psychology. |
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| Teaching and Research Interests: | Modern World Literature: Romanticism, Realism, Modernism Modernist Fiction: Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford Modern Genre Fiction: Horror, Mystery, Science Fiction, Fantasy Virtue Ethics: Alasdair MacIntyre, Martha Nussbaum, Charles Taylor Positive Psychology: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Christopher Peterson, Martin Seligman |
| Courses: | ENGL 1101-13: English Composition I (TU and TR, 11:00 to 12:15) ENGL 1102-18: English Composition I (Asynchronous, Online) ENGL 1102-20: English Composition II (TU and TR, 12:30 to 1:45) ENGL 2112-03: World Literature II (Asynchronous, Online) |
| Education: (All institutions attended and degrees or credentials earned) | Ph.D., English Language and Literature, University of Virginia AB, MA, English, University of Georgia (Cum Laude with General Honors) UGA-at-Oxford, Jesus and Worcester Colleges, University of Oxford Honors Program, University of Georgia |
| CV: | Courses Taught, 1000-Level: College Composition I (PVCC) College Composition II (PVCC) English Composition I (MGA) English Composition II (MGA) Films of Alfred Hitchcock (UVA) Films of Stanley Kubrick (UVA) “Mad Men” and Modern Times (UVA) Modern Times: The 1890’s and the 1900’s (UVA) Modern Times: The 1950’s and the 1960’s (UVA) Superheroes and Modern Mythology (UVA) “The Wire” and The Way We Live Now (UVA) Writing with The Beatles (UVA) Courses Taught, 2000-Level: American Literature I (PVCC) Apocalyptic Fiction and Film (UVA) Artificial Intelligence (UVA) British Literature I (PVCC) British Literature II (MGA) Dystopian Fiction and Film (UVA) Indian and Indian Diaspora Fiction (UVA) Modern and Contemporary Global Fiction (UVA) Modern and Contemporary Global Poetry (UVA) Pavilion Writers Roundtable (UVA) Twice-Told Tales (UVA) World Literature II (MGA) Courses Taught, 3000-Level: Advanced Academic and Professional Writing (UVA) History of Literatures in English I: Medieval and Early Modern (UVA) History of Literatures in English III: Late Modern and Contemporary (UVA) Shakespeare’s Tragedies and Romances (UVA) |
| Professional Experience: | Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) - Middle Georgia State University Coordinator, The Writing Center - Middle Georgia State University Assistant Professor (Visiting) - University of Virginia Assistant Professor (Adjunct) - Piedmont Virginia Community College Director, The Writing Center - University of Virginia Head Teaching Assistant - University of Virginia Tutor, The Writing Center - University of Virginia Graduate Teaching Assistant - University of Virginia 10th and 12th Grade Teacher - Brentwood School Graduate Research Assistant - University of Georgia |
| Publications and Scholarships: (Last 5 Years) | Selected Recent Publications: “The Egg and Spoon Race That Life Is: Virtue, Integrity, and Well-Being in Ford Madox Ford's Parade’s End,” in Ana Sofia Lauro and Seamus O'Malley eds, Ford Madox Ford: At the Dawn of an Era. Anglo Saxonica, vol. 23, no. 1, 2025. Selected Recent Presentations: “Code, Character, Contingency: Virtue and Dependence in Conrad’s Late Fictions of Apprenticeship.” Joseph Conrad Society UK. Rome, Italy: 2025. “A Very Plucky Girl: Virtue Ethics and Moral Contingency in Joseph Conrad's Chance.” Joseph Conrad Society UK. London, England: 2024. “The Egg and Spoon Race: Virtue Ethics and Moral Contingency in Ford Madox Ford's Parade’s End.” Ford Madox Ford International Symposium. Lisbon, Portugal: 2023. “Academic Ethics in English Composition at an Access Institution.” Association of English Language Teacher Educators. Ankara, Turkey: 2022. |
| Professional Affiliations: | The Joseph Conrad Society of America The Joseph Conrad Society UK The Ford Madox Ford Society The South Atlantic Modern Language Association |
| Awards and Honors: | Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia |
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