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Dr. John B. Murphy
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| Office Hours: | Monday - Thursday, 9:00 to 10:30, Face-to-Face and Online |
| Biography: | I grew up on the Fall Line in Sandersville, Georgia: midway between Macon and Augusta, midway between Atlanta and Savannah, where Middle Georgia and the Central Savannah River Area meet. Since then, I've lived in Athens, Georgia and Charlottesville, Virginia and spent significant time in Europe, especially the British Isles. Since 2019, I've live in Bonaire, between Perry and Warner Robins, and worked on MGA's campus in Cochran. My professional interests include: Modern British and World Literature Literary Modernism: Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford Popular Literature: Horror, Mystery, Adventure, Science Fiction, Fantasy Virtue Ethics and Literary Studies Positive Psychology and Student Success Artificial Intelligence and English Composition |
| Courses: | ENGL 1101-14: English Composition I (Tuesday and Thursday, 3:30 to 4:45) ENGL 1101-23: English Composition I (Monday and Wednesday, 11:00 to 12:15) ENGL 1102-20: English Composition II (Tuesday and Thursday, 11:00 to 12:15) ENGL 2112-03: World Literature II (Asynchronous, Online) |
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| Education: | Ph.D., English Language and Literature, University of Virginia: "Stilted Boys and Very Plucky Girls: Melodrama, Irony, and Englishness in Joseph Conrad and Ford Madox Ford." Committee: Michael Levenson (Director), with Stephen Arata and Karen Chase. M.A., English Literature, University of Georgia: "What Strether Knew: Conscience and Consciousness in Henry James’s The Ambassadors." Committee: Hubert McAlexander (Director), with Hugh Kenner and Simon Gatrell. A.B.., English Literature, Cum Laude, University of Georgia, Honors Program |
| 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 Literature (UVA) History of Literatures in English III: Late Modern and Contemporary Literature (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, History of Literatures in English III - University of Virginia Tutor, The Writing Center - University of Virginia Graduate Teaching Assistant - University of Virginia Teacher, Brentwood School - Sandersville, Georgia Graduate Research Assistant - University of Georgia |
| 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 |
| Publications: | Selected Publications: “The Egg and Spoon Race That Life Is: Virtue, Integrity, and Well-Being in Ford Madox Ford's Parade’s End.” Forthcoming in Seamus O’Malley ed, Ford Madox Ford Special Issue, Anglo Saxonica, vol. 23, no. 2, Fall 2025. “The ‘Ind Legs of The Elephink: Pantomime, Prophecy, and Tosh in Ford Madox Ford's Parade’s End,” in Ashley Chantler and Rob Hawkes eds, Ford Madox Ford’s Parade’s End: The First World War, Culture and Modernity. Amsterdam and New York: Rodopi, 2014. Selected 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. Selected Panels Chaired: "The Known and the Unknown in Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, and Company." South Atlantic Modern Language Association. Atlanta, Georgia: 2025. "The Seen and the Unseen in Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford, and Company." South Atlantic Modern Language Association. Jacksonville, Florida: 2025. |
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