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Alexander Murphy, Mentor
Geography

Dennis Worden, McNair Scholar

Alexander B. Murphy earned his Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1987 and joined the UO faculty the same year. Currently, he is Professor of Geography at the University of Oregon, where he also holds the James F. and Shirley K. Rippey Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences. He specializes in cultural and political geography, with a regional emphasis on Europe. Professor Murphy is a past President of the Association of American Geographers (2003-2004), a Vice-President of the American Geographical Society, and an editor of both Progress in Human Geography and Eurasian Geography and Economics. He is the author of more than seventy articles and several books, including Human Geography: Culture, Society, and Space, 8th ed. (with H. de Blij and E. Fouberg), Wiley (2006); “The Geopolitical Implications of Environmental Change,” Projections (forthcoming); and “The Changing Face of U.S.–Europe Relations: Geopolitical Causes and Possible Consequences,” GeoJournal (2006).