Mary Murphy
Emeritus professor of history
Research Interests
food and gender in the northern borderlands of America; photography and gender in the American West
Teaching Interests
U.S. women’s history; the history of the American West; history and culture of food
Education
Ph.D. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, History, 1990
M.A. University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, History, 1983
B.A. University of Massachusetts - Boston, Politics, 1977
Affiliations
Department of History & Philosophy
Ivan Doig Center for the Study of the Lands and Peoples of the North American West
College of Letters & Science
Selected Intellectual Contributions
- Murphy, M. (2021) "'Hospitality was their byword': Food, Tradition, and Creativity in Borderlands Kitchens". Backstories: The Kitchen Table Talk Cookbook. Digital Press at the University of North Dakota; also in print: p. 17pp
- Murphy, M. (2020) "Good Food in Hard Times". Mountains and Minds: i. Fall 2020 p. pp. 40-43
- Murphy, M., Kruckenberg, M. (2019) Rich Treats: Stories of Food from Eastern Montana. Montana Historical Society
- Murphy, M. (2018) On Writing & Writers: A Conversation between Carol Doig & Lois Welch. Montana Magazine of Western History: i. vol. 68-no. 3
- Murphy, M. (2017) "Bittersweet: Gender, Food & the State in the U.S. & Canadian Wests during World War I". Food Across Borders. Rutgers University Press: p. 140-162
- Murphy, M. (2015) "When Jeannette Said 'No': Montana Women's Response to World War I. Montana Magazine of Western History: v. 65 i. 1 p. 3-23
- Murphy, M. (2014) Me, Me, Me, Me: Butte's Bohemian, Mary Maclane. Women's History Matters. Montana Historical Society Press
- Murphy, M. (2014) Jeannette Rankin: Suffragist, Congresswoman, Pacifist . Women's History Matters.Montana Historical Society Press
- Murphy, M. (2011) Working the Land: Stories of Ranch and Farm Women in the Modern American West.Oregon Historical Quarterly: v. 113 i. 1 p. 120-21
- Murphy, M. (2010) review: Faces of the Frontier: Photographic Portraits from the American West. Great Plains Quarterly. : v. 30 p. 322-23
Selected Creative & Artistic Contributions
- Murphy, M. [Non-fiction Writing Residency] (2017).
PLAYA - Summer Lake, OR.
Selected Awards
- Faculty Member of the Year (2019)
MSU History Graduate Student Association - Women’s Faculty Caucus Distinguished Mentor Award (2017)
Montana State University - Women's Faculty Caucus - Award for Excellence (2016)
MSU Alumni Foundation/Bozeman Chamber of Commerce - Distinguished Speaker (2015)
Western Historical Association - Vivian A. Paladin Award (2015)
Montana Historical Society
Selected Grants
- History Internship--Backcountry Cabins Determinations of Eligibility Yellowstone NP, from National Park Service (NPS).
Selected Engagement, Outreach, and Service
- Editorial Review Board Member (Jan 2011 - Jan 2022) Editorial Board, Montana Magazine of Western History
- Reviewer/Referee (Dec 2021) Montana Magazine of Western History
- Reviewer/Referee (May 2021) Montana Community Foundation
- Committee Member (Jan - May 2020) William B. Pratt Endowment Fund-Folk Arts Committee
- Reviewer/Referee (Aug 2019) Montana Magazine of Western History
- Guest Speaker (Nov 2021) Yellowstone Gateway Museum
- Guest Speaker (Sep 2021) Preserve Montana
- Guest Speaker (Feb 2021) OLLI
- Guest Speaker (Aug 2020) Jackson Hole Historical Society
- Guest Speaker (Feb 2020) League of Women Voters