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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

Courses Taught

HSTR 416 Global History of Food Spring 2022
HSTA 409 Food in America Fall 2021
HSTA 408 Gender in America Fall 2021
HIST 507 Writing History Spring 2021

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