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ALEXANDER B. MURPHY

 

Department of Geography        
University of Oregon
Eugene, Oregon  97403                                                                               
TEL: (541) 346-4571
FAX: (541) 346-2067
E-MAIL: abmurphy@uoregon.edu

  

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Geography, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1987

J.D., Law, Columbia University School of Law, New York, New York, 1981

Graduate Program, Geography, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany, 1977-1978

B.A., cum laude, Archaeology, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1977

 

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

Department of Geography, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon, 1987-present

James F. and Shirley K. Rippey Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences, 1998-present

Department Head, 1996-2000

Professor of Geography, 1996-present

Associate Professor of Geography, 1992-1996

Assistant Professor of Geography, 1987-1992

Katten, Muchin, Zavis, Pearl and Galler, Chicago, Illinois, 1981-1983

Lawyer specializing in commercial civil litigation

 

MAJOR AWARDS, GRANTS, AND HONORS

President, Association of American Geographers, 2003-2004

National Council for Geographic Education, Distinguished Teaching Award, 2001

National Council for Geographic Education, Distinguished Issue Award, Journal of Geography, 2001

First recipient, James F. and Shirley K. Rippey Endowed Chair in Liberal Arts and Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Oregon (1998-present)

David M. and Nancy L. Petrone Scholar Award, University of Oregon, 1996-1998 (c. $19,000)

National Science Foundation, Presidential Young Investigator's Award, 1991-1997 ($265,541 + matched funds)

James F. and Shirley K. Rippey Fund Award for Teaching Innovation, 1995-1996 ($10,000)

Richard A. Bray Faculty Fellow, University of Oregon, 1994-1995 ($15,000); 1996-1997 ($12,000)

University of Oregon Humanities Center Fellowship, winter 1992 ($6000)

National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Fellowship, summer 1991 ($3750)

Ersted Award for Distinguished Teaching, University of Oregon, June 1991 ($2000)

Faculty Research Award, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, University of Oregon, Summer 1989 ($3500)

Political Geography Specialty Group, Association of American Geographers, Graduate Student Paper Award, April 1987

Fulbright-Hays Research Grant to Belgium, 1985-1986 ($15,000)

Belgium America Educational Foundation Honorary Grant, 1985-1986

University of Chicago Graduate Studies Fellowship, 1983-1985 (c. $18,000)

Parker School Certificate of Achievement in International Law, Columbia University School of Law, 1981

Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst Grant to Germany, 1977-1978 (c. $10,000)

Fellow's Prize for Outstanding Student in Saybrook College, Yale University, June 1977

 

PUBLICATIONS

Books and Edited Compilations

De Blij, H. J.; Murphy, A. B.; and Fouberg, E.  Human Geography:  People, Place, and Culture, 8th ed. (Hoboken, NJ:  John Wiley & Sons, 2007), xxi and 430 pp.

De Blij, H. J. and Murphy, A. B.  Human Geography:  Culture, Society, and Space, 7th ed. (New York:  John Wiley & Sons, 2002), xii and 555 pp.

Murphy, A. B. and Johnson D. L., eds. (with V. Haarmann).  Cultural Encounters with the Environment:  Enduring and Evolving Geographic Themes (Boulder, Colo.:  Rowman & Littlefield, 2000), xii and 337 pp.

Murphy, A. B. (issue organizer).  Teaching Advanced Placement Human Geography, Special issue, Journal of Geography, 99 (3/4), 2000.

De Blij, H. J. and Murphy, A. B.  Human Geography:  Culture, Society, and Space, 6th ed. (New York:  John Wiley & Sons, 1998), xii and 508 pp. 

Rediscovering Geography Committee (A. B. Murphy, member).  Rediscovering Geography:  New Relevance for Science and Society (Washington, D.C.:  National Academy Press, 1997), xiv and 234 pp.

Murphy, A. B.  The Regional Dynamics of Language Differentiation in Belgium:  A Study in Cultural-Political Geography (Chicago:  University of Chicago Geography Research Series, 1988), xiii and 249 pp.

Articles and Book Chapters

Murphy, A. B. and Hommel, D. “The Geopolitical Implications of Environmental Change.”  Projections, 1 (1), forthcoming.

Murphy, A. B.   “Placing Louisiana in the Francophone World.”  Atlantic Studies, forthcoming 2007.

Murphy, A. B.  “Promoting Links between Science and Foreign Policy:  The Challenge of Scale.” Earth Science Findings with Foreign Policy Implications, USGS Special Report.  Washington, DC: United States Geological Survey, forthcoming.

Murphy, A. B. “Confronting the Challenge of Political Globalization.” Political Geography 26 (1), 2007, pp. 24-28.

Murphy, A. B.  “Geography’s Place in Higher Education in the United States.”  Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 31 (1), 2007, pp. 121-141.

Murphy, A. B.  “Photojournal: The Changing Face of Contemporary Iran.”  FOCUS on Geography, 49 (4), 2007, pp. 12-17.

Murphy, A. B.  “The May 2004 Enlargement of the European Union: View from Two Years Out.”  Eurasian Geography and Economics, 47 (6), 2006, pp. 635-646.

Murphy, A. B.  “The Changing Face of U.S. – Europe Relations:  Geopolitical Causes and Possible Consequences.”  GeoJournal, 66, 2006, pp. 285-293.
[Also published in slightly modified form in Globalizirana Evropa/Globalized Europe, Anto Gosar, ed.  Koper, Slovenia: Založba Annales, 2005, pp. 39-54.]

Murphy, A. B.  “Pour une mise-en-contexte du local: les leçons de la lutte de Portland à propos des lois agraires.”  In Ville du Nord – Villes du Sud : géopolitique urbaine, acteurs et enjeux, F. Hulbert, ed. (avec la collaboration de J. Djéki et D. Lagarec).  Paris :  L’Hamarttan, 2006, pp. 235-243.

Murphy, A. B.   “Enhancing Geography’s Role in Public Debate.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 96 (1), 2006, pp. 1-13.

Murphy, A. B.  “The Changing Geography of Europeaness.”  Contribution to the Forum, “Multiplying Europe: Boundaries and Margins in EU Enlargement,” ed. by Merje Kuus.  Geopolitics 10 (3), 2005, pp. 586-591.

Murphy, A. B.; de Blij, H. J.; Turner, B. L.; Gilmore, R. W.; and Gregory, D.   “Forum: The Role of Geography in Public Debate.”  Progress in Human Geography, 29 (2), 2005, pp. 165-193.

Murphy, A. B.  “Relocating Europe.”  In Engaging Europe: Rethinking a Changing Continent, E. Gould and G. Sheridan, eds.  Lanham, MD and Boulder, Colo: Rowman and Littlefield, 2005, pp. 81-101.

Murphy, A. B.  “Turkey’s Place in the Europe of the Twenty-First Century.”   Eurasian Geography and Economics, 45 (8), 2004, pp. 583-587.

Murphy, A. B.  “Territorial Ideology and International Conflict.”  In The Geography of War and Peace,” C. Flint, ed.  Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 2004, pp. 280-296.

Murphy, A. B.; Bassin, M.; Newman, D.; Reuber, P.; and Agnew, J. A.   “Forum:  Is There a Politics to Geopolitics?”  Progress in Human Geography, 28 (5), 2004, pp. 619-640.

Murphy, A. B. “Chauncy D. Harris (1914-2003): Geographer Extraordinaire.”  Geographical Review 94 (1), 2004, pp. 107-114.

Murphy, A. B. and Johnson, C. M.  “German Geopolitics in Transition.”  Eurasian Geography and Economics, 45 (1), 2004, pp. 1-17.

Murphy, A. B.  “Geopolitical Perspectives on the Iraq War: Emerging Insights and Remaining Challenges.”  The Arab World Geographer, 6 (1), 2003, 54-57.

Murphy, A. B.  “The Space of Terror.”  In The Geographical Dimensions of Terrorism, S. L. Cutter, D. B. Richardson and T. J. Wilbanks, eds.  New York: Routledge, 2003, pp. 47-52.

Murphy, A. B.  “Landscapes for Whom?  The Twentieth-Century Remaking of Brussels.”  In Yale French Studies: Belgian Memories, number 102 ed. by  C. Labio.  New Haven:  Yale University Press, 2002, pp. 190-206.

Fuller, G.; Morrison, R.; Murphy, A. B.; and Ridgley, M.  “Potential for Ethnic Conflict in China.”  Eurasian Geography and Economics, 43 (8), 2002, pp. 583-609.

Murphy, A. B.  “National Claims to Territory in the Modern State System: Geographical Considerations.”  Geopolitics, 7 (2), 2002, pp. 193-214.

Zurick, D.; Fuller, G.; Murphy, A. B.; and Ridgley, M.  “Ethnic Fragmentation in South Asia.”  The Arab World Geographer, 5 (1), 2002, pp. 53-70.

Murphy, A. B.  “Brussels:  Division in Unity or Unity in Division?”  Political Geography, 21, 2002, pp. 695-700.

Kepka, J. and Murphy, A. B. “Euroregions in Comparative Perspective:  Differential Implications for Europe’s Borderlands.”  In Boundaries and Place, J. Hakli and D. Kaplan, eds.  Boulder, Colo.:  Rowman & Littlefield, 2002, pp. 50-69.
[Reprinted in The Introductory Reader in Human Geography:  Contemporary Debates and Classic Writings, William Moseley, David Lanegran and Kavita Pandit, eds.  Oxford: Blackwell, 2007, pp. 349-357.]

Murphy, A. B.  “Territoriality, Morality, and International Law:  Thoughts on Hendrix’s ‘Moral Theory of State Territory.’”  Geopolitics, 6 (2), 2001, pp. 163-168.

Murphy, A. B.  “Political Geography.”  In International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences, N. J. Smesler and P. B. Baltes, eds.  Amsterdam:  Pergamon, 2001, pp. 11661-11667.

Murphy, A. B.  “Perspectives on the Political Organization of Space in AP Human Geography.”  Journal of Geography, 99 (3/4), 2000, pp. 120-131.

Murphy, A. B.  “Geography’s Expanding Place in American Education.” College Board Review, No. 191, August 2000, pp. 2-6. [Reprinted in AAG Newsletter, 35 (11), November 2000, pp. 6-8.]

Fuller, G.; Murphy, A. B.; Ridgley, M.; and Ulack, R.  “Measuring Potential Ethnic Conflict in Southeast Asia.”  Growth and Change, 31 (2), 2000, pp. 305-331.

Murphy, A. B.  “Image in the United States of America.”  Forum on “Geography’s Changing Image and Status: Some International Perspectives,” in International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 9 (2), 2000, pp. 172-175.

Murphy, A. B.  “Regional Geography Revisited:  The View From Oregon.” Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, 61, 1999, pp. 160-174.

Murphy, A. B.  “The Use of National Names for International Bodies of Water:  Critical Perspectives.”  Journal of the Korean Geographical Society, 34 (5), 1999, pp. 507-516.

Murphy, A. B.   “‘Living Together Separately’:  Thoughts on the Relationship Between Political Science and Political Geography.”  Political Geography, 18 (8), 1999, pp. 887-894.

Murphy, A. B.   “Rethinking the Concept of European Identity.”  In Nested Identities:  Nationalism, Territory, and Scale, G. Herb and D. Kaplan, eds.  Boulder, Colo.:  Rowman & Littlefield, 1999, pp. 53-73.

Murphy, A. B.  “Advanced Placement Geography:  Opportunities and Challenges for Geographers.”  Journal of Geography, 97 (3), 1998, pp. 132-136.

Shafer, S. and Murphy, A. B.  “The Territorial Strategies of IGOs:  Implications for Environment and Development.”  Global Governance, 4 (3), 1998, pp. 257-274.

Murphy, A. B.  “European Languages.”  In A European Geography, T. Unwin, ed.  Harlow, Essex:  Addison Wesley Longman Limited, 1998, pp. 34-50.

Murphy, A. B.   “As Estratégias Territoriais das Organizações Governamentais Internacionais e suas Implicações para o Meio Ambiente e o Desenvolvimento.”  In A Geografia do Desenvolvimento Sustentável, B. K. Becker and M. Airanda, eds.  Rio de Janeiro:  Editora Universidad Federal do Rio de Janeiro, 1997, pp. 93-101.  [Translated by Ester Limonad].

Murphy, A. B.  “The Prospects for Regional Integration in Pacific Asia.”  In Global Geopolitical Change and the Asia-Pacific:  A Regional Perspective, D. Rumley, T. Chiba, A. Takagi, and Y. Fukushima, eds.  Aldershot, England:  Avebury, 1996, pp. 32-48.

Murphy, A. B. and Hunderi-Ely, A.  “The Geography of the 1994 Nordic Vote on European Union Membership.”  The Professional Geographer, 48 (3), 1996, pp. 284-297.

Murphy, A. B.  "The Sovereign State System as Political-Territorial Ideal:  Historical and Contemporary Considerations."  In State Sovereignty as Social Construct, T. Biersteker and C. Weber, eds.  Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 1996, pp. 81-120.

Murphy, A. B. and Leeper, N. E.  "Southeast Europeans in the Cities of the West:  Changing Networks in a Changing World."  In Les Réseaux des Diasporas/The Networks of Diasporas, G. Prévélakis, ed.  Nicosia, Cyprus:  KYKEM (Cyprus Research Institute), 1996, pp. 273-285.

Murphy, A. B.  “Economic Regionalization and Pacific Asia:  Problems and Prospects.”  The Geographical Review, 85 (2), 1995, pp. 127-140.

Murphy, A. B.  "Belgium’s Regional Divergence:  Along the Road to Federation."  In Federalism:  The Multiethnic Challenge, G. Smith, ed.  London:  Longman, 1995, pp. 73-100. 

     Reprinted in Agnew, John A., ed., Political Geography:  A Reader.  London:  Arnold, 1997.

Murphy, A. B.  "Geographical Perspectives on Ethnic Conflict."  In The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict to National and International Order in the 1990s: Geographical Perspectives.  Washington, D.C.:  United States Government Printing Office (RTT 95-10039), 1995, pp. 5-14.

Murphy, A. B.  "Planning for Places in an Issue-Based Legal Environment:  The Challenge of Coherence," Urban Geography, 15 (1), 1994, pp. 4-8.

Murphy, A. B.  "International Law and the Sovereign State System:  Challenges to the Status Quo."  In Reordering the World:  Geopolitical Perspectives on the Twenty-First Century, G. J. Demko and W. B. Wood, eds.  Boulder, Colo.:  Westview Press, 1994, pp. 209-224.  [Revised and reprinted for 2nd edition, 1999.]

Doucy, J. M. and Murphy, A. B.  "Belgium:  Physical and Human Geography."  Encyclopedia Britannica - Macropaedia, vol. 14.  Chicago:  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 1993, pp. 857-864.  [revised and reprinted for the 2001 edition].

Murphy, A. B.  "Emerging Regional Linkages in the European Community:  Implications for State-Centered Perspectives on European Society."  Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie, 84 (2), 1993, pp. 103-118.

Murphy, A. B.  "Linguistic Regionalism and the Social Construction of Space in Belgium."  Special issue on the "Sociology of Language in Belgium," A. F. Verdoodt and S. K. Sonntag, eds.  International Journal of the Sociology of Language, 104, 1993, pp. 49-64.

Murphy, A. B.  "Belgium."  Academic American Encyclopedia.  Danbury, Conn.: Groiler, 1993, CD-ROM [revised and updated, 2001].

Murphy, A. B. and Strikwerda, C.  "Brussels and the Belgian Avant-Garde in Historical and Geographical Perspective."  In Les XX and the Belgian Avant-Garde, S. H. Goddard, ed.  Lawrence, Kans.:  Spencer Museum of Art, 1992, pp. 18-27.

Murphy, A. B.  "Geographical Perspectives on Investment Opportunities in Europe."  In Investing Worldwide III.  Charlottesville, Va.:  Association for Investment Management and Research, 1992, pp. 31-41.

Murphy, A. B.  "Urbanism and the Diffusion of Substate Nationalist Ideas."  History of European Ideas, 14 (4-6), 1992, pp. 639-645.

Murphy, A. B.  "Western Investment in East-Central Europe:  Emerging Patterns and Implications for State Stability."  The Professional Geographer, 44 (3), 1992, pp. 249-259.

Murphy, A. B. and Latz, G.  "Geography and International Studies."  In Revealing the World:  An Interdisciplinary Reader for International Studies, D. Lieberman and M. Gurtov, eds.  Dubuque, Iowa:  Kendall/Hunt, 1992, pp. 23-51.

Murphy, A. B.  "The Geolinguistic Framework for Planning and Urban Development in Belgium."  In Perspectives on Planning and Urban Development in Belgium, A. K. Dutt and F. J. Costa, eds.  Amsterdam:  Kluwer, 1992, pp. 71-89.

Mikesell, M.W. and Murphy, A. B.  "A Framework for Comparative Study of Minority-Group Aspirations."  Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 81 (4), 1991, pp. 581-604.

Murphy, A. B.  "The Emerging Europe of the 1990s."  The Geographical Review, 81 (1), 1991, pp. 1-17.

Murphy, A. B.  "Territorial Ideology and International Conflict:  The Legacy of Prior Political Formations."  In The Political Geography of Conflict and Peace, N. Kliot and S. Waterman, eds.  London:  Belhaven, 1991, pp. 126-141.

Murphy, A. B.  "Regions as Social Constructs:  The Gap Between Theory and Practice."  Progress in Human Geography, 15 (1), 1991, pp. 23-35.

Murphy, A. B.  "Historical Justifications for Territorial Claims."  Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 80 (4), 1990, pp. 531-548.

Murphy, A. B.  "Perceptions of Place in Belgian Electoral Politics."  In Developments in Electoral Geography, R. J. Johnston, P. J. Taylor, and F. M. Shelley, eds.  London and New York:  Routledge, 1990, pp. 227-241.

Murphy, A. B.  "Territorial Policies in Multiethnic States."  The Geographical Review, 79 (4), 1989, pp. 410-421.

Murphy, A. B.  "The Territorial Dimension of Sociolinguistic Patterns and Processes in Brussels."  Special issue on "Het probleem Brussel sinds Hertoginnedal (1963)," P. Van de Craen, ed., Taal en Sociale Integratie, 13, 1989, pp. 117-128.

Murphy, A. B.  "Evolving Regionalism in Linguistically Divided Belgium."  In Nationalism, Self-Determination, and Political Geography, R. J. Johnston, D. Knight, and E. Kofman, eds.  London:  Croom Helm, 1988, pp. 135-150.

Murphy, A. B.  "Issues in the Preservation and Management of Open Space for Recreational Use in Metropolitan Chicago."  Environmental Review, 10 (1), 1986, pp. 31‑43.

Murphy, A. B.  "Partitioning as a Response to Cultural Conflict."  Joint issue of Geographical Perspectives (#55) and Great Plains-Rocky Mountain Geographical Journal (vol. 13), 1985, pp. 53‑59.

Murphy, A. B.  "The Treatment of Confidential Information under the U.S. Toxic Substances Control Act and the EEC Sixth Amendment:  The Need for a Common Approach."  Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 19 (3), 1981, pp. 509‑542.

Reports, Maps, and Short Pieces (single authored by A. B. Murphy unless otherwise noted)

“Citation for Harm J. de Blij, 2006 Recipient of the George J. Miller Award for Distinguished Service to Geographic Education,” Journal of Geography, 106 (1), 2007, pp. 1-2.

 “Report of the Sixty-Ninth Annual Meeting,” Yearbook of the Association of Pacific Cast Geographers, 69. 2007, forthcoming.

 “Editorial.”  Eurasian Geography and Economics, 48 (1), 2007, pp. 1-2 [Alexander B. Murphy and Victor H. Winston].

 ‘Making the Case for Geography’ webpage article appearing in the Healthy Departments section of the Association of American Geographers’ website, http://www.aag.org/healthydepartments/healthy_resources.cfm, originally posted Fall 2006 [Victoria A. Lawson and Alexander B. Murphy].

“In Memoriam: Douglas R. McManis, 1932-2006.” Ubique, 27 (3), 2006, pp. 1 & 8.

“Simplistic View of Middle East Geopolitics Fuels Extremism.”  Chicago Sun Times, August 26, 2006.

 “Geographic Illiteracy Led Us to Being Hoodwinked into War.”  Chicago Sun Times, March 18, 2006.

“Editorial.”  Eurasian Geography and Economics, 47 (1), 2006, pp. 1-3 [Michael J. Bradshaw, Alexander B. Murphy, Clifton W. Pannell, and Kavita K. Pandit].

“The Threat of Geographical Ignorance.”  Chautauquan Daily, July 22, 2004.

“Introduction,” Forum on “Where We Have Come From and Where We Are Going,” Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 94 (4), 2004, 701-702.

“Geographical Ignorance is Off the Charts.”  The Register Guard (Daily newspaper of Eugene/Springfield, Oregon), September 17, 2004, section A, p. 9.

 “Chauncy Dennison Harris, 1914-2003.”  Ubique, 24 (1), March 2004, p. 10.

“Editorial.” Eurasian Geography and Economics, 45 (3), pp. 159-161, 2004 [Alexander B. Murphy and C. Cindy Fan].

Presidential columns, AAG Newsletter (Association of American Geographers): “Geography in an Uncertain World,” vol. 38 (7), 2003; “Looking Toward the AAG’s Centenary,” vol. 38 (8), 2003; “Rethinking the Place of Regional Geography,” vol. 38 (9), 2003; “An Imperative (and an Opportunity) for Geographic Education,” vol. 38 (10), 2003; “Enhancing Geography’s Role in Public Debate,” vol. 38 (11), 2003; “Harnessing Public Conceptions of Geography to Our Advantage,” vol. 39 (1), 2004; “Thoughts on Geography’s Diversity,” vol. 39 (2), 2004; “Bridging our Differences,” vol. 39 (3), 2004; “What if There Were No AAG?” vol. 39 (4), 2004; “Geography and a Liberal Education,” vol. 39 (5), 2004; “Thanks—and Some Parting Thoughts on Communication,” vol. 39 (6), 2004.

     Columns from AAG Newsletter vol. 38 (7), vol. 38 (10), vol. 38 (11), and vol. 39 (4) reprinted in M. Duane Nellis, Janice Monk, and Susan L. Cutter, eds., Presidential Musings from the Meridian (Morgantown, WV: West Virginia University Press, 2004.

“America Rejecting Geography at Its Peril.”  Minneapolis Star Tribune, November 11, 2003, p. A21. 

            Also published (sometimes with minor modifications) in the Portland Oregonian, the Arizona Daily Star, the Provo Daily Herald, and smaller newspapers in North Dakota, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

            Reprinted in Ubique, 23 (3), December 2003, pp. 1, 2 and 4 under the title “Awash in a Sea of Geographical Ignorance.”

 “Geopolitical Folly:  The US Must Examine the Consequences of War With Iraq.”  The Register Guard (Daily newspaper of Eugene/Springfield, Oregon), October 20, 2002, section B, pp. 1 & 4.

            Reprinted in Persian (with minor substantive changes) in Iran (Tehran, Iran), November 21, 2002, p. 5 (part I) and November 23, 2002, p. 5 (part II).

            Reprinted in English with minor substantive changes in Iran News (Tehran, Iran), November 24, 2002, p. 9.

            Reprinted in Persian (with minor substantive changes) in Ettelaat (Tehran, Iran), December 11, 2002, p. 12.

“Le couple Ėtat-Nation au XXIe siècle.”  Géographie et Cultures, 42, été 2002, pp. 35-36.

“Image in the United States of America.”  Forum on “Geography’s Changing Image and Status,” International Research in Geographical and Environmental Education, 9 (2), 2000, pp. 172-175.

“Teaching Advanced Placement Human Geography:  Introduction.”  Journal of Geography, 99 (3/4), 2000, pp. 93-97.

 “Ethnic Conflict in Southeastern Europe.”  Geography:  A Newsletter for Educators (John Wiley & Sons), 9 (1), Fall 1999, pp. 1, 3 & 4.

“World Languages” and “World Religions.”  Maps for Encarta 2000—Interactive World Atlas.  Microsoft Corporation, 1999.  [Alexander B. Murphy and Ronald Wixman].

 “Rediscovering the Importance of Geography.”  Chronicle of Higher Education, 45 (10), October 30, 1998, p. A64. 

            Reprinted in annual editions of Geography Guilford, Conn.:  Dushkin/McGraw-Hill , beginning with Fifteenth edition,  2000, pp. 10-11.

     Reprinted in Bulletin of the Illinois Geographical Society, 41 (2), Fall 1999, pp. 54-56.

     Reprinted in The Geographical Bulletin, 41 (1), May 1999, pp. 5-7.

     Reprinted in South Australian Geographer: Bulletin of the Geography Teachers’ Association of South Australia, 14 (1), April 1999, pp. 5-6.

     Reprinted in Geonews: Geography Teachers’ Association of Singapore, 9 (1), March 1999, pp. 3-4.

     Reprinted in AAG Newsletter, 33 (12), December 1998, p. 6.

     Reprinted in Ubique, 18 (3), December 1998, pp. 2 and 7.

“Integration and Disintegration in Contemporary Europe.”  Geography:  A Newsletter for Educators (John Wiley & Sons), 8 (2), Fall 1998, pp. 1-3.

Articles on "Flanders," "Friesland," "Frisia," and "Wallonia," for Microsoft Encarta.  Redmond, Wash.:  Microsoft Corporation, 1996.

“The National Research Council--National Academy of Sciences Focuses Attention on Geography.”  Ubique, 15 (2), 1995, pp. 1 and 5.

“Recommendation from the Advanced Placement Geography Task Force to the College Board Concerning the Development of an Advanced Placement Program in Geography.”  A report to the College Board, New York City, New York, 1995, 11 pp. + appendix.

“Geographic Approaches to Democratization:  A Report to the National Science Foundation.”   Printed by the University of Oregon Press and available from the Program Director, Geography and Regional Science Program, National Science Foundation, ii and 25 pp.  [Alexander B. Murphy, raporteur].

“Advanced Placement Geography Meeting Report.”  A report to the College Board, New York City, New York, 1995, 8 pp. + appendices.

"From the Editor."  Columns in the bi-annual European Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers Newsletter, 1992-1995.

"Geography Crucial to Understanding Human Events."  The Register Guard (Daily newspaper of Eugene/Springfield, Oregon), November 16, 1994, p. 16A.

     Reprinted in AAG Newsletter, 30 (2), February 1995, p. 5.

“Oregon’s International Trade:  A Geographic Profile of Export Destinations, 1987-1991.”  A report to the Oregon Geographical Alliance and the Oregon International Trade Institute, 1993, 222 pp.  [Authored by Alexander B. Murphy and David J. Keeling].

"Many Have False Notion of How Professors Spend Their Time."  The Register Guard (Daily newspaper of Eugene/Springfield, Oregon), January 13, 1993.

Book Reviews (all single authored by A. B. Murphy)

David Harvey, Paris, Capital of Modernity (New York and London:  Routledge, 2003), for Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 96 (1), 2006, pp. 208-210.

Lewis A. McArthur and Lewis L. McArthur, eds., Oregon Geographic Names, 7th ed. (Portland: Oregon Historical Society Press, 2003), for Oregon Historical Quarterly, 106 (1), spring 2005, pp. 150-151.

Jacques Lèvy, ed., From Geopolitics to Global Politics:  A French Connection (London and Portland: Frank Cass, 2001), for Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 93 (3), 2003, pp. 765-766.

Dijkink, Gertjan and Hans Knippenberg, eds., The Territorial Factor:  Political Geography in a Globalising World (Amsterdam: Vossiuspers UvA, 2001), for GeoJournal, 57 (4), 2002, pp. 345-346.

Klaus Dodds and David Atkinson, eds., Geopolitical Traditions:  A Century of Geopolitical Thought (London and New York: Routledge, 2000), for Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 91 (4), 2001, pp. 767-769.

P. J. F. Terhorst and J. C. L. van de Ven, Fragmented Brussels and Consolidated Amsterdam:  A Comparative Study of the Spatial Organization of Property Rights (Amsterdam: Netherlands Geographical Studies 223, 1997), for Progress in Human Geography, 23 (4), 1999, pp. 669-670.

Claval, Paul, Géopolitique et Géostratégie:  La Pensée Politique, l’Espace et le Territoire au XXe Siècle (Paris:  Editions Nathan, 1994), for Political Geography, 18 (3), 1999, pp. 387-388.

Ó Tuathail, Gearóid, Critical Geopolitics:  The Politics of Writing Global Space (Minneapolis:  University of Minnesota Press, 1996), for The Geographical Review, 88 (3), 1998, pp. 446-447.

Roessingh, Martijn A., Ethnonationalism and Political Systems in Europe:  A State of Tension (Amsterdam:  Amsterdam University Press, 1996), for GeoJournal, 44 (1), 1998, pp. 91-93.

Rhodes, Martin, ed., The Regions and the New Europe:  Patterns in Core and Periphery Development (Manchester and New York:  Manchester University Press, 1995), for The Professional Geographer, 49 (3), 1997, pp. 384-385.

Weber, Cynthia, Simulating Sovereignty:  Intervention, the State and Symbolic Exchange (Cambridge:  Cambridge University Press, 1995), and Elkins, David J., Beyond Sovereignty:  Territory and Political Economy in the Twenty-First Century (Toronto:  University of Toronto Press, 1995), for Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 87 (2), 1997, pp. 406-409.

Jones, Alun, The New Germany:  A Human Geography (New York:  John Wiley & Sons, 1994), for The Journal of Geography, 95 (3), 1996, pp. 137-138.

Roger J. P. Kain and Elizabeth Baigent, The Cadastral Map in the Service of the State:  A History of Property Mapping (Chicago:  University of Chicago Press, 1992) and David Buisseret, ed., Monarchs, Ministers, and Maps (Chicago:  University of Chicago Press, 1992), for Geographical Review, 84 (3), 1994, pp. 349-351.

Lars Lundqvist and Lars Olof Persson, eds., Visions and Strategies of European Integration:  A North European Perspective (Berlin, Heidelberg, and New York:  Springer-Verlag, 1993), for Journal of Regional Science, 34 (2), 1994, pp. 287-289.

Peter J. Taylor, ed., Political Geography of the Twentieth Century:  A Global Analysis (New York:  Halsted Press, 1993), for Annals of the Association of American Geographers, 84 (2), 1994, pp. 331-333.

Colin Crouch and David Marquand, eds., Towards Greater Europe?  A Continent without an Iron Curtain (Oxford:  Blackwell, 1992), for Political Geography, 13 (2), 1994, pp. 205-206.

Allan M. Williams, The European Community:  The Contradictions of Integration (Oxford:  Blackwell, 1991), for The Professional Geographer, 45 (1), 1993, pp. 127-128.

Aleksa Djilas, The Contested Country:  Yugoslav Unity and Communist Revolution 1919-1953 (Cambridge, Mass:  Harvard University Press, 1991), for The Geographical Review, 82 (2), 1992, pp. 212-213.

Maryon McDonald, We are Not French:  Language, Culture and Identity in Brittany (London and New York:  Routledge, 1989), for The Geographical Review, 81 (4), 1991, pp. 494-496.

Peter M. Slowe, Geography and Political Power:  The Geography of Nations and States (London and New York:  Routledge, 1990), for The Professional Geographer, 43 (3), 1991, pp. 387-388.

Roy E. H. Mellor, Nation, State and Territory (London and New York:  Routledge, 1989), for Geographical Review, 81 (1), 1991, pp. 117-118.

David Buisseret, ed., From Sea Charts to Satellite Images:  Interpreting North American History through Maps (Chicago:  University of Chicago Press, 1990), for Bulletin of the Western Association of Map Libraries, 22 (2), 1991, pp. 147-148.

Douglas M. Johnston and Phillip M. Saunders, eds., Ocean Boundary Making:  Regional Issues and Developments (London and New York:  Croom Helm, 1988), for The Geographical Review, 79 (2), 1989, pp. 262-263.

Kenneth C. Martis, The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress, 1789-1989 (New York:  Macmillan, 1989), for Bulletin of the Western Association of Map Libraries, 20 (3), 1989, pp. 222-224.

 

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

National Research Council--National Academy of Sciences

Committee and Writing Subcommittee member, Rediscovering Geography Committee, Board on Earth Sciences and Resources, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, 1993-1995

National Science Foundation

Co-organizer and chair, workshop on geographic approaches to democratization, Geography and Regional Science Program, Division of Social, Behavioral, and Economic Research, 1994

Association of American Geographers (AAG)

Executive Committee, 2002-2005 (Vice President, 2002-2003; President 2003-2004; Past-President 2004-2005)

Co-organizer, Healthy Departments Workshop, June 2005

Healthy Departments Committee, 2004-present

AAG/National Geographic Society Joint Committee, 2002-2005

National Councilor, 1997-2000

Long Range Planning Committee, co-chair, 2003

Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Committee, 1995-2000; chair, 1995-1998

Endowment Trust Committee, 1997-2000, chair 1998-1999

Honors Committee, 1993-1995; chair, 1994-1995

European Specialty Group:  Founding member, 1992; chair and newsletter editor, 1992-1995; Treasurer and newsletter editor, 1995-1996; Board of Directors, 1996-1998

Political Geography Specialty Group:  Board of Directors, 1989-1991, 1993-1995; Head of Nominations Committee, 1990-1991; Student Paper Competition Review Committee, 1988-1992 (chair, 1991-1992); Organizer, Political Geography Specialty Group conference, "Challenges to the Modern State System," Eugene, Oregon, March 26-28, 1994

Session chair at national meetings, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2001

Session discussant at national meetings, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003

Session organizer for national meetings, 1989, 1992, 1993, 1998, 2000

American Geographical Society

Vice-President, 1997-present

Executive Committee, 1997-present

Councilor, 1993-present

Honors Committee, 1994-present, chair 1998-present

Exploration Committee, 1999-present

Nominating Committee, 1996-present

Search committee for the Editor of The Geographical Review, 1995, 2001-2002 (chair), 2006

Association of Pacific Coast Geographers

Coordinator, Annual Meeting, Eugene, Oregon, September 2006

Chair, Nominating Committee, 2006-2007

College Board/Educational Testing Service

Chair, Advanced Placement Geography Development Committee, 1996-2001

Chair, Advanced Placement Geography Workshop and Task Force, 1995

Global Studies Foundation

Advisory Panel, 2005-present

Editorial Activities

Co-Editor, Progress in Human Geography, 1995-present

Co-Editor, Eurasian Geography and Economics, 2004-present; Senior Contributing Editor, 2002-2004

Editorial Board, GeoJournal, 2007-present

Comité Scientifique, L’Espace Politique, 2006-present

Comité Scientifique, Territoires en Mouvement–Revue de Géographie et D’Aménagement, 2006-present

Editorial Board, Geopolitics, 2004-present

Editorial Advisory Board, The Geographical Review, 1992-present

Editorial Board, Ethics, Place and Environment, 1997-present

Editor, Human Geography in the Making book series, Edward Arnold, 1998-2006

Associate Editor, Post-Soviet Geography and Economics, 2001-2002

Editorial Board, Political Geography, 1995-2001

Editorial Board, The Professional Geographer, 1995-1997

Editorial Board, Social Science Quarterly, 1994-1995

Editorial Staff, Columbia Journal of Transnational Law, 1979-1980; Casenote and Comment Editor, 1980-1981

Program Reviews and Consultancies

Kutztown University (Department of Geography) – 2004

University or Arizona (Department of Geography) – 2007

University of Vermont (Department of Geography) – 2007

University of Oulu, Finland (Faculty of Science) – 2007

Macalester College (Department of Geography) – 2007

Referee for Professional Journals

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

The Canadian Geographer/Le Géographe Canadien

Economic Geography

L’Espace Politique

Ethics, Place and Environment

Environment and Planning A

Eurasian Geography and Economics

The Geographical Review

GeoJournal

Geopolitics

Growth and Change

Journal of Geography

Journal of Geography in Higher Education

Journal of Historical Geography

Journal of Women’s History

Mobilization

Political Geography

The Professional Geographer

Progress in Human Geography

Review of International Political Economy

Social Science Quarterly

Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie

Transactions in GIS

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Urban Geography

Referee for Grant-Making Organizations

Canada Council for the Arts

John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

National Geographic Society, Committee for Research and Exploration

National Research Council, Office for Central Europe and Eurasia

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada

UK ESRC Research Grants Board

US National Science Foundation

Book Manuscript Reviews

Wm. C. Brown Publishers

Edward Arnold

Guilford Publications

Rowman & Littlefield

Prentice-Hall

University of California Press

University of Chicago Press

University Press of Colorado

Westview Press

John Wiley & Sons

University Appointment, Tenure, and Promotion Reviews

American University (twice)

Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel (twice)

Dartmouth College (twice)

Florida State University

Georgia State University

Kent State University (twice)

Middlebury College (twice)

Montana State University

Pennsylvania State University

Portland State University (thrice)

Royal Holloway, University of London

Stanford University

University of Arizona

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Colorado

University of Idaho

University of Illinois

University of Leeds, United Kingdom

University of Miami

University of Nebraska

University of New Hampshire

University of Oregon (four times)

University of Texas

University of Washington (thrice)

University of Wisconsin—Madison

University of Wisconsin—Milwaukee

Western Kentucky University (thrice)

 

SELECTED SPECIALLY FEATURED ADDRESSES

Keynote Speaker, 32nd European Studies Conference, Omaha, Nebraska, October 2007

Plenary Lecture, First International Conference on the Geography of Europe, EUGEO (European Association of Geographical Societies), Amsterdam, the Netherlands, August 2007

Presidential Plenary Address, annual meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education, Birmingham, Alabama, October 2005

Chautauqua Lecture Platform address, Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, New York, July 2005

Past President’s Address, banquet, annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Denver, Colorado, April 2004

Keynote or Plenary Addresses, Meetings of Regional Divisions of the Association of American Geographers in Manhattan, Kansas (Great-Plains/Rocky Mountain Division), Stillwater, Oklahoma (Southwest Division), Albany, New York (Middle States Division), Charlotte, North Carolina (Southeast Division), College Park, Maryland (Middle Atlantic Division), and Oshkosh, Wisconsin (West Lakes Division), October 2003 – October 2004

President’s Forum Address, annual meeting of the National Council for Geographic Education, Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2003

Opening Academic Address, “Second International Congress of Geographers of the Islamic World,” Tehran, Iran, September 2003

Commencement Address, University of Oregon main graduation ceremony, Eugene, Oregon, June 2002

Keynote Address, “All Points of the Compass” conference, Department of Geography, California State University, Fullerton, April 2002

Opening Address, workshop on “Symbolic and Practical Dimensions of Territorial Discourse in the Middle East,” sponsored by the Herzog Center for Middle Eastern History and Diplomacy in cooperation with the European University Institute, Florence, Italy, December 2001

Featured Speaker, conference on “The European Union: Possibilities and Limitations,” Kutztown University Kutztown, Pennsylvania, April 2000

Featured Speaker, “Euroland Finance Forum,” New York Society of Security Analysts, New York, NY, May 1999

Banquet Address, Delaware Valley Geographical Society Annual Meeting, West Chester, PA, April 1999

Keynote Address,  Finnish Geographical Society Annual Meeting, Joensuu, Finland, October 1998

Presidential Plenary Session Address, annual meeting of the Association of Pacific Coast Geographers, Flagstaff, AZ, October 1998

Featured Speaker, monthly meeting, The Ambassador’s Roundtable, Stamford, CT, May 1998

European Specialty Group Plenary Lecture, Annual Meeting, Association of American Geographers, Boston, MA, March 1998

Featured Speaker, monthly meeting, The Mid-Atlantic Club, New York, NY, November 1996

Keynote Address, conference on "The Challenge of Ethnic Conflict to National and International Order in the 1990s" for US government foreign policy analysts, Washington, D.C., September 1993

Featured Speaker, seminar on "The Economic Geography of Central Europe," New York Society of Security Analysts, New York, NY, May 1993

Featured Speaker, Client Conference, Templeton International, Palm Beach, FL, November 1992

Featured Speaker, “Investing Worldwide III,” Association for Investment Management and Research and the International Society of Financial Analysts, Amelia Island, FL, February 1992

Featured Speaker, Executive Forum of Continental Asset Management, New York, NY, December 1990

Keynote Address, annual conference of the Association for Investment Management and Research, New York, NY, May 1990

 

PRESENTATIONS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS

International Congresses of the International Geographical Union

Washington, D.C., USA, August 1992

Meetings of the International Geographical Union's Commission on Political Geography (formerly Commission/Working Group on the World Political Map)

Koper, Slovenia, May 2004; Libreville, Gabon, May 2003; Haifa and Beer Sheva, Israel, January 1998; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 1995; Tokyo, Japan, September 1993; Larnaca, Cyprus, April 1993; Washington, D.C., August 1992; Prague, Czechoslovakia, August 1991; Haifa, Israel, January 1989; Los Angeles, California, April 1988; San Sebastian, Spain, August 1986

National Meetings of the Association of American Geographers

San Francisco, California, April 2007; Chicago, Illinois, March 2006; Denver, Colorado, April 2005; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, March 2004; New Orleans, Louisiana, March 2003; Los Angeles, California, March 2002; New York, New York, March 2001; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 1999; Honolulu, Hawaii, March 1999; Boston, Massachusetts, March 1998; Fort Worth, Texas, April 1997; Charlotte, North Carolina, April 1996; Chicago, Illinois, March 1995; San Francisco, California, April 1994; Atlanta, Georgia, April 1993; San Diego, California, April 1992; Miami, Florida, April 1991; Toronto, Canada, April 1990; Baltimore, Maryland, March 1989; Phoenix, Arizona, April 1988; Portland, Oregon, April 1987; Detroit, Michigan, April 1985

Meetings of Regional Divisions of the Association of American Geographers

Eugene, Oregon, September 2006 (Association of Pacific Coast Geographers); Phoenix, Arizona, October 2005 (Association of Pacific Coast Geographers); Portland, Maine, October 2004 (New England-St. Lawrence Valley); College Park, Maryland, April 2004 (Middle Atlantic); Albany, New York, October-November 2003 (Middle States); Manhattan, Kansas, October 2003 (Great Plains-Rocky Mountain); Minneapolis, Minnesota, October 2002 (joint West Lakes - East Lakes); Chico, California, September 1990 (Association of Pacific Coast Geographers); Lawrence, Kansas, November 1984 (joint West Lakes - Great Plains-Rocky Mountain)

Meetings of the Political Geography Specialty Group of the Association of American Geographers

Columbia, South Carolina, April 1996; Eugene, Oregon, March 1994; Tallahassee, Florida, April 1991; Los Angeles, California, April 1988

Meetings of the European Community Studies Association

Charleston, South Carolina, May 1995

Meetings of the Council of Europe

Chicago, Illinois, March 1992

Meetings of the National Council for Geographic Education

Lake Tahoe, Nevada, October 2006; Birmingham, Alabama, October 2005; Salt Lake City, Utah, October 2003; Vancouver, British Columbia, August 2001; Boston, Massachusetts, November 1999; Santa Barbara, California 1996

Other Conferences

Oregon Review of International Law Conference, March 2007

International Studies Association, Chicago, Illinois, February 2007

Global Studies Foundation, Concord, New Hampshire, May 2006

The Mackinder Forum, Oxford, England, March 2006

American Association of Law Schools, Washington, DC, January 2006

Royal Geographical Society/Institute of British Geographers, London, UK, August-September 2005 (plenary session)

Mapping the News Conference, Washington, D.C., May 2004; September 2002