John M. Murphy
Contact Information
Office: 332 Communication
Telephone: (217) 333-1593
Email: jmmurphy@illinois.edu
Associate Professor
Bio
John Murphy studies the history of American Public Address and political rhetoric. He will teach an undergraduate class on the American presidency in Fall 2009 and a graduate class in American Public Address and conceptual criticism. He's interested in just how political languages collide and influence each other over the course of US history. He's written on John and Robert Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Bill Clinton, Martin Luther King. Jr. and George W. Bush. He's currently developing a monograph on Alexander Hamilton and a book project on John Kennedy and the American liberal tradition.
Curriculum Vitae
Experience
- Rhetoric of the US presidency and contemporary politics; presidential war rhetoric and campaign speeches.
Education
- Ph.D., University of Kansas