Michael J. Murphy

Michael J. Murphy, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in the Department of Women and Gender Studies at the University of Illinois Springfield. He holds a B.A. in Art History from the University of Iowa and an M.A. and Ph.D. in Art History and Archaeology (with a Graduate Certificate in Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies) from Washington University in St. Louis (Missouri, USA). Since 2005 he has taught numerous courses in women’s/gender studies, critical men’s/masculinity studies, and LGBTQ+/sexuality studies. He is the author or editor of many encyclopedia and journal articles, and other publications including the book Activities for Teaching Gender and Sexuality in the University Classroom, Michael J. Murphy and Elizabeth Ribarsky, eds. (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Education, 2013). He lives with his husband in St. Louis.