Sharon Murphy earned her bachelor's degree from Marquette University, and her master's and doctorate from the University of Iowa. She has worked as newspaper reporter, public relations director and magazine editor, and has been at Bradley since 1994. She teaches and advises majors in the journalism major. Her research and publication focuses mainly on international and intercultural issues, including the roles and images of minorities and women in journalism and media history.
EDUCATION
B.A. (1965) Marquette University, Journalism
M.A. (1970) University of Iowa, Iowa City, Mass Communication
Ph.D. (1973) University of Iowa, Iowa City, Communication
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Bradley University:
1994 – present, Professor of Communication; 1994-1997, Provost and Academic Vice President; 1999 – 2000, Interim Chair, Department of Communication; Spring 2002, on leave, Fulbright Senior Scholar, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Marquette University:
1984-1988; Professor and Dean, College of Journalism; 1988-94, Professor and Dean, College of Communication, Journalism and Performing Arts
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale:
1979-84, Associate Professor, Director, Journalism Graduate Studies,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee:
1973-79, Department of Mass Communication: Assistant Professor, 1974-77 Coordinator of News Editorial Sequence; 1977-78 on leave, Fulbright Senior Lecturer, Department of Mass Communication, University of Nigeria
University of Iowa:
1969-73, Instructor, teaching assistant, School of Journalism
Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, Iowa:
1970-71 Instructor, Publications Coord.
Sisters of the Divine Savior:
1965-68, pubic relations director, editor of Worldwide Magazine
The Milwaukee Sentinel:
1967, intern reporter and stringer
Secondary and elementary schools, Milwaukee Wisconsin: teacher, 1959-69
Consulting and Accrediting, past and current:
Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association
Southern States Association
Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (former vice-president)
Referee/Reviewer: Discipline Advisory Committee for Communications, Fulbright Scholar Program, 1990-93 (Chair, 1992-93); Chilton Book Company; Holt Rinehart and Winston; Iowa State University Press; Prentice Hall, Inc; Wm. C. Brown Company; Journal of Mass Media Ethics.
TEACHING SUMMARY
Courses taught: History and history research; persuasive writing; mass communication and society; specialized publications; news reporting and writing; minority groups in the mass media; women in the mass media; public relations; mass media education theory and methods; international/intercultural communication.
Secondary Schools: Taught English, journalism, film, photography; advised magazine, photography, newspaper and yearbook; conducted summer workshops for high school journalism students and teachers, and minority journalism recruitment journalism programs in Madison, Minneapolis, Iowa City, Milwaukee.
Teaching Awards: Amoco Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1977; Wisconsin Journalism Teacher-Advisor Council Outstanding Teacher-Advisor Award for 1968; (Wall Street Journal) Newspaper Fund Fellow, 1966; Special Awards for Outstanding High School Journalism Teachers, 1967, ‘68,’69; Wauwatosa (Wisc.) Jaycees Outstanding Young Educator, 1966.
Permanent Professional Certificate, State of Iowa Board of Public Instruction, 1970
RESEARCH/CREATIVE PRODUCTION
Books
Madelon G. Schilpp, Sharon Murphy, Great Women of the Press, Carbondale, Southern Illinois University Press, 1983.
L. Erwin Atwood, Stuart J. Bullion, Sharon M. Murphy, International Perspectives on News, Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1982.
James E. Murphy, Sharon M. Murphy, Let My People Know: American Indian Journalism, 1828-1978, University of Oklahoma Press, 1981.
Other Voices: Black, Chicano and American Indian Press, Dayton, Ohio: Pflaum/Standard, 1974.
Screen Experience: An Approach to Film, Dayton, Ohio: George A. Pflaum Publisher, 1969 (with Donald Wigal).
Most recent Articles and Chapters
“Native American Print and Electronic Media,” in Guy T. Meiss and Alice Tait, Ethnic Media in America: Building a System of Their Own. In press (2004) Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company.
“Journalism Education – Whence and Whereto – A Reprise,” in Luigi Manca and Gail W. Pieoer, A Heretic in American Journalism Education and Research: Malcolm S. MacLean, Jr. Columbia, Mo.: Stepehenson Researazch Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001.
"Fund Raising: A Primer for Deans" (with John Shorrock), in William Christ, Leadership in Times of Change: A Handbook for Communication and Media Administrators, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers, 1999, pp. 225-239.
“Native American Media: Fighters for Indian Rights from their Inception,” in Margaret A. Blanchard, ed., History of the Mass Media in the United States: An Encyclopedia, Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998.
“Foreword” in The University as Learning Community: Tradition, Innovation, Prospects, Timothy K. Conley and Demetrice A. Worley, eds., Peoria: Bradley University Office of Teaching Excellence and Faculty Development, 1998.
"Norman Cousins." Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol 137, pp. 60-65., Gale Research, Inc., 1994.
"Dependency and Journalism Education in Africa," (with James F. Scotton) in David E. Gardinier (ed) Africana Journal. Vol XVI, Africana Publishing Company, 1994, pp. 36-50
"From the Kerner Report to the Reagan Era: A Twenty Year Struggle," in Michael Emery and Ted Smythe: Readings in Mass Communication, William C. Brown, 1988.
"American Indians and the Media," (with J. Murphy) in Ray Hiebert and Carol Reuss: Impact of Mass Media: Current Issues, Longman, 1987, pp. 372-383.
Sharon M. Murphy and James F. Scotton, "Learning from African Models," in From Parochialism to Globalism: International Perspectives on Journalism Education, Christine Ogan and Bonnie Brownlee, eds., Bloomington, Indiana: AEJMC International Division, May, 1986.
Other works published in Anthropologica, Dictionary of Literary Biography: American Newspaper Journalists, Gazette, Journalism History, The Journal of Communication Inquiry, Communication: Journalism Education Today, College Composition and Communication, The Quill, Catholic School Editor, Center
Monographs and Other Publications
“The Continuing Challenge: Campus Racism and Multiculturalism in Context,” Special Edition of ASJMC Insights, winter 1994.
"Voter Registration Drive in Nigeria: Patterns of Communication Influence," Resources in Education, ERIC Clearinghouse, February 1980.
"Minority Images: A Project Guide," Resources in Education, ERIC Clearinghouse, June 1979.
"Native American Newspaper: Selected Vignettes," Resources in Education, ERIC Clearinghouse, May ‘77
Freedom to Be . . .In Communication, (monograph series, Journalism Education Association), 1976: "Part 1 Intrapersonal Communication"; "Part 2 Interpersonal Communication"; "Part 3 Communication in Social Groups"; Part 4 Mass Media in Human Communication."
"American Indian Newspapers," Slide/Script Package, Minneapolis: Vis-Com, Inc., 1976
Media Guide, Unit IX of Assignment: Journalism, eds. Eleanor Wallis, et al., Women in Communications, Austin, Texas, 1975.
Journalism 19:113 Supervision of School Publications, with James E. Murphy (Bureau of Correspondence Study, Division of Extension and University Services, University of Iowa), 1973.
Laboratory Manual for Journalism in the Mass Media, with Virginia Woodring, et al., Ginn, Boston, 1970.
Research/Training Grants Received
$234,535 for research and training programs, primarily directed at insights into and intensive training programs focusing on diversity and globalization in the mass communication media. Sources includedDow Jones Newspaper Fund, Peoria Journal Star, Fleming Publishing; Gannett/Freedom Forum; Chicago Tribune Charities; Journalism Council; Milwaukee Sentinel; USIA Cultural Activities Grant; East/West Foundation; Wall Street Journal Newspaper Fund; Women in Communications, Inc.
Fulbright Alumni Initiatives Award program: $21,960 – “Reporting Across the Globe: Student Journalists Exchange,” between University of Ljubljana and Bradley University (2003-2004)
Professional Honors
From YWCA of Greater Milwaukee, 1989; Alpha Sigma Nu, Jesuit Honor Society, 1989; Women in Communications, Inc.: 1977 and 1985; Milwaukee Press Club, 1977; Journalism Education Association, November 1975; University of Iowa, 1972 and 1973.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE: Memberships and Offices Held
Memberships
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC); American Association for Higher Education (AAHE); American Association of University Professors; American Association of University Women; Fulbright Alumni Association (FAA); International Communication Association (ICA); Milwaukee Press Club; National Press Club; Women in Communications, Inc.; Women in Higher Education
Offices in Professional Organizations
Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication:
National President, 1986 – 87; various committee chairs and assignments, including Chair: Nominations & Elections Committee, 2004 – 2005
Communication Conference, Association of Jesuit Colleges And Universities, President, 1992-3.
Milwaukee Press Club Endowment, Ltd., Various committees including Secretary. 1987-90.
Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication, Vice-president, 1983-6
Women in Communications, Inc., Various leadership roles, 1974-90
National Curriculum Commission, Journalism Education Association, Chair, 1970-1974
Board and Civic Commission Memberships
Consultant/Evaluator, Commission on Institutions of Higher Education, North Central Accrediting Association of Colleges and Schools, 1997- present
Peoria:
Founding president, Community Career and Technology Center, Inc., 1997-98 (a regional project involving higher education, school districts, prospective employers, technology developers, local government and the employment services sector)
Newspaper Association of America Foundation, Washington, D.C. (1994 - 1996)
Other Service
Committee Member, program host: “Human Rights,” Sundays, WTMJ-TV and the Milwaukee Human Rights Radio Television Council (1990-94).
Year-long international student exchanges, 1986-96: American Field Service (President, Shorewood Chapter, 1989-90), hosted son and daughter: Yugoslavia, Japan; Rotary International Exchange Program, hosted daughters: Thailand, Russia; and Experiment in International Living: hosted sons and daughters, Germany, France.
