Virginia Murphy

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Virginia Murphy

Lecturer, Social Theory and Practice Program

Office Location(s): G104FC South Quad
Phone: 734.763.1194
vemu@umich.edu

  • About

    Interests include American literature, Native American literature, Environmental literature, and poetry. Research interests include working-class women’s autobiographies at the turn of the twentieth century, particularly the role writing played in the change of class status during this time, environmental justice and environmental advocacy.

    More recent course development has focused on eco-criticism and environmental writing, and how these disciplines may help to bring awareness and solutions to the world’s environmental concerns, environmental activism and environmental and social justice.

    Recent Courses

    American Environmentalism and the Frontier West
    Environmental Literature
    Environmental and Social Justice
    Environmental Activism:  Citizenship in a Republic

    Books Published

    Going Places With Children, co-editor
    Cosmos Serenade, co-editor