McKinley P.

Murphy

906 N. 7th Street, Apt 11, Lafayette, IN 47904

murph209@purdue.edu
Phone: (660) 349-9239
Education
M.F.A., Poetry, Purdue University
o Degree expected: May 2017
o GPA: 4.0
M.A., English, Truman State University
o Degree received: May 2014
o GPA: 4.0
o Creative Thesis: Phosphor Apostrophe
A collection of poems in three sections themed around visual art &
artistry, love and relationships, and destruction/fire/apocalypse,
with a critical introduction
B.A., Creative Writing, Knox College
o Degree received: 2010; Creative Writing Major, TheaterPlaywriting
Minor
o GPA: 3.18
o Created the official college Minor in Playwriting
o Completed a McNair Fellowship and conducted a Creative Nonfiction
interview project
Graduate Coursework
Purdue University
o ENG 606: Poetry Workshop
o ENG 647: Seminar on the Romantic Movement: Byron
o ENG 531: The Rise of the Novel
Truman State University
o ENG 504: Poetry Workshop
o ENG 501: Nonfiction Workshop
o ENG 517: Comparative Literature: Modernisms
o ENG 503: Gender Studies: Motherhood
o ENG 509: Post-Colonial Irish Literature
o ENG 604: Major American Authors: Wharton & Cather
o ENG 609: Jazz Age Literature
o ENG 614: Sense, Nonsense and Sensibility in Sidney & Austen
Pedagogical Training
Purdue University:
o ENG 505: Teaching First Year Composition I & II
o ENG 505: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing
Truman State University

o ENG 620: Composition Theory & Pedagogy

o ENG 698: Practicum for Teaching First Year Composition
Research and Teaching Interests
Poetry and Nonfiction Writing, Romantic Literature and Poetry, Women and
Gender Studies, Queer
Time & Space
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, Purdue University, 2014-present
o Instructor of Record for ENG 106: Introductory Composition
o Developed a syllabus that emphasized primary research through a
Theater Review assignment and a Profile of a Discourse Community
Adjunct Instructor, Moberly Area Community College, 2014
o Instructor for LAL 101: Composition I
o Selected textbooks and created a syllabus for a summer school (8
week) term
o Taught students on two different campuses simultaneously via
ITV/camera interface
Teaching Assistant, Truman State University, 2013-2014
o Instructor of Record for ENG 190: Writing as Critical Thinking
o Selecting readings for my syllabus and emphasized the peer
review/workshop element
o Developed my own Narrative paper assignment that allowed students
to write creatively about a meaningful event in their lives
Teaching Internship, St. Charles Community College, Fall 2011
o Assisted with instruction of Eng 201: Introduction to Creative Writing
o Developed and taught lessons on prosody, character development,
story arcs
o Provided written feedback on students work
Awards and Honors
o Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society, Fall 2013
o Annie Dillard Award for Creative Nonfiction, St. Charles Community
College, 2011
Publications
o An Introduction to Writing Characters in Fiction, Purdue OWL,
February 2015
o In the Farmland, Significant Date, Heroic Smile, Rearview,
Soft Focus, Chariton Review, Vol. 37 No.1, 2014
o More or Less, Burntdistrict, 2014
o Motion, Mid Rivers Review, 2011
Editing Experience

Assistant to the Editor, Poetry, The Chariton Review Vol. 36 & 37, 20132014
o Under the supervision of Editor Dr. James DAgostino, evaluated
submissions in poetry
Associate Editor, Mid Rivers Review, vol. 13, 2011
o Read and selected work in all genres, including visual arts
Drama Editor, Catch, Knox College, vol. 42, nos. 1 & 2, 2009-2010
o Evaluated play script, scene design, lighting design, and costume
submissions
Service to the Profession
Conferences
o Steering Committee member for Truman State Universitys Women
and Gender Studies Conference, 2012-2014
Coordinated the visit for & introduced the Keynote Speaker, Cave
Canem poet Magali Roy Fequiere
Chose the theme, drafted and sent out the Call for Papers
o Moderator, English Senior Seminar Conference, Truman State
University, 2012-2014
Introduced senior English majors presentations and facilitated
discussion
Academic Assessment
o Reader, Truman State University Portfolio Project, 2013-2014
Participated in University-wide assessment that partially
determines state funding
Evaluated and scored student papers in from multiple
disciplines, in categories including critical thinking,
interdisciplinary thinking, and quantitative literacy
Papers Presented
T.A.R.D.I.(Q.)S.: Time and Relative Dimension in Queer Space, Pop Culture
Association/American Culture Association National Conference, Chicago, IL,
2014
o Applied Judith Halberstams theories of Queer Time & Queer Space to
the 2005 series of Doctor Who, arguing that the Doctor functions as a
queer subject
Pulling Back the Mask: Mad Men and the Good Mother, Women and
Gender Studies Conference, Truman State University, February 2013.
o Analyzed the portrayal of Betty Draper to deconstruct the fiction of
the 1950s Nuclear Family
References
Available upon request.