Dana Murphy
Assistant Professor of Black Studies and English
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2011; M.A., University of California, Irvine, 2015; Ph.D., 2018. Caltech, 2021-.
Profile
On research leave as an external faculty fellow at the Stanford Humanities Center, 2024–25.
Professor Dana Murphy is a critic and writer. Murphy's first book, Foremother Love: Phillis Wheatley and Black Feminist Criticism, is forthcoming from Duke University Press in July 2025. You may learn about her latest research and writing at www.foremotherlove.com.
Research Summary
Black Study; Expressive Culture; Literature in English or English Translation; Poetry and Poetics; Gender and Sexuality Studies; Feminist Science and Technology Studies
Selected Awards
- External Faculty Fellowship, Stanford Humanities Center, Stanford University, 2024–25
- Appreciation Award, Caltech Center for Inclusion and Diversity (CCID), Caltech, 2024
External Affiliations
- Co-Book Review Editor, Catalyst: Feminism, Theory, and Technoscience
Featured News
A Conversation with Dana Murphy
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November 08, 2021
Dana Murphy, assistant professor of English and Black Studies