1. science
2. social science
3. sociology

Scott Patrick Murphy
Curriculum Vitae
April 2015
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
[email protected]
University of South Florida
4202 East Fowler Avenue, SOC 107
Tampa, FL 33620
Education
2009 Ph.D.
2007 M.A.
2005 M.A.
2001 B.A.
Sociology
Sociology
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Interdisciplinary Studies
Social Science and Secondary Education
Positions Held
2013-2015
2010-13
813.974.9857 (w)
619.757.7675 (h)
University of California, Riverside
University of California, Riverside
San Diego State University
University of Northern Colorado
Research Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology, University of South
Florida
Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Anthropology, Alliance for Applied Research
in Education and Anthropology, University of South Florida
Research and Teaching Interests
 Applied Sociology, Innovations in Mixed-Methodologies, Theory
 Ethnography and Urban Sociology, Aging and Gender, Social Psychology
 Education, Organizational Change, Policy, Race and Ethnicity
Extramural Funding
$1,315,339
“Exploring Systems Leadership in Middle Schools,” USDOE, Institute of Education
Sciences, R305A090481. Principal Investigator: Scott Patrick Murphy (April 2013-June
2015) and Kathryn Borman (August 2009-April 2013). Key Personnel: Scott Patrick
Murphy (January 2010-April 2013), Kenneth A. Frank, and Maressa L. Dixon, August
2010-July 2014.
$2,981
“An Evaluation of Casa Chiapas Tampa’s Indigenous Maya Immigration Conference
Series,” The American Sociological Association’s Sydney S. Spivack Program in Applied
Social Research and Social Policy Community Action Research Award. Principal
Investigator: Scott Patrick Murphy (June 2015-December 2015).
Refereed Articles:
---Murphy, Scott Patrick. “Humor orgies as ritual insult: Putdowns and solidarity maintenance in
a corner donut shop.” Accepted at Journal of Contemporary Ethnography.
2012
Brint, Steven, Kristopher Proctor, Scott Patrick Murphy, and Robert A. Hanneman. 2012. “The
Market Model and the Growth and Decline of Academic Fields in U.S. Four-Year Colleges and
Universities, 1980-2000.” Sociological Forum 27.2: 275-299. (Lead Article)
-Google Scholar citation count = 13 as of 3/24/15 (working versions of paper included)
2011
Brint, Steven, Kristopher Proctor, Robert A. Hanneman, Kerry Mulligan, Matthew B. Rotondi,
and Scott P. Murphy. 2011. “Who are the early adopters of new academic fields? Comparing
four perspectives on the institutionalization of degree granting programs in US four-year
colleges and Universities, 1970-2005.” Higher Education 61.5: 563-585.
-Google Scholar citation count = 11 as of 3/24/15
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2009
Brint, Steven, Kristopher Proctor, Scott Patrick Murphy, Lori Turk-Bicakci, and Robert A.
Hanneman. 2009. "General Education Models: Continuity and Change in the U.S.
Undergraduate Curriculum, 1975-2000." 2009. Journal of Higher Education 80.6: 1-38.
-Google Scholar citation count = 41 as of 3/24/15
2009
Brint, Steven G., Lori Turk-Bicakci, Kristopher Proctor, and Scott Patrick Murphy. 2009.
"Expanding the Social Frame of Knowledge: Interdisciplinary, Degree-Granting Fields in
American Colleges and Universities, 1975-2000." Review of Higher Education 32.2: 155-183.
-Google Scholar citation count = 46 as of 3/25/15
Book Review
2012 Scott Patrick Murphy. 2012. Review of Loe, Meika. 2011. Aging Our Way: Lessons for Living
from 85 and Beyond. Oxford University Press. Qualitative Sociology 35: 359-360.
Book Manuscripts in Progress
A Romeo Club in a Donut Shop: Old White Men and ‘Good Manhood’ – under review at University of
Chicago Press and Oxford University Press
Program Collisions in Practice: Policy Implementation and Research in Schools (edited volume)
Extramural Funding in Preparation
$--------“Re-framing the American Dream” Principal Investigator: Shawn Chandler Bingham.
Key Personnel: Scott Patrick Murphy.
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“Strengthening Qualitative Research through Methodological Innovation and Integration:
Exploring Innovative Mixed-Methods in Organizational Change” (to be) submitted to the
National Science Foundation. Principal Investigator: Scott Patrick Murphy.
Databases
2011 Brint, Steven, Kristopher Proctor, Lori Turk-Bicakci, Scott Patrick Murphy, Kerry Mulligan, and
Matthew B. Rotondi. 2011. The College Catalog Study Database, 1975-2005. Riverside, CA:
University of California, Riverside.
2010
Brint, Steven, Kristopher Proctor, Lori Turk-Bicakci, Scott Patrick Murphy, Kerry Mulligan, and
Matthew B. Rotondi. 2010. The Institutional Data Archive, 1970-2005. Riverside, CA:
University of California, Riverside.
2008
Brint, Steven, Lori Turk-Bicakci, Kristopher Proctor, and Scott Patrick Murphy. 2008. The
College Catalog Study Database, 1975-2000. Riverside, CA: University of California, Riverside.
Papers in Progress
Murphy, Scott Patrick and Fae Chubin. “Folk theories of implementation: Toward a new ‘practice-toresearch’ pathway in applied sociological work.”
Murphy, Scott Patrick. “Toward a vocabulary of capability: How oldest-old men maintain a sense of
‘good manhood,’”
Murphy, Scott Patrick (with Kenneth A. Frank, James Spillane, and Yun-Jia Lo – authorship not
established). “Change in Network Ties among Middle School Teachers: The Case of the MRSH Model
of School Organization.”
Murphy, Scott Patrick. “Moral Identity Bargaining at a Neighborhood Garage Sale.”
Murphy, Scott Patrick. “Oldest-Old Men’s Caregiving: Two Instru-expressive Roles.”
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Murphy, Scott Patrick, Maressa Dixon, and Kathryn Borman. “‘One More Thing’: Education Policy
Mandates and the Prospect of Research.”
Murphy, Scott Patrick, Heather Scott, Aarti Bellara, and Kathryn Borman. “Playing Jazz in the Field:
Discoveries in the Organization of Fieldwork Improvisation in School Settings.”
Murphy, Scott Patrick and Owen Gaither. “How Teachers Become (Like Their Own) Students.”
Reviewer
Contexts
Humanity & Society
Journal of Contemporary Ethnography
Awards
2015
2012
2008-09
2008-09
2005
Honorary Coach, University of South Florida, Academic Enrichment Center
National Science Foundation-National Postdoctoral Association, Expanding CrossDisciplinary Dialogue in the Postdoctoral Community Workshop Award, supported by
National Science Foundation Grant No. 1150325 (1 of 20 awards nationwide)
Sponsored Friend of New York University (Dalton Conley)
Outstanding Teaching Assistant of the Year, University of California, Riverside
Graduate Division Fellowship, University of California, Riverside
Selected Conference Presentations:
2015 “Creativity in the classroom: Transdisciplinary innovations of a faculty learning community”
Presented by Angela Stuesse and Beth Jones-Mason at the International Conference on
College Teaching and Learning, April 2015, Jacksonville, Florida, USA (with Angela Stuesse,
Beth Jones-Mason, Elizabeth Dunn, C. David Frankel, Sara Friedman, Kimberly Fields, and Teri
Walseth).
2015
“Accomplish humorous awkwardness: Performing traditional masculinities and femininities,
heteronormative sexualities, and age-stereotyped identities in Between Two Ferns” (to be)
Presented at the International Society for Humor Studies Annual Meeting, July 2015, Oakland,
California, USA (with Lindsay Lovett and Allison Hauser)
2014
“’Systems leadership’ in middle schools: Findings from an exploratory efficacy study” Presented
at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2014, San Francisco,
California, USA (with Lea Schlanger, Owen Gaither, Lauren Johnson, Jasmón Bailey, and
Kathryn Borman).
2014
“Prospective accounts” Presented at the Southwestern Social Science Association Annual
Meeting, April 2014, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
2014
“Policy collisions in middle schools: Toward a they of ineffective intervention” Presented at the
Southwestern Social Science Association Annual Meeting, April 2014, San Antonio, Texas, USA
(with Lea Schlanger and Jasmón Bailey).
2014
“Becoming ‘other’: Transitional manhood throughout the life course” Presented at the North
Central Sociological Association Annual Meeting, April 2014, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.
2014
“Addressing issues of reliability for qualitative data collection in a multiple methods study of
‘Systems Leadership’ in Middle Schools” Presented at the Society for Research on Educational
Effectiveness (SREE) Spring Conference, March 2014, Washington, DC, USA (with Lauren
Johnson and Jasmón Bailey).
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2014
“Teacher resistance and bureaucratic irrationality in K12: When, how, and why middle school
teachers come to behave like their own students in professional development training sessions”
Presented at the Eastern Sociological Society Annual Meeting, February 2014, Baltimore,
Maryland, USA (with Owen Gaither).
2014
“Preliminary findings from an efficacy study of a systems leadership model of school
organization” Presented at the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Annual Meeting, March
2014, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA (with Lea Schlanger, Owen Gaither, Lauren Johnson,
Jasmón Bailey, and Kathryn Borman).
2013
“Toward a vocabulary of capability: How oldest-old men maintain a sense of ‘good manhood,’”
Presented at the American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2013, New York
City, New York, USA.
2013
“Minding the (age) gap and fostering trust: Methodological discoveries on fieldwork with ‘oldestold’ men,” Presented at the Midwest Sociological Society Annual Meeting, March 2013,
Chicago, Illinois, USA.
2013
“Preliminary Findings from an Efficacy Study of a Distributed Leadership Model of School
Organization,” Presented at the Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE)
Spring Conference, March 2013, Washington, DC, USA (with Kathryn Borman).
2012
“Exploring Systems Leadership in Middle Schools: An Overview,” Presented at the American
Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2012, Denver, Colorado, USA (with Kathryn
Borman).
2012
“Old Men’s Caregiving, ‘Instru-expressive’ Roles, and ‘Good Manhood,’” Presented at the
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2012, Denver, Colorado, USA.
2012
“Playing Jazz in the Field,” Presented at the Annual Meetings of the Southern Sociological
Society, March 2012, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA (with Heather Scott, Aarti Bellara, and
Kathryn Borman).
2012
“How Teachers Become (Like Their Own) Students,” Presented at the Eastern Sociological
Society Annual Meeting, February 2012, New York City, New York, USA (with Joseph LoSasso,
Owen Gaither, and Kathryn Borman).
2011
“‘One More Thing’: Education Policy Mandates and the Prospect of Research,” Presented at the
American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2011, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
(with Kathryn Borman and Maressa L. Dixon).
2010
“Humor Orgies as Ritual Insult: Putdowns and Solidarity,” Presented at the American
Sociological Association Annual Meeting, August 2010, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
2010
“Everett C. Hughes and Fieldwork Today,” Presented at Invitational Session Honoring Everett
C. Hughes organized by Scott N. Brooks, Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, April
2010, Oakland, California, USA.
2010
“Becoming ‘Good Men’ at a Neighborhood Garage Sale,” Presented at the Pacific Sociological
Association Annual Meeting, April 2010, Oakland, California, USA.
2010
“No, no, no … That’s my ‘White’ name, my real name is ______: On Pseudonymizing,
Whiteness, and Authenticity,” Presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting,
April 2010, Oakland, California, USA.
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2009
“The Market Model and the Growth and Decline of Academic Fields in U.S. Colleges and
Universities, 1975-2000,” Presented by Steven Brint at the meetings of the Association for the
Study of Higher Education, November 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (with Steven
Brint, Kristopher Proctor, and Robert Hanneman).
2009
“How Humor ‘Screws’ Status,” Presented at the International Society for Humor Studies
Conference, June 2009, Long Beach, California, USA.
2009
“On ‘Doing Something Constructive:’ An Ex-POW’s Story of Successfully Coping with Post
Traumatic Stress Disorder,” Presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting,
April 2009, San Diego, California, USA.
2008
“A Formal Model of Humorous Amusement in Situations,” Presented at the International Society
for Humor Studies Conference, July 2008, Alcala De Henares, Spain.
2008
“Status Distinction & Status Change Via Inter-Group Humor: Locating Enjoyment in Humorous
Amusement,” Presented at the Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, April 2008,
Portland, Oregon, USA.
2007
“(Humor in) A (Donut) Place on the Corner,” Presented (Roundtable) at the American
Sociological Association Annual Meetings, August 2007, New York, New York USA.
2007
“Media Representations of Race, Gender, and Sexuality: A Textual Analysis of Cartoons in The
Week, 2006,” Presented at the International Society for Humor Studies Conference, Session
Chair: Cartoon Humor, July 2007, Newport, Rhode Island, USA.
2007
“With ‘The Guys:’ Group Boundaries and Humor across Levels of Analysis,” Presented at the
Pacific Sociological Association Annual Meeting, March-April 2007, Oakland, California, USA.
2006
“Is Contemporary Humor Research Truly Interdisciplinary?” Presented at the International
Society for Humor Studies Conference, July 2006, Copenhagen, Denmark.
2005
“Try Saying ‘Interdisciplinarity’ Five Times Fast: Toward an Interdisciplinary Research Method
for Humor Research” Presented at International Society for Humor Studies Conference, Session
Chair: Social Constructions, June 2005, Youngstown, Ohio, USA.
2004
“Introducing Sophisticated Absurd Humor: Inside Jokes and Friendship” Presented at
International Society for Humor Studies Conference, June 2004, Dijon, France.
Past Research Positions
2008-9 IDA/CCA Database expansion (Steven Brint, PI) Department of Sociology, University of
California, Riverside, Winter 2008-Winter 2009 (Spencer Foundation).
2007
IDA/CCS Database cleaning and construction (Steven Brint, PI) Department of Sociology,
University of California, Riverside, Summer 2007 (Atlantic Philanthropies).
2006
CCS Database cleaning (Steven Brint, PI) Department of Sociology, University of California,
Riverside, Summer 2006 (National Science Foundation).
Invited Talks
2013 “Notes on Postdoc life: Will, wile, and the disposition to produce knowledge,” Conversations with
Sociologists Professional Development Series, Department of Sociology, University of South
Florida, January 2013.
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2011
“Old White Men in Steve’s Donut Shop: Ethnographic Discoveries on Humor Orgies and
Bullshitting,” Department of Sociology, University of South Florida, April 2011.
2006
“Schutz: The Importance of ‘Multiple Realities,’” University of California, Riverside, November
2006.
2006
“From a Terminal MA Degree in Interdisciplinary Studies to a Disciplined Terminal PhD Degree:
How to Get There and What to Expect,” San Diego State University, October 2006.
2004
“Introduction to Interdisciplinary Thinking: Humor and its Relations to Culture and Identity,” San
Diego State University, November 2004.
2004
“Child and Adolescent Development: After-school Music Education and Adolescent Moral
Development,” San Diego State University, November 2004.
2004
“Comparative Philosophies of Extramural Education in The United Kingdom and America,” San
Diego State University, November 2004.
2004
“Curriculum Development in American Education: Anarchistic Education within the Compulsory
Education System,” San Diego State University, November 2004.
2000
“Motivating Teachers of ‘Play,’” Western Illinois University, May 2000.
Professional Affiliations (in alphabetical order, *denotes current membership)
American Humor Studies Association
*American Sociological Association
Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs
Association for the Study of Higher Education
California Sociological Association
*Eastern Sociological Society
*International Society for Humor Studies
Midwest Sociological Society
Pacific Sociological Association
*Society for the Study of Social Problems
*Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction
*Sociologists for Women in Society
*Southern Sociological Society
University Leadership and Professional Service
2014
Presider, Health & Aging: Research in Progress Roundtable Session, Annual Meetings
of the Eastern Sociological Society
2013-2015
Established and maintained formal service-learning partnership with Casa Chiapas
Tampa
2013
Session Organizer, Presider, and Discussant, Men and Masculinities, Men and
Masculinities in US Colleges and Universities, and Sociology of Education: Applied
Research, Annual Meetings of the Midwest Sociological Society
2013
Reviewer, Division H – Research, Evaluation and Assessment in Schools/Section 2:
Program Evaluation in School Settings, Annual Meeting of the American Education
Research Association
2012-2015
Facilitator, University of South Florida Undergraduate Research and Arts Colloquium,
organized by USF Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies and Director of the USF
Office for Undergraduate Research
2012
Presider, Joint Session on Conference Publication, “Transitions: Role/Status Exits and
Entries,” Mid-term Conference of International Sociological Association Research
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2011-13
2010-13
2010
2010
2010-11
2007-8
2005-09
2003-04
2004
2003
Committees on Sociology of Education (RC04) and Sociology of Youth (RC34),
University of South Florida, (with Jeanne Ballantine)
Organizing Committee, University of South Florida Postdoctoral Research Colloquium
Founding Treasurer, Postdoctoral Scholars Association, University of South Florida
Member, Postdoctoral Advisory Committee, University of South Florida
Judge, Graduate Research Symposium, University of South Florida
Research Collaboration with the Center for Philanthropy at Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis on expanding US Colleges and Universities Million Dollar
Donations List (with Steven Brint, Kristopher Proctor, Kerry Mulligan, Matthew B.
Rotondi, Richard Niemeyer, and Jacob Apkarian)
Student Representative, Colloquia Search Committee, Department of Sociology, UC
Riverside
Member, Sociology Graduate Student Association, UC Riverside
Founding Chair, Graduate Student Board, San Diego State University
Student Representative, Graduate Council, San Diego State University
Founding Member, Committee for the Formation of the Graduate Student Board, San
Diego State University
Professional Development
2015 University of South Florida Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence (ATLE) 2-day
Summer Teaching Symposium “The Science of Learning”
2015 University of South Florida Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence (ATLE) workshops:
Writing Good Clicker Questions, Helping Your Students Become Self Directed Learners,
Teaching Critical Thinking, Growth Mindsets: Why it Matters and How to Instill it in Your
Students, Teaching with E-Portfolios, Course Design Basics, Online Presentation Software
Preview, Crafting a Study-Abroad Experience From a Faculty Perspective, Active Learning as
an Approach to Building Empathy in The Diverse Classroom
2014 University of South Florida Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence (ATLE) Creativity in
the Classroom Faculty Learning Community (4 meetings)
2014 University of South Florida Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence (ATLE) 2-day
Summer Teaching Symposium “Refresh & Renew”
2014 SREE Workshop: Mix and Match: Benefits of Mixed Methods Approaches in Education
Research, Washington, D.C.
2014 University of South Florida Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence (ATLE) workshops:
Canvas Best Practices II (advanced), Learning how to Integrate Community Engagement in
Student’s Classroom Skills Development, Active Learning vs. Guided Learning – the Great
Debate, Creating Great Group Assignments, Un-Lectures: Using PowerPoint Completely
Differently, Flipping the Classroom, Using Technology to Enhance Learner Motivation,
Cultivating a Culture of Academic Integrity, Maximizing Assessment in Canvas, Interactive
Teaching Techniques, Developing an Effective Syllabus, Targeting and Enhancing Student
Motivation
2013 University of South Florida Academy for Teaching and Learning Excellence (ATLE) workshops:
Canvas Best Practices, Service-Learning: Engaging Students through Community-Based
Learning, ATLE Faculty Book Club
Teaching Experience
2015 Seminar in the Social Sciences (Capstone)
2014 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Social Sciences
2014 Seminar in the Social Sciences (Capstone)
2013 Introduction to Sociology
2008 Contemporary Sociological Theory
2005 Introduction to Sociology
Teaching Assistantships (UC Riverside)
Men & Masculinities – Fall 2008
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University of South Florida
University of South Florida
University of South Florida
University of South Florida
University of California, Riverside
Burlington County College
Social Psychology – Spring 2008
Classical Theory – Winter 2008
Contemporary Theory – Fall 2007
Classical Theory – Summer 2007
Formal Organizations – Spring 2007
Formal Organizations – Winter 2007
Classical Theory – Fall 2006
Formal Organizations – Summer 2006
Population – Fall 2005 (Reader)
References
Scott N. Brooks
Associate Professor of Sociology and Black Studies
University of Missouri
573.882.2600
[email protected]
Steven Brint
Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education
Professor of Sociology
University of California, Riverside
951.827.7750
[email protected]
Shawn C. Bingham
Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs
Assistant Professor of Sociology
University of South Florida
813.974.4344
[email protected]
Kathryn Borman*
Emerita Professor of Anthropology
University of South Florida
813.974.9058
[email protected]
*Kathy Borman has recently retired. For inquiries, please contact Elizabeth Bird, Professor of
Anthropology and Director of the USF Humanities Institute at 813.974.0802, [email protected], or Wally
Borman, Professor of Psychology, University of South Florida, at [email protected].
Scott Coltrane
Interim President
Professor of Sociology
University of Oregon
541.346.3902
[email protected]
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