Dr Ffion Murphy

Senior Lecturer

Telephone: (61 8)  9370 6822  
Email: f.murphy@ecu.edu.au   
Campus: Mount Lawley  
Room: ML17.211  

 

Staff Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Queensland, 2004 .
  • Master of Arts, The University of Sydney, 1986 .
  • Grad Dip of Business, Edith Cowan University, 1981 .
  • Bachelor of Arts, The University of Western Australia, 1981 .

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Book Chapters

  • Murphy, F., (2008), Stingo's choice: Reflections on judgement, selection and rejection. Poems in Perspex: Max Harris Poetry Award 2007, 72-97, Adelaide.

Journal Articles

  • Neilsen, PM., Murphy, F., (2008), The potential role of life-writing therapy in facilitating 'recovery' for those with mental illness. M/C Journal, 11(6), 8 pages.
  • Murphy, F., Neilsen, P., (2008), Recuperating Writers - and Writing: The Potential of Writing therapy. Text: the journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs, 12(1), 40 pages, Queensland.

Conference Publications

  • Murphy, F., (2011), Writing therapy in the academy: Risks and challenges. The Ethical Imaginations: Writing Worlds Papers - the refereed proceedings of the 16th conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs, 2011, 23-25, http://aawp.org.au/ethical-imaginations-writing-worlds-papers-refereed-proceedings-16th-conference-australasian-associa.
  • Murphy, F., (2010), Campus criticism and creative writing: Perfect partners?. Strange Bedfellows or Perfect Partners Papers: the refereed proceedings of the 15th conference of the Australasian Association of Writing Programs, 2010, 9p., Guyra, New South Wales.
  • Murphy, F., (2009), On journeys and collaborations. The Margins and Mainstreams Papers: the refereed proceedings of the 14th conference of the Australian Association of Writing Programs, 8p., http://aawp.org.au/margins-and-mainstreams-papers.
  • Murphy, F., (2009), Shots in the dark: writing, revelation and responsibility. The creativity and uncertainty papers: The refereed proceedings of the 13th Conference of the Australian Association of Writing Programs, 2008, 13p., Online.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Arts,  A Struggle For Recognition: The War Widows' Guild In Western Australia 1946- 1975 And Exegesis: Researching And Writing An Organisational History.
  • Master of Arts,  Boomtown Wives: A Novel..

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Master of Arts,  Spectrum: Encounters With India..
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Philosophy For Teenagers: Finding New Relevance In Old Concepts..
  • Museum Of The Self And Rewriting The Masculine: Exile, Return, Self-knowledge.

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy,  The Headless Angel Of Chance..
  • Master of Arts,  'cooper Street'(original Screenplay) And "into The Foreground - An Examination Of Setting Within The Screenplay'.
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Minnesota Boy: A Journey Through Time And Place..
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  The Double Sunrise. A Novel And Exegesis, Australian National Identity And 'the Double Sunrise'..
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Saphira, The Snake Princess: A Novel And Minoan Is Not Greek: An Essay.
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  "the Beach House"..
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Who Is It That Writes? Poetry And The Plural Self.
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Curse Of The Time Witch And The Time-slip Novel.
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  Aurora..
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  The Murder Of Mike Macdougall, A Social Realist Novel, And The Australian Paradox: An Essay On The Australian Migrant Experience After World War Ii..