John Murray

Professor - Department of Advanced Studies in Education and Counseling

Office: AS - 217
Phone: 562-985-2458
Email: jmurray@csulb.edu

Website: www.ced.csulb.edu

Biography

Dr. John P. Murray is a Professor of Higher Education at California State University, Long Beach. He has had a 25-year career as a faculty member and administrator in community colleges. He is the author of 80 publications. He has presented at over 60 national and international conferences. His research has focused on faculty development and teaching issues at the undergraduate level. He was a consultant for the Republic of Yemen where he designed the administration policies and procedures as well as trained the administrators for the establishment of the first community colleges in Yemen. He has also consulted with community colleges in Vietnam. His honors include the 1999-2000 Texas Tech University Rushing Faculty Distinguished Research Award, 1998-99 the College of Education’s nominee for Texas Tech University’s Hemphill-Wells New Professor Excellence in Teaching Award, 1998 Emerging Scholar Award from the Council for the Study of Community Colleges (affiliated with the American Association of Community Colleges), 2008 inclusion in Marquis Who's Who in America Marquis Who's Who in the World, and 2008 edition of Marquis Who's Who in American Education.

Degrees

Ph.D. in Higher Education Administration , Ohio State University , 1990
Ed.S.in Higher Education Administration , Wright State University , 1987
M.A. in Philosophy , Arizona State University , 1971
B.A. in Philosophy , SUNY Potsdam , 1969

Research Interests

Faculty Development

Improvement Undergraduate Teaching

Hiring Right

Community College Leadership

Curriculum Design

Representative Publications

Cejda, B. D. & Murray, J. P. (in press). Hiring the Next Generation of Community College Faculty: New Directions in Community Colleges. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Eddy, P., & Murray, J. P. (2007). Rural Community Colleges: Teaching, Learning, and Leading in the Heartland: New Directions in Community Colleges. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Murray, J. P. (1997). Successful Faculty Development and Evaluation: The Complete Teaching Portfolio. Washington, D. C.: The George Washington University, School of Education and Human Development.

Murray, J. P. (in press). Preparing to Hire the Best In B. D. Cejda & J. P. Murray (Eds.). Hiring the Next Generation of Community College Faculty: New Directions in Community Colleges. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Murray, J. P. (2009). New faculty members’ perceptions of the academic work life. In D. R. Buckholdt & G. E. Miller (Eds.), Faculty Stress (pp. 107-128). New York, NY: Routledge.

Gibson, J. R., & Murray, J. P. (2009). Maneuvering the Role as a Community College Artist-Educator: Scholarship Assessed. Community College Review, 36(4), 326-346.

Keim, M. C., & Murray, J. P. (2008). Chief Academic Officers’ Demographics and Educational Backgrounds. Community College Review 36(2), 116-132.

Murray, J. P., & Kishur, J. (2008). Crisis Management in the Community College. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 32(7), 480-495.

Murray, J. P. (2008). New faculty members’ perceptions of the academic work life. Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 17(1-2), 107-128.

Eddy, P., & Murray, J. P. (2007). Strategizing for the Future. In P. Eddy & J. P. Murray (Eds.), Rural Community Colleges: Teaching, Learning, and Leading in the Heartland: New Directions in Community Colleges. (pp. 99-106). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Last update: 7/18/07