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Mollie Murphy

Associate Professor

Utah State University

Affiliations

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of Communication Studies and Philosophy

Mollie Murphy is currently serving as a College Of Humanities And Social Sciences Associate Professor at Utah State University.

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Utah State University

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social sciences environmental justice rhetoric intellectual discourse environmental philosophy philosophy african american studies feminist studies narrative activism applied philosophy environmental planning environmental politics social justice environmental values sustainable development hydraulic fracturing anti-racism public health ethics ethnic studies american studies socio-environmental implications reproductive ethics environmental psychology first-person narratives environmental science race critical race theory film criticism intercultural studies resource policy film theory white supremacy natural resource extraction oppression science ethics human-environment interactions feminist inquiry environmental toxins white savior anti-fracking activism bioethics human rights english education urban studies personhood black experience contemporary racism racial studies public debate argumentation analysis teaching sociology writing instruction intercultural education diverse learners environmental governance natural resources journalism history feminist debate publication ethics scientific misconduct human condition fertility policy synecdochical representations reproductive justice white innocence black subservience silent spring scientific consensus pesticide issue environmental communication environmental issues reflexive writing gender communication practice reflexive writing directional substance discourse analysis communication studies gender studies

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Emotion as Motive: Aligning Hope and Action in Jane Goodall’s Climate Rhetoric. Environmental Communication (2025)

Mollie K. Murphy

social criticismamerican literatureintellectual discoursenarrativepolemical essayphilosophypolitical psychologyaligning hopesocial sciencesclimate communicationrhetoric

Why Have Hope? Katherine Hayhoe’s Comic Approach to Climate Communication. National Communication Association, Environmental Communication Division, Denver, CO (2025)

Mollie Murphy

communication studiesclimate communicationnarrativecommunication researchfirst-person narrativesamerican humormedia studiesliteraturerhetoricjournalism

Sublime Wonder: Rachel Carson, Nature Writing, and Human-Nature Connection. Western Journal of Communication (2024)

Mollie K. Murphy

human conditionnature writinghumanitiesaestheticsnarrativetextual practicepoeticssublime wonderanthropological theoryphilosophyrachel carsonenvironmental psychologyhuman-environment interactionshuman natureliteratureenvironmental philosophy

Jane Fonda’s Climate Activism: Accessing a Transcendent Vision of Society Through Secular Conversion. National Communication Association, Activism and Social Justice Division (2023)

Mollie Murphy

sociology of religionhumanitiestranscendent visionenvironmental justicereligionsecular conversionscientific study of religionenvironmental politicsidentity politicsreligious studiesactivism

The Limitations of (Privileged) Maternal Appeals: Sandra Steingraber's Constructions of Mothering in a Toxic Environment. Routledge eBooks (2023)

Mollie K. Murphy

reproductive ethicschildren's rightschild protectionvulnerabilityenvironmental justicebreast milkmaternal healthenvironmental health perspectivesecond editionsociologygender studiessocial sciencespublic health ethicstoxic environment

“an Orangutan Stole My Homework”: Using Npr’s “Bluff the Listener” to Introduce Narrative Rationality. Communication Teacher (2022)

Mollie K. MurphyJohn S. Seiter

discourse analysisthinking skillsnarrativepersuasionfirst-person narrativesnarrative fidelitynarrative extractionnarrative probabilityphilosophynarrative rationalityrhetoricjournalism

Discourse and Rhetorical Analysis Approaches to Environment, Media, and Communication. Routledge eBooks (2022)

Jennifer PeeplesMollie Murphy

environmental valuesdiscourse analysissocio-environmental implicationsenvironmental scienceenvironmental justiceenvironmental communicationenvironmental issuesenvironmental politicsenvironmental planningsocial sciencesenvironmental philosophy

Granting Standpoint as a Strategy for Promoting Social Justice Activism: An Analysis of Dolores Huerta’s Rhetoric. Southern Communication Journal (2022)

Mollie K. Murphy

oppressionfarm workersamerican studiessocial justice activismdolores huertaintellectual discoursesocial sciencesafrican american studiesactivismsocial justicerhetoric

Hope as Motive: Exploring the Emotive Directional Substance of Environmental Advocacy. National Communication Association, Activism and Social Justice Division, New Orleans, LA (2022)

Mollie Murphy

civic engagementemotive directional substanceenvironmental valuespublic policymotivationcommunity engagementpro-environmental behaviorenvironmental politicsadvocacysocial sciencesapplied psychologyenvironmental behaviorapplied social psychologybehavioral sciencesenvironmental advocacy

Reconsidering the Role of Scientific Research in Anti-Toxics Rhetoric Through Perspective by Incongruity. Western Journal of Communication (2022)

Mollie K. Murphy

biologist sandra steingraberresearch ethicspublication ethicsintellectual discoursephilosophy of sciencenarrativeliving downstreamscience ethicsscientific researchscientific misconductphilosophypublic health ethicsrhetoricjournalism

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Mollie Murphy

Associate Professor

Utah State University

Affiliations

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department of Communication Studies and Philosophy

Mollie Murphy is currently serving as a College Of Humanities And Social Sciences Associate Professor at Utah State University.

Honors

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Experiences

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Education

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Mollie Murphy

Utah State University

Associate Professor

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Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

Emotion as Motive: Aligning Hope and Action in Jane Goodall’s Climate Rhetoric. Environmental Communication (2025)

Mollie K. Murphy

social criticismamerican literatureintellectual discoursenarrativepolemical essayphilosophypolitical psychologyaligning hopesocial sciencesclimate communicationrhetoric

Why Have Hope? Katherine Hayhoe’s Comic Approach to Climate Communication. National Communication Association, Environmental Communication Division, Denver, CO (2025)

Mollie Murphy

communication studiesclimate communicationnarrativecommunication researchfirst-person narrativesamerican humormedia studiesliteraturerhetoricjournalism

Sublime Wonder: Rachel Carson, Nature Writing, and Human-Nature Connection. Western Journal of Communication (2024)

Mollie K. Murphy

Jane Fonda’s Climate Activism: Accessing a Transcendent Vision of Society Through Secular Conversion. National Communication Association, Activism and Social Justice Division (2023)

Mollie Murphy

sociology of religionhumanitiestranscendent visionenvironmental justicereligionsecular conversionscientific study of religionenvironmental politicsidentity politicsreligious studiesactivism

The Limitations of (Privileged) Maternal Appeals: Sandra Steingraber's Constructions of Mothering in a Toxic Environment. Routledge eBooks (2023)

Mollie K. Murphy

“an Orangutan Stole My Homework”: Using Npr’s “Bluff the Listener” to Introduce Narrative Rationality. Communication Teacher (2022)

Mollie K. MurphyJohn S. Seiter

discourse analysisthinking skillsnarrativepersuasionfirst-person narrativesnarrative fidelitynarrative extractionnarrative probabilityphilosophynarrative rationalityrhetoricjournalism

Discourse and Rhetorical Analysis Approaches to Environment, Media, and Communication. Routledge eBooks (2022)

Jennifer PeeplesMollie Murphy

Granting Standpoint as a Strategy for Promoting Social Justice Activism: An Analysis of Dolores Huerta’s Rhetoric. Southern Communication Journal (2022)

Mollie K. Murphy

oppressionfarm workersamerican studiessocial justice activismdolores huertaintellectual discoursesocial sciencesafrican american studiesactivismsocial justicerhetoric

Hope as Motive: Exploring the Emotive Directional Substance of Environmental Advocacy. National Communication Association, Activism and Social Justice Division, New Orleans, LA (2022)

Mollie Murphy

Reconsidering the Role of Scientific Research in Anti-Toxics Rhetoric Through Perspective by Incongruity. Western Journal of Communication (2022)

Mollie K. Murphy

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