Julie Murphy Erfani
Emeritus Professor,
Emeritus College
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Phone: 602-543-6015
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FAB S150 PHOENIX, AZ 85069-3051
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Long Bio
Julie Murphy Erfani is an associate professor and the director of ASU's master's program in Social Justice and Human Rights. Her publications and research have previously focused on violence and human rights abuses in the U.S.-Mexico drug war and in Mexico-U.S.relations in general. Her newest interests focus on asylum seekers and sex-trafficked migrants crossing into the European Union via Greece and Italy. Since 2016, she is director of an annual intensive field experience allowing students to assist and engage directly with forced migrants from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq as they await asylum application processing for residence in the EU. Murphy Erfani is an international political economist interested in corporate, commercial and state crime, the right to have rights of asylum seekers and trafficked people, and human rights responses to forced migrants and sex-trafficked people.
Education
- Ph.D. Political Science, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- B.A. International Relations and Spanish, Knox College
Research Interests
Phenomenology of horrific violence
US-Mexico drug war violence
Mexico-US border towns and cities
Latin American cities
Publications
- Julie A. Murphy Erfani. "Crime and Violence in the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands: NAFTA's Underground Economy as a Source of In/security, with Comparisons to the EU". Human Rights Along the U.S.-Mexico Border : Gendered Violence and Insecurity (2009).
- Murphy Erfani, Julie Ann (Author) . Whose Security? Dilemmas of U.S. Border Security in the Arizona-Sonora Borderlands. Borderlands - Comparing Border Security in North America and Europe (2007).
Research Activity
- Anders,Gary C*, Cardenas,Lupe, Murphy Erfani,Julie Ann. UNDERGRADUATE INTERNATIONAL STUDIES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE. ED(6/1/2000 - 11/30/2002).
Courses
2022 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| JHR 593 | Applied Project |
| JHR 599 | Thesis |
| JHR 590 | Reading and Conference |
| JHR 592 | Research |
2021 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JHR 510 | Problem-Based Sem Social JHR |
| JHR 593 | Applied Project |
| JHR 599 | Thesis |
| JHR 584 | Internship |
| JHR 598 | Special Topics |
| POS 480 | Global Justice |
| SBS 480 | Global Justice |
2021 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| SBS 480 | Global Justice |
| POS 480 | Global Justice |
| JHR 598 | Special Topics |
| JHR 598 | Special Topics |
| JHR 494 | Special Topics |
| JHR 584 | Internship |
| JHR 549 | Capstone Social Just Human Rt |
2021 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| POS 480 | Global Justice |
| SBS 480 | Global Justice |
| JHR 598 | Special Topics |
| JHR 593 | Applied Project |
| JHR 599 | Thesis |
| POS 160 | Global Politics |
| JHR 549 | Capstone Social Just Human Rt |
2020 Fall
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| JHR 592 | Research |
| JHR 590 | Reading and Conference |
| JHR 593 | Applied Project |
| JHR 599 | Thesis |
| JHR 595 | Continuing Registration |
| JHR 595 | Continuing Registration |
| JHR 584 | Internship |
2020 Summer
| Course Number | Course Title |
|---|---|
| SBS 480 | Global Justice |
| POS 480 | Global Justice |
| JHR 598 | Special Topics |
| JHR 598 | Special Topics |
| JHR 494 | Special Topics |
| JHR 584 | Internship |
| JHR 595 | Continuing Registration |
| JHR 595 | Continuing Registration |
2020 Spring
| Course Number | Course Title |
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| POS 480 | Global Justice |
| SBS 480 | Global Justice |
| JHR 598 | Special Topics |
| POS 484 | Internship |
| SOC 484 | Internship |
| JHR 584 | Internship |
| ASB 484 | Internship |
| ASB 484 | Internship |
| POS 484 | Internship |
| SOC 484 | Internship |
| JHR 595 | Continuing Registration |
| JHR 584 | Internship |
| JHR 484 | Internship |
| JHR 484 | Internship |
| JHR 595 | Continuing Registration |
| JHR 593 | Applied Project |
| JHR 599 | Thesis |
| JHR 590 | Reading and Conference |
| JHR 584 | Internship |
| JHR 592 | Research |
| JHR 584 | Internship |
| JHR 584 | Internship |
| JHR 584 | Internship |
| JHR 484 | Internship |
| JHR 484 | Internship |
| POS 484 | Internship |
| POS 484 | Internship |
| ASB 484 | Internship |
| ASB 484 | Internship |
| SOC 484 | Internship |
| SOC 484 | Internship |
| SBS 492 | Honors Directed Study |
| SBS 493 | Honors Thesis |
Presentations
- Julie A. Murphy Erfani. "Arizona's International Relations: SB 1070 as Foreign Policy". Critical Refusals Conference 2011 / The International Marcuse Society, Philadelphia (Oct 2011).
- Julie A. Murphy Erfani. "Toward Decriminalizing U.S.-Mexico Relations: Drug War Crimes and U.S.-Mexico States of Exception, 2001 - 2010". WISC 3rd Global International Studies Conference in Porto, Portugal (Aug 2011).
- Julie A. Murphy Erfani. "Black Markets, Crime, and Violence in Mexico and at the U.S.-Mexico Border". Symposium: Violence & Human Rights Crises on the U.S.-Mexico Border (Apr 2009).
- Julie A. Murphy. "Building North America? Illicit Profiteering in the AZ-Sonora Borderlands". 2008 International Meetings of the Association of Borderlands Studies (Apr 2008).
Service
- Masters Program in Social Justice & Human Rights, Director (2013 - Present)
- Executive Committee - University Senate, Member (2012 - Present)
- Las Otras Hermanas - A Fair Trade textile association in Juarez, Mexico & at SkySong in Scottsdale, Member of Governing Board (2008 - Present)
- University Academic Council (UAC) - University Senate, Member (2012 - 2014)
- University Senate, Senator (2011 - 2014)
- University Senate, Past President of West Senate (2013 - 2013)
- University Academic Council (UAC) - University Senate, Member (2013 - 2013)
- University Senate, President of West Senate (2013 - 2013)
- University Senate, President of West Senate (2012 - 2013)
- Task Force on Constitution & Bylaws Review - University Senate, Member (2012 - 2013)