Dr. Murphy is an award-winning teacher, researcher, and a full professor at DePaul University. He has lectured around the world and consulted to or advised over 100 entrepreneurs and firms in Chicago and beyond. He is former Chair of the Management History Division of the Academy of Management and he has published over 20 articles in leading scholarly journals. He is the incoming co-editor of the scholarly journal Management Decision. He is author of Mutiny and Its Bounty: Leadership Lessons from the Age of Discovery, published by Yale University Press in 2013. His research is internationally recognized and has been featured in Businessweek, USA Today, The Globe and Mail, US News and World Report, Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, and other major outlets. He has appeared on national radio shows and on television programs such as "Viewpoints" and "Chicago Tonight" to discuss entrepreneurship. Before academia, he was a small craft engineer in the US Navy and Organizational Development Specialist at the North American headquarters of French multinational Schneider Electric. Dr. Murphy speaks Mandarin Chinese and leads DePaul University's internationalization strategy in the China, particularly with Huaqiao University in Quanzhou and Xiamen. His teaching, research, and other professional scholarly activities fall into the categories of entrepreneurship, management history, and US-China business and entrepreneurial contexts.