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About Sharon Murphy

Positions

Present Professor of History, Providence College ‐ History
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2014 - 2018 Assistant Chair, Providence College ‐ History
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2015 History of Capitalism Ph.D. examiner, University of Virginia ‐ History
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2009 - 2014 Associate Professor Providence College, Providence College ‐ History
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2005 - 2009 Assistant Professor, Providence College ‐ History
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2005 Research Associate, The McNeil Center for Early American Studies, University of Pennsylvania
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2004 Instructor, Sweet Briar College ‐ History
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2002 - 2004 Instructor, University of Virginia ‐ History
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1998 - 2004 Grader, University of Virginia ‐ History
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1999 - 2000 Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia ‐ History
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Curriculum Vitae

Disciplines

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Professional Service and Affiliations

2011 - Present Associate Editor, Enterprise & Society: The International Journal of Business History
2016 IES Abroad Rome, Italy, Providence College
2005 Postdoctoral Fellow, The Program in Early American Economy and Society at The Library Company, Philadelphia
1996 - 2005 Research Assistant, Comparative history of the American and British stock exc., Mark Thomas and John James
2000 Research Assistant, History of 20th century adoption; Segregation, Paul Gaston
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Honors and Awards

  • 2020 Harold F. Williamson Prize of the Business History Conference, for a “mid-career” scholar who has made significant contributions to the teaching and writing of business history
  • 2020 National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship (to be taken Spring 2021)
  • 2019 American Antiquarian Society-National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow (fall)
  • 2019 Mansutti Foundation Prize for the best paper presented at the Risk and the Insurance Business in History conference, Seville, Spain
  • 2019 Outstanding Faculty Scholar Award, Providence College
  • 2018-19 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship (fall-spring)
  • 2018 Hugh L. McColl Library Fund Research Fellowship, Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
  • 2017 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Scholars Stipend
  • 2015 Providence College Interdisciplinary Faculty Seminar on “Value”
  • 2014-15 Providence College Nominee for 2015 NEH Summer Scholars Stipend
  • 2013-14 Providence College Nominee for 2014 NEH Summer Scholars Stipend
  • 2012 Hagley Prize for the best book in business history
  • 2006 Finalist: Allen Nevins Dissertation Prize in American Econ. Hist., Economic History Assoc.
  • 2005 K. Austin Kerr Prize for the best first paper delivered at the annual meeting of the Business History Conference by a new scholar
  • 2005 The Library Company of Philadelphia Post-Doctoral Fellow, Program in Early American Economy and Society (PEAES)
  • 2003-04 Economic History Association Dissertation Award
  • 2002-03 Dissertation Year Fellowship, UVa Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  • 2001-02 John E. Rovensky Fellowship in Business and Economic History
  • 2001-02 Alfred D. Chandler, Jr. Traveling Fellowship, Harvard Business School
  • 2001-02 Bankard Fund for Political Economy Predoctoral Fellowship, UVa Office of Research and Public Service
  • 2001 State Farm Companies Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Award
  • 1997-2001 Philip Francis du Pont Fellowship, UVa Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
  • 1996 Mayonian Award for best undergraduate thesis in history, University of Virginia
  • 1994 Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society

Education

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2005 PhD, Major Field: 19th & 20th Century U.S. Minor Field: Latin America, University of Virginia ‐ Department of History
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1999 MA, University of Virginia ‐ Department of History
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1996 BA, University of Virginia ‐ Department of History
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Contact Information

Sharon Ann Murphy, Ph.D.  
Professor of History                                        
Providence College                                                                 
1 Cunningham Square                                                           
Providence, RI 02918
(401) 865-2380

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