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Assistant Professor

University Hall 4716

(310) 258 - 8639

nmurphy4@lmu.edu

Education:

B.S., Psychology, Trinity College, Hartford, CT, 1996
M.A., Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2000
Ph.D., Psychology, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, 2003
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Emotion Lab, Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 2005-2007

Specialty:

Nonverbal communication, person perception accuracy, emotion recognition across the lifespan, meta-analysis

Dr. Nora Murphy joined LMU’s Psychology department in the fall of Fall 2007. She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in Experimental Psychology Ph.D. with an emphasis in the Social/Personality area at Northeastern University in 2003. She served as a Visiting Professor at the University of Florida from 2003-2005, where she taught undergraduate and graduate courses on Social Psychology, Social Cognition, and Nonverbal Communication. She then completed postdoctoral fellowship at Brandeis University from 2005-2007, where she investigated social development, emotion, and aging.

Dr. Murphy’s research interests center around “first impressions” and how individuals accurately detect the traits and characteristics of others in a social interaction. Her research projects have involved “thin-slice” methodology, emotion recognition and emotion expression, meta-analysis, eye-tracking technology, and the role of emotion across the lifespan.

Hall, J. A., Murphy, N. A., & Schmid Mast, M. (2007). Nonverbal self-accuracy in interpersonal interaction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 1675-1685.

Murphy, N. A. (2007). Appearing smart: The impression management of intelligence, person perception accuracy, and behavior in social interaction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 325-339.

Schmid Mast, M., Murphy, N. A., & Hall, J. A. (2006). A brief review of interpersonal sensitivity: Measuring accuracy in perceiving others. In D. Chadee & J. A. Young (Eds.), Current themes in social psychology (pp. 163-185). St. Augustine, Trinidad: SOCS, The University of the West Indies.

Hall, J. A., Murphy, N. A., & Schmid Mast, M. (2006). Recall of nonverbal cues: Exploring a new definition of interpersonal sensitivity. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 30, 141-155.

Murphy, N. A. (2005). Using thin slices for behavioral coding. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 29, 235-246.

Murphy, N. A., Hall, J. A., & Colvin, C. R. (2003). Accurate intelligence assessments in social interactions: Mediators and gender effects. Journal of Personality, 71, 465-493. [Reprinted in (2004). Mensa Research Journal, 35, 69-81.]

Murphy, N. A., Hall, J. A., & Smith LeBeau, L. (2001). Who’s smart? Beliefs about the expression of intelligence in social behavior. Representative Research in Social Psychology, 25, 34-42.