Elisabeth Murray
- Title
- Associate Professor
- murraye4@erau.edu Email
- Department
- Security Studies and International Affairs Dept
- College
- College of Arts & Sciences
Areas of Expertise
Genocide, mass atrocity, gender security, environmental security
Biography
Dr. Elisabeth Hope Murray is the president of the International Network of Genocide Scholars and associate professor of Security Studies and International Affairs. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science and an M.Sc. in Nationalism Studies from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Before coming to Embry-Riddle in 2014, Dr. Murray held a position as a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute for Climate Excellence at the University of Hamburg, Germany. Her work focuses on ideology, macro-level violence, genocide, environmental insecurity and the process of radicalization in genocidal states. She has a wide range of published works, including Disrupting Pathways to Genocide (Palgrave Macmillan, 2015), Environments of Security (American Meteorological Society, May 2019) and British Responses to Genocide (Routledge, 2022). She was also awarded Embry-Riddle's first NEH-funded grant, The US Military and Genocide: Perpetration, Liberation, Witness, and Prevention, supporting student veterans as classroom facilitators.
Education
- Ph.D. - Doctor of Philosophy in Politics, University of Edinburgh
- M.S. - Master of Science in Nationalism Studies, University of Edinburgh
Currently Teaching
- GCS 115: Intro to International Relat
Professional Experience
Memberships and Credentials
President, International Network of Genocide Scholars, 2018-present
Executive Secretary, International Network of Genocide Scholars, 2014-2018
Vice Executive Secretary, International Network of Genocide Scholars, 2012-2014
Women in International Security
International Studies Association
American Political Science Association