Profile
Dr. Murphy is Professor of Landscape Architecture in the Department of Landscape Architecture
and Urban Planning. His primary engagement is with teaching design, construction, and theory
and directing projects with the Department's Partnership for Community Outreach program.
The PCO program provides research related to development planning and design services to small
towns engaged in community revitalization efforts. His interests lie in interdisciplinary
design and programming, environmental planning and design, and landscape architecture theory.
His recent research has focused on the evolving nature of professional practice in the United
States and abroad.
He has written or co-authored several books and articles including "Landscape Architecture
Theory" from Waveland Press in 2005, "The changing nature of landscape architectural
practice: the South African experience." Journal of Architecture and Planning Research, 2002;
"The Emerging Nature of Landscape Architecture in South Africa," International Federation of
Landscape Architects 2001 Yearbook; Landscape Architecture 2000: Curriculum Guide for
Landscape Architecture Education in South Africa, Department of architecture and landscape
Architecture, University of Pretoria Republic of South Africa, 1999.
Ph.D., University of Pretoria, 1999; M.L.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1968;
B.L.A., Texas A&M University, 1966; B.S., Range Science, Texas A&M University, 1961
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