Matthew Murphy, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

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Office hours: by appointment

Education

Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Tufts University
M.S., Experimental Psychology, Tufts University
B.S., Interdisciplinary Psychology/Biology, Southampton College of Long Island University

Professional Experience

Associate Professor, Coastal Carolina University
Assistant Professor, Coastal Carolina University
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Teaching Fellow, Harvard University
Visiting Lecturer, Brandeis University
Visiting Assistant Professor/Instructor, Salem State University
Lecturer, Tufts University
Research and Teaching Assistant, Tufts University
Research Assistant, Brookhaven National Laboratories
Research Assistant, Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium
Intern, Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Biography

Matthew Murphy earned his Ph.D. (2014) and M.S. (2009) in experimental psychology from Tufts University. He teaches statistics, research methods, learning, animal behavior, cognition, and biological psychology. His research investigates comparative animal cognition, primarily with pigeons, and includes topics such as false memory, lateral and frontal visual memory, spatial frequency perception, and abstracted relational learning.