Amanda Murdie

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Amanda Murdie is an American political scientist who is the dean of the Georgia Institute of Technology's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts and is a Regents' Professor. [1] Murdie was previously a Regents' Professor & Georgia Athletic Association Professor of International Affairs in the School of Public and International Affairs at the University of Georgia. [2]

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Murdie specializes in the behavior of international nongovernmental organizations (INGOs) and their interactions with states, local populations, and intergovernmental organizations. [2] Murdie has published over 80 articles and books in numerous academic journals including the American Political Science Review. [1]

Education

Murdie earned a B.S. and M.A. in political science from Kansas State University. Subsequently, she obtained a Ph.D. in political science from Emory University. [2]

Career

In June of 2025, Murdie succeeded Richard Utz as the dean of the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts. [3]

After assistant professorships at Kansas State University and the University of Missouri, Murdie took up the post of associate professor at the University Missouri. Subsequently, she became a full professor at the University of Georgia. [2]

Murdie serves on the editorial boards of the International Relations journals Foreign Policy Analysis [4] and International Studies Perspectives . [5]

In September 2014, she published a book Help of Harm: The Human Security Effects of International NGOs, that examines how international NGOs effectively improve human security. [6]

Research

Murdie is an expert in the role of INGOs in international affairs, human security, human rights, conflict processes, and development. Her first book, Help or harm: The human security effects of international NGOs, was published in 2014 by Stanford University Press. [7] [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Amanda Murdie | Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts". iac.gatech.edu. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Amanda Murdie | American Academy of Arts and Sciences". www.amacad.org. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Amanda Murdie Named Dean of Georgia Tech's Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts | News Center". news.gatech.edu. Retrieved November 23, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Editorial Board". Oxford Academic.
  5. ↑ "Editorial Board". Oxford Academic.
  6. ↑ Help or Harm | Stanford University Press. September 17, 2014. ISBN   978-0-8047-9197-7.
  7. ↑ Demars, William E. (September 1, 2015). "Help or Harm: The Human Security Effects of International NGOs" . Political Science Quarterly. 130 (3): 576–577. doi:10.1002/polq.12386 – via Silverchair.
  8. ↑ Boulding, Carew (March 23, 2016). "Critical Dialogue - Help or Harm: The Human Security Effects of International NGOs . By Amanda Murdie. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, 2014. 320p. $60.00" . Perspectives on Politics. 14 (1): 179–180. doi:10.1017/S1537592715003552 – via Cambridge University Press.
  9. ↑ List of Karl Deutsch Award winners, International Studies Association, https://www.isanet.org/Programs/Awards/Karl-Deutsch
  10. ↑ List of Frank J. Klingberg Award recipients, International Studies Association, https://www.isanet.org/News/ID/6219/2021--2022-Awards-Recipients
  11. ↑ List of Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award recipients, International Studies Association, https://www.isanet.org/Programs/Awards/Quincy-Wright
  12. ↑ Mittelhammer, Megan (January 25, 2019). "Scholastic summary: A look at recent awards and honors won by UGA professors". The Red & Black.
  13. ↑ "Amanda Murdie | Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts". iac.gatech.edu. Retrieved September 28, 2025.
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