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 2015 she served as the President of the International Studies Association Midwest and was the program chair for the 2016 International Studies Association Annual Convention [6]

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. [7]

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. [8] [9]

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References

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  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. "DR. AMANDA MURDIE". DR. AMANDA MURDIE. Retrieved February 19, 2026.
  7. Help or Harm | Stanford University Press. September 17, 2014. ISBN   978-0-8047-9197-7.
  8. 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.
  9. 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.
  10. List of Karl Deutsch Award winners, International Studies Association, https://www.isanet.org/Programs/Awards/Karl-Deutsch
  11. List of Frank J. Klingberg Award recipients, International Studies Association, https://www.isanet.org/News/ID/6219/2021--2022-Awards-Recipients
  12. List of Quincy Wright Distinguished Scholar Award recipients, International Studies Association, https://www.isanet.org/Programs/Awards/Quincy-Wright
  13. Mittelhammer, Megan (January 25, 2019). "Scholastic summary: A look at recent awards and honors won by UGA professors". The Red & Black.
  14. "Amanda Murdie | Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts". iac.gatech.edu. Retrieved September 28, 2025.