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James Howard Murphy
Center for Leadership and Organizations
Center for Leadership and Organizations
Associate Professor and Coordinator, Homeland Security and Emergency Services
hmurphy@andersonuniversity.edu
(864) 231-5746
Duke Building / Center of Excellence
Academic Background
Having contributed to the development of many of the existing United States’ Emergency Management, Homeland Security, Complex Medical and Public Health Operations, and Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA) policies, programs, and organizations, Dr. Murphy has mentored many professionals across the spectrum of emergency response to national defense and national security. He is the Program Coordinator and Associate Professor for Anderson University’s Emergency Services Management and Homeland Security degree programs.
BA in Psychology, Carson-Newman University
War College, U.S. Army Command and General Staff Officers College, U.S. Army Combined Arms and Services Staff School, U.S. Army
MBA – Healthcare Administration, City University of Seattle MSS in International Relations and National Security, U.S. Army War College
Ph.D in Organizational Leadership, Piedmont International University
Fast Facts
There is a tremendous need for missionaries in the fields of homeland security, emergency management, emergency services management, and criminal justice. I am passionate about equipping and empowering current and future leaders in those mission areas in order to facilitate professionals possessing hope, joy, peace, courage, and love given by God to share those God-given gifts and talents with those who desperately need hope. In so doing, those professionals can change the world and open doors to share the Gospel in situations where the Gospel message is usually absent.
The disciplines and professions of Homeland Security, Emergency Services Management, and Emergency Management are maturing, with opportunities for management and leadership roles proliferating across these disciplines within the public and private sectors. There are also ample opportunities to serve in disaster/emergency management on the mission field, with doors of nations not typically welcoming of Christian missionaries/workers opening to those willing to serve in disaster recovery, disaster medical response, and preventive medicine. God often opens doors to share the Gospel through the process of building relationships during disaster prevention, preparedness, response, recovery, and mitigation activities within communities. God opens doors to share the Gospel through disaster response and recovery missions, even in nations that do not typically allow Christian “missionaries.”
– Fellow, Disaster Science, Academy of Emergency Management – Senior Executive Education Program in National Preparedness Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School of Government and T.H. Chan School of Public Health – Lifetime Certified Emergency Manager (CEM), International Association of Emergency Managers – Legion of Merit, U.S. Department of Defense – Master Consequence Management Specialist, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), DTRA’s first credentialed Master-level specialist – ASIS International Book of the Year award recipient for “Principles of Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Centers (EOC)” – Partners in Preparedness Award recipient, International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) – National Registry Paramedic – Hazardous Materials Specialist / Incident Commander – Senior Instructor, National Center for Biomedical Research and Training / Academy of Counter-Terrorist Education – Honorable Order of the Dragon recipient, U.S. Army Chemical Corps Regimental Association – Order of Military Medical Merit recipient, U.S. Army Medical Department – Distinguished Citizen of the Year, Boy Scouts of America, Blueridge Council – Leadership Anderson, Anderson (SC) Chamber of Commerce – Review Editor, Frontiers in Psychology – Organizational Psychology Section – Editor, Oxford University Press
Anderson University is a community where the veil between the physical world and Heaven is particularly thin. I enjoy the beauty of the Christian community of professors, staff members, and students and the ability (actually the responsibility) to share my faith in teaching and learning from my students, fellow faculty members, and the university staff. No one of us is as smart or as gifted as all of us.
Emergency/Disaster Management, Emergency Services Management, Terrorism Counteraction, Homeland Security, National Security, Intelligence Operations, Emergency/Disaster Medicine, Organizational Leadership, Hospital/Healthcare Administration, Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) Consequence Management/Non-Proliferation/Counter-Proliferation, Public Health, Defense Support of Civil Authorities (DSCA), National Defense, International Medical Missions
Co-editor, Michael J. Fagel’s, Rick C. Mathew’s, and J. Howard Murphy’s textbook Principles of Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Centers (EOC) (2021), Taylor and Francis Publishers. Krill, S., & Murphy, J. H. (2021). The future of emergency management (Chapter 24). In Michael J. Fagel’s, Rick C. Mathew’s, and J. Howard Murphy’s textbook, Principles of Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Centers (EOC). Mathews, R. C., & Murphy, J. H. (2021). Emergency management and public health collaboration (Chapter 17). In Michael J. Fagel’s, Rick C. Mathew’s, and J. Howard Murphy’s textbook, Principles of Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Centers (EOC). Murphy, J. H. (2021). Complex coordinated terrorist attacks (Chapter 22). In Michael J. Fagel’s, Rick C. Mathew’s, and J. Howard Murphy’s textbook, Principles of Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Centers (EOC). Murphy, J. H., & Skinner, L. (2021). Defense support of civil authorities (Chapter 18). In Michael J. Fagel’s, Rick C. Mathew’s, and J. Howard Murphy’s textbook, Principles of Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Centers (EOC). Murphy, J. H. (2021). Effective leadership in emergency management: A research-driven discussion (Chapter 14). In Michael J. Fagel’s, Rick C. Mathew’s, and J. Howard Murphy’s textbook, Principles of Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Centers (EOC). Murphy, J. H. (2018). A quantitative study of key indicators of effective emergency management leadership (Order No. 28187456). Available from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I. (2439371486). Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.libezp.lib.lsu.edu/docview/2439371486?accountid=12154 Murphy, J.H. (2016). Foreword, in Michael J. Fagel’s and Jennifer Hesterman’s textbook, Soft Targets and Crisis Management: What Emergency Planners and Security Professionals Need to Know (2016). Murphy, J.H. (2016). Chapter 25, Complex Coordinated Attacks. In Michael J. Fagel’s and Jennifer Hesterman’s textbook, Soft Targets and Crisis Management: What Emergency Planners and Security Professionals Need to Know (2016). Murphy, J.H. (2014). Chapter 12, Leadership in Internationally Significant Disaster Incidents. In Michael J. Fagel’s textbook Principles of Emergency Management and Emergency Operations Centers (EOC), 3rd Edition. Murphy, J.H. (2014). Foreword. In Michael J. Fagel’s textbook, Crisis Management and Emergency Planning, which won the 2014 CRC Press “Security Book of the Year Award” from ASIS International. Co-author, Collective Protection of Critical Infrastructure, High-Value Resources, Personnel, and Civilian Population from Chemical Threats and Contamination Course (Defense Threat Reduction Agency) (2013). Murphy, J.H. (1998). Importance of cross-training hazardous materials and explosive ordnance disposal technicians. Emergency Preparedness News.
