M. Geneva Murray is the Senior Associate Director for Teaching at the Center for Faculty Excellence. She leads various faculty cohorts, including the DUET Fellow Program and the Know No Bounds book club. She works closely with the teaching team to develop engaging, topical workshops and learning communities, as well as asynchronous learning experiences.
To support her understanding of current challenges and opportunities in teaching, Geneva continues to teach at OU as an adjunct, where she incorporates problem-based learning into her asynchronous online course. She’s previously taught first-year experience courses as well as both undergraduate and graduate courses, and in Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Education, and Higher Education programs. She created the first designated service-learning course at Ohio University.
Prior to joining the CFE, Geneva worked for nine years as the director at two different women’s centers. Dr. Murray was awarded the Coalition Builder Award from the National Women’s Studies Association in 2021 and the International Leadership Association’s Women and Leadership Affinity Group’s award for Outstanding Practice with Local Impact in 2017.
Dr. Murray has a PhD in Women’s Studies from the University of York (UK), an MA in Public Policy with a Concentration in Women’s Studies from George Washington University, and a BA in Sociology from Texas Tech University. She is also an Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK and has a Professional Instructional Design Certificate from Ohio University.
Dr. Geneva Murray can be reached via email at geneva.murray@ou.edu.
