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Profile I have been at the University of Memphis since 1970, serving first as an administrator in the Division of Student Affairs, then as a faculty member in the Department of Counseling and Personnel Services, and most recently in the Department of Leadership. I have been the Director of the Center for the Study of Higher Education since 1988 during which time I directed the Leadership Institute in Judicial Education and the Institute for Faculty Excellence in Judicial Education. These programs have continuing professional education for more than 4,000 judges and other court personnel throughout the United State, Canada, the Middle East, Africa, and Europe. The programs have received the Howell Heflin Award, the Warren Burger Award, the Harrison Tweed Award, and the Tennessee Board of Regents Award for Academic Excellence. In addition, I have designed and conducted programs that promote leadership principles for members of the medical and legal professions. I also work with members of the clergy and other religious leaders. I teach the College Teaching course and Continuing Professional Education, advise masters and doctoral students, and supervise dissertation research and writing. My writing has centered around adult development, organizational development, leadership, judicial education, and issues of retention and student success. I have also worked with the Community College Student Experiences Questionnaire, a national instrument which measures student engagement. Additional Information
HONORS/AWARDS Fellow The Society for Values in Higher Education 1989 Earl Crader Award College of Education/Memphis State University 1982 The SPUR Award Memphis State University 1984 The Distinguished Teaching Service Award Memphis State University 1987 The SPUR Award Memphis State University 1990 Executive Leadership Seminar Rhodes College 1993 Exploring Leadership Federal Express Corporation 1992 Leadership Institute for Continuing Professional Education Harvard Graduate School of Education 1991 Leadership and Mastery Innovation Associates 1992 Member Tennessee Judicial Evaluation Commission 1996 Fifty Women Who Make A Difference Women's News of the Mid-South 1998 Howell Heflin Award State Justice Institute 1999 Warren Burger Award National Center for State Courts 2000 Harrison Tweed Award American Law Institute-American Bar Association 2001 Founding Member The International Society for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (IS-SOTL) 2002 Kappa Delta Pi Award University of Memphis 2004 Academic Excellence and Quality Award Tennessee Board of Regents 2004 Organization Learning Core Course Society for Organizational Learning Core Course, Ashland, MA August 5-10, 2007 Graduate, Leadership and Mastery, Innovation Associates, Toronto, Canada 2000 RECENT PUBLICATIONS Walker, T., Pearson, F., & Murrell, P. (2009) Quality of effort and career preparation: Differences between African American and White community college students. Community College Journal of Research and Practice. In press. Murrell, P., & Gould, P. (2008). Educating for therapeutic judging: Strategies, concepts, and outcomes. University of Puerto Rico Law Journal, [in press]. Murrell, P. Schneider, G., & Gould, P. (2009). Courts as Learning Organization: Towards a Unifying Vision. Judicature 93 (1), 6-13.
Murrell, P. (2006). Competence and character: The heart of CLE for the Profession's Gatekeepers. Valparaiso University Law Journal 40, 485-507. Murrell, P. (2006). Continuing judicial education: Cognitive development as content, process and outcome. Journal of Adult Development, 11(2), 151-161. Hanson M. (2003). Learn how they learn. Based on interview conducted with Pat Murrell. American Bar Journal, August 26. Gould, P., & Murrell, P. (2002). Therapeutic jurisprudence and cognitive complexity: An overview. Fordham Urban Law Review, 29(5). New York: Fordham University School of Law. Lubiani, N., & Murrell, P. (2000). Courting justice with the heart: The role of emotional intelligence in the courtroom. The Court Review, 38(1), 10-16. Murrell, P., & Murrell, S. (2000). Experiential learning: Implications for drug court management and leadership. The Court Manager, 14(3). Swigart, T., & Murrell, P. (2000). Factors influencing estimates of gains made in African American and Caucasian community college students. Community College Journal of Research and Practice, 25(4), 297-312. EXPERIENCE Elementary Teacher Mississippi, Maryland, Texas, Georgia 1956-1959 Teacher United States Armed Forces Institute, Wurzburg, Germany 1960-1961 Instructor and Visiting Professor The University of Mississippi 1968 Summer Counselor The University of Mississippi 1967 Instructor The University of Virginia 1968-1969 Assistant Professor Education George Mason College 1969-1970 Acting Dean of Women and Associate Dean of Students Student Affairs Memphis State University 1970-1972 Professor Counseling and Personnel Services/College of Education Memphis State University 1972-1993 Associate Center for the Study of Higher Education/College of Education Memphis State University 1980-1988 Program Director Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program in Higher Education Memphis State University 1988-1993 Director Center for the Study of Higher Education/College of Education The University of Memphis 1988-present Professional Development Assignment Central and Eastern Europe (Six weeks) Fall semester, 1993 Professor Department of Leadership The University of Memphis 1993-present Coordinator Higher and Adult Education The University of Memphis 2000-2003 Professional Development Assignment (One half time) 2003-2004 Director Leadership Institute in Judicial Education The University of Memphis 1995-present Director Institute for Faculty Excellence in Judicial Education The University of Memphis 2001-July 2007 |