About the Speaker

Ann Marie Murphy is Professor, School of Diplomacy and International Relations, Seton Hall University, Senior Research Fellow, Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University and a 2025-2026 ASEAN Research Program Fulbright Scholar.  Her research focuses on Southeast Asian international politics and political change.  Dr. Murphy’s most recent books include an edited volume, Southeast Asia Views the United States: Perceptions, Policies and Prospects (2025) and Non-Traditional Security Issues in Southeast Asia: the Transnational Dimension, (2018), co-authored with Amy Freedman.

Dr. Murphy’s articles have appeared in journals such as Asian Security, Contemporary Southeast Asia, Orbis, Asia Policy, World Politics Review and PS: Political Science & Politics.  She serves on the editorial board of Asia Policy, the board of directors of the Center for Khmer Studies and is a cofounder of the New York Southeast Asia Network, a Luce Foundation-funded initiative to promote Southeast Asian studies in the United States. She earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University.