James G. Murphy Assistant Professor Director of Clinical Health Area Psychology Building, Room 348 901.678.2630 (telephone) 901.678.2579 (fax) jgmurphy@memphis.edu curriculum vitae website

Education

Ph.D., Auburn University
M.S., Auburn University
B.A., Seton Hall University

Research Interests

• Addictive and Health Risk Behaviors
• Comorbidity of Substance Abuse with PTSD and Depression
• Brief interventions with young adult populations including college students and military veterans
• Behavioral Economic and genetic analyses of addictive and health risk behaviors

• MacKillop, J., Murphy, J. G., Tidey, J. W., Kahler, C., Ray, L. A., Bickel, W. (2009). Latent Structure of the Facets of Alcohol Reinforcement from a Behavioral Economic Demand Curve. Psychopharmacology, 203, 33-40.
• Borsari, B., Murphy, J. G., & Carey, K. B. (2009). Readiness to change in brief motivational interventions: a requisite condition for drinking reductions? Addictive Behaviors, 34, 232 - 235.
• Chen Y-C, Holmes, A., McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Murphy, J. G., Ray, L. A., Richardson, H. N., Witkiewitz, K., & Cruz, M. T.  (2009). Young investigator award symposium. Alcohol - An International Biomedical Journal, 43, 499 – 508.
• MacKillop, J., Miranda, R. M., Monti, P. M., Ray, L. A., , Murphy, J. G., Rohsenow, D. J., Tidey, J. W., Chad J. Gwaltney, C. J., McGeary, J. G., & Swift, R. M. (in press). Alcohol Demand, Delayed Reward Discounting, and Craving in relation to Drinking and Alcohol Use Disorders. Journal of Abnormal Psychology.
• Murphy, J. G., MacKillop, J., Skidmore, J. R. & Pederson, A. A. (in press). Reliability and validity of a demand curve measure of alcohol reinforcement. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.
• McDevitt-Murphy, M. E., Williams, J. L., Bracken, K. L., Fields, J. A., Monahan, C. J., & Murphy, J. G., (in press).  PTSD Symptoms, Hazardous Drinking, and Health Functioning among U.S.OEF/OIF Veterans Presenting to Primary Care.  Journal of Traumatic Stress.
• Skidmore, J. R., & Murphy, J. G. (in press). Relations between Heavy Drinking, Gender, and   Substance-Free Reinforcement. Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.
• Correia, C. J.,  Murphy, J. G., Irons, J. G.,  & Vasi, A. E. (in press). The behavioral economics of substance use: Research on the relationship between substance use and alternative reinforcers. Journal of Behavioral Health and Medicine.