Kevin R. Murphy

Kevin R. Murphy Kevin Murphy holds the Kemmy Chair of Work and Employment Studies, Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. He earned his PhD in Psychology from Penn State in 1979, has served on the faculties of Rice University, New York University, Penn State and Colorado State University. He is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and the American Psychological Society, and the recipient of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology’s 2004 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award. He is a Fulbright scholar, and has served in visiting appointments at the University of Limerick. He has served as President of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology and Editor of Journal of Applied Psychology (1991-2002), Editor of Industrial and Organizational Psychology: Perspectives on Science and Practice. (2012-2015) and is a member of the several editorial boards. He is He served as Chair of the Department of Defense Advisory Committee on Military Personnel Testing, and has also served on five National Academy of Sciences committees dealing with problems in the workplace. He has served as an expert witness in 38 cases involving age, race and sex discrimination, and has served as a consultant to private and public-sector organizations. He is the author of over one hundred and seventy articles and book chapters, and author or editor of eleven books, in areas ranging from psychometrics and statistical analysis to individual differences, performance assessment, gender, and honesty in the workplace. Dr. Murphy’s main areas of research include personnel selection and placement, performance appraisal, and psychological measurement. His current work focuses on understanding the validation process. Dr. Murphy served as Head of the Department of Psychology at the Pennsylvania State University and he founded and served as Director of Penn State’s International Center for the Study of Terrorism. He has served as PI or co-PI on grants and contracts with the National Institute for Drug Abuse, Office of Naval Research, U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency, U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command, U.S. Marine Corps Recruiting Command, Navy Personnel Research and Development Center, the U.S. Army Research Office and the Spencer Foundation.