Michael J. Murphy

@emmjaymurphee.bsky.social

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•Prof., Gender & Sexuality Stds., U. Illinois Springfield uis.edu/wgs •Founding member, UIS United Faculty uisufinfo.wordpress.com/ •LGBTQIA+ studies, critical men's/masculinity studies, U.S. art/visual culture history.

Chancellor Janet Gooch's empty parking space at 10:30am Thursday April 15, 2026 during a faculty strike.

Group photo of staff and faculty

Flyer for a staff and faculty union rally at U Illinois Springfield on March 18th at noon. The flyer has an image of a man with his fist raised.

Image of New Yorkers crossing the Brooklyn Bridge on foot while NYC skyline with burning twin trade towers in background.

graphic showing a white square with the caption "I can't believe this is happening in America!" and several draker squares saying "Really?" and similar things

screenshot of policy quoting exclusion of females who have "undergone any male hormone therapy."

Image of three children looking into another room where their mother and Santa Claus are kissing, partly hidden by a decorated Christmas tree

Magazine cover of three men kneeling carrying gifts in their hands.

screenshot of new york times article by mitt romney titled tax the rich

Poster for trashy CBS news program "Has Feminism Failed Women?"

screenshot from twitter post by Elon Musk reading "Inf you have a womb, you are a woman. Otherwise, you are not."

screenshot of PolitPro score of 49/100 for Find Out Now pollster

screenshot of post announcing a Tucker Carlson show with Milo Yannopoulos

image of memo requiring review of certain course topics by Texas Tech admins

Cover of "Activities for Teaching Gender and Sexuality in the University Classroom" book comprised of four parts in various shades of purple and images of generic human backs and shoulders

image with black background and five candles in pink white blue over words transgender day of remembrance and november 20

painting showing two women sitting on a bench