Ann Marie Murphy

International relations of the Indo-Pacific, Southeast Asian politics; transnational security issues in Southeast Asia

Ann Marie Murphy is a Professor in the School of Diplomacy and International Relations at Seton Hall University, where she directs the Center for Foreign Policy Studies. Her research focuses on Southeast Asian international politics and political change, with a focus on Indonesia. Her edited volume Southeast Asia Views the United States: Perceptions, Policies and Prospects (2025) examines the region’s bilateral relationships with the United States from the Southeast Asian perspective. She is coauthor (with Amy Freedman) of Non-Traditional Security Issues in Southeast Asia: The Transnational Dimension (2018) and co-editor (with Bridget Welsh) of Legacies of Engagement in Southeast Asia (2008).

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.  Dr. Murphy ‘s research has been supported by grants from the Smith Richardson Foundation, the National Asia Research Program, the Social Science Research Council, and the Fulbright Scholars Program, and she was recently a Mansfield-Luce Asia Scholar. She serves on the editorial board of Asia Policy and the board of directors of the Center for Khmer Studies and is a cofounder of the New York Southeast Asia Network (NYSEAN), a Luce Foundation-funded initiative to promote Southeast Asian studies in the United States. She earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University.

PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS

Ann Marie Murphy, editor, Southeast Asia Views the United States: Perceptions, Policies and Prospects (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2025).

Ann Marie Murphy and Amy Freedman, Non-Traditional Security Issues in Southeast Asia: the Transnational Dimension, (Boulder, CO: Lynne Rienner, 2018).

Ann Marie Murphy and Bridget Welsh, editors, Legacy of Engagement in Southeast Asia (Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, 2008).