Graduate Writing Fellow
Contact
fallonm@bu.edu
Education
PhD Candidate in American Studies, Boston University
BFA, University of Pennsylvania
Classes taught
WR 120, Contemporary Autobiography
Biography
Fallon Murphy is a Writing Fellow at Boston University, where she studies and teaches 20th century African American literature, book history, and visual studies. She has a chapter forthcoming in the book Faulknerian Anniversaries (2026), published by the University of Mississippi Press, and has published or will publish in the Los Angeles Review of Books and Boston Art Review.
Outside of teaching and researching, Fallon enjoys collaborating with many digital humanists on pedagogical projects. She is a Showcase Editor for the feminist digital humanities project “Recovery Hub for American Women Writers” and an Editorial Fellow for the digital humanities project “Sharing Our Stories from 1977.” She is a Digital Content Editor for the open-access digital publication “Insurrect!: Radical Thinking in Early American Studies,” which centers on Black and Indigenous liberation frameworks in American Studies.
When not teaching or researching, Fallon enjoys taking very long walks, cooking elaborate meals, and spending time with her family.