christopher murphy, PhD

Christopher M. Murphy, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and clinical supervisor for the New Behaviors Program for intimate partner violence at HopeWorks, a community-based non-profit agency in Howard County, Maryland. Dr. Murphy received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Stony Brook University. He received the 2015 Linda Saltzman Memorial Intimate Partner Violence Researcher Award from the Institute on Violence, Abuse, and Trauma. His research focuses on psychosocial interventions for individuals who engage in partner violence, personal and contextual factors that promote and inhibit change in this population, emotional abuse in adult relationships, and prevention of relationship abuse in emerging adults.