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Molly Murray is an associate professor of English and comparative literature based in New York City. Her academic work centers on early modern English literature, and her research interests cover a broad span of cultural, religious, and political themes. Murray teaches at Columbia University, where her office is located at 406 Philosophy Hall. She holds regular office hours during the Fall 2025 semester on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, with additional appointments available by request. Her published work appears in well-regarded literary and historical journals, and she continues to contribute to academic studies in Renaissance literature and culture.
Her educational background reflects training at several prestigious institutions. Murray completed her Bachelor of Arts at Columbia University in 1994, followed by a Master of Philosophy in Intellectual History and Political Thought at the University of Cambridge in 1996. She later earned her Ph.D. in English from Yale University in 2004. This combination of U.S. and U.K. academic experience informs her scholarship on English Renaissance literature, religious history, and poetics. She has written extensively on political theory, autobiography, and the reception of St. Augustine in early modern England.
Murray’s scholarly writing focuses on the non-dramatic literature of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Her work explores how poetry and prose engage with religious transformation, political change, and philosophical inquiry. Her published monograph, The Poetics of Conversion in Early Modern Literature: Verse and Change from Donne to Dryden (Cambridge, 2009), examines literary responses to spiritual and ideological transitions in the early modern period. She has contributed to academic collections, including the Blackwell Companion to English Renaissance Literature and Culture and the Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of St. Augustine.
Her research appears in journals such as English Literary History, Studies in English Literature, Huntington Library Quarterly, and Renaissance and Reformation. She is also affiliated with projects exploring Catholic culture in early modern England. Murray is currently writing a book-length study on literature and imprisonment spanning authors from Sir Thomas Wyatt to John Milton. Her work often investigates the relationships among poetic form, spiritual experience, and political authority, emphasizing how literary texts reflect and shape their historical moment.
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Profile Table
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Name | Molly Murray |
| Location & Residence | New York, New York, United States |
| Profession & Jobs | Associate Professor of English and Comparative Literature; Scholar of Early Modern English Literature |
| Gender & Sex | Female |
| Age & Date of Birth | |
| Nationality & Ethnicity | American |
| Education & School | B.A. Columbia University (1994); M.Phil., University of Cambridge (1996); Ph.D., Yale University (2004) |
| Relationships (Married/Dating/Sexuality) & Family | |
| Biography & More Details | Specialist in 16th–17th-century English literature; author of The Poetics of Conversion in Early Modern Literature; contributor to multiple scholarly journals and academic volumes; teaches at Columbia University and researches religion, politics, poetics, and intellectual history |
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Molly Murray Jeopardy Results
| Tuesday, 23 December 2025 | Bob Callen Lexington, Kentucky Retired Librarian Final Score: -$1,800 Round 2 Score: -$1,800 Round 1 Score: $2,200 | Molly Murray New York, New York English Professor Final Score: $26,400 Round 2 Score: $13,200 Round 1 Score: $2,800 | Michelle Tsai Originally Honolulu, Hawai’i Tutor Final Score: $26,401 Round 2 Score: $22,800 Round 1 Score: $10,400 |
| Thursday, 6 November 2025 | Allegra Kuney New Brunswick, New Jersey Ph.D. Candidate 1 Day Winnings of $26,600 Winning Score: $38,401 Round 2 Score: $21,400 Round 1 Score: $3,400 | Molly Murray New York, New York Professor Final Score: $27,200 Round 2 Score: $19,200 Round 1 Score: $5,400 | Alan Pyke Originally Middletown, Connecticut Communications Director Final Score: $819 Round 2 Score: $4,400 Round 1 Score: $3,600 |