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Professor Christopher Murray is Chair of Comics Studies and Associate Dean for Knowledge Exchange and Partnerships at the School of Humanities, University of Dundee. He is Director of the Scottish Centre for Comics Studies and Dundee Comics Creative Space.
Murray co-edits Studies in Comics, a peer-reviewed academic journal and is co-organiser of the International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference. He researches British Comics, superhero comics, horror comics, and is particularly interested in the work of writers Grant Morrison and Alan Moore.
Murray also works on Public Information Comics and has authored several comics for research projects and public engagement purposes.
Research
Comics and Graphic Novels
Teaching
- Comics Studies
- Film Studies
- English
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InGAME - Innovation for Games and Media Enterprise (Joint with Abertay University and St Andrews University)
Ballie, J., Beech, N., Harris, P., Head, A., Linsley, J., Livesey, J., Murray, C., Rowan, J., Sellbach, U., Smith, D., Taylor, A., Valentine, L., Vaughan, P., Ward, M. & Yeung, H.
Arts & Humanities Research Council, Abertay University
1/10/18 → 31/03/24
Project: Research
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Queer Time and Chronotopia in Comics (with University of Edinburgh)
Murray, C. & Nabizadeh, G.
Project: Research
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Visual Research in Creative Collections and Economies
Colvin, C., Lockhart, A. & Murray, C.
Arts & Humanities Research Council
1/12/20 → 31/03/21
Project: Research
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Big Noise Douglas Initial Evaluation
Asi, D., Barrable, A., Jindal-Snape, D., Murray, C. & Robb, A.
1/10/20 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Experiencing Microaggressions: Four stories of racial microaggressions based on examples from staff and students working on dental clinics
Murray, C., Nabizadeh, G., Guo, K., Islam, M., Ding, C. & Herd, D., 6 Oct 2023, 1 ed. Dundee: UniVerse. 8 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Health and oral health research with BAME women in Scotland
Yuan, S., Rodriguez, A., Wijesiri, T., McFadden, A., Murray, C. & Mossey, P., Jun 2023.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › peer-review
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Healthcare Comics
Murray, C., Rodriguez, A., Wijesiri, T. I. D., Herd, D., Sooraj, M., Bade, M. R., Khan, M. S., Varghese, S. A., Sawhney, S., Mansuri, Z., Iyengar, R., Bassey, A., Okolie, V., Johnpaul, L., Robertson, C., Finlayson, G., Cargil, Z. & Ding, C., Nov 2023, Dundee: UniVerse. 12 p. (Healthcare Comics; vol. 1)Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Introduction: ‘public information comics’
Murray, C. & Nabizadeh, G., 2023, In: Law and Humanities. 17, 1, p. 6-16 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Supporting children’s wellbeing through music participation during the COVID-19 pandemic: Evidence from Scotland
Robb, A., Jindal-Snape, D., Asi, D., Barrable, A., Ross, E., Austin, H. & Murray, C., 7 Jun 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Education 3-13. 18 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open AccessFile15 Downloads (Pure)
Prizes
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2020 Stephen Fry Award: Public Engagement Project of the Year Commendation
Nabizadeh, Golnar (Recipient), Murray, Chris (Recipient), Jindal-Snape, Divya (Recipient), Herd, Damon (Recipient), Vaughan, Phillip (Recipient), Sinclair, Megan (Recipient), Crowe, Mayra (Recipient) & King, Grant (Recipient), 10 Jan 2020
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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2021 Stephen Fry Award: Public Engagement Project of the Year
Murray, Chris (Recipient), Nabizadeh, Golnar (Recipient), Jindal-Snape, Divya (Recipient), Crowe, Mayra (Recipient) & Herd, Damon (Recipient), 28 Apr 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Do not give up on us' - a knowledge exchange educational training resource to promote health / oral health and to engage with people experiencing homelessness. Award £25,000.
Rodriguez, Andrea (Recipient), van Blerk, Lorraine (Recipient) & Murray, Chris (Recipient), 1 Feb 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Abundant Word: Writing and Gesture in Interactive Media
Johanna Linsley (Organiser), Chris Murray (Organiser), Mark Robson (Organiser), Undine Sellbach (Organiser) & Dominic Smith (Organiser)
17 Nov 2023Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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Telling Tales - the annual University of Dundee Culture Day
Matthew Jarron (Organiser), Caroline Brown (Organiser), Chris Murray (Contributor), Ali Floyd (Contributor), Ailsa Mackintosh (Contributor), Lindsey Gardiner (Contributor), Neil Colquhoun (Contributor), Keith Williams (Contributor), Graeme Morton (Contributor) & Dana Alkhatib (Contributor)
13 Oct 2022Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
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Co-design/co-production workshops to engage migrant and BME groups in health and oral health promotion research - Innovation and Impact Development Fund (IIDF)
Siyang Yuan (Recipient), Andrea Rodriguez (Member), Alison McFadden (Member) & Chris Murray (Member)
1 Mar 2022 → 31 Jul 2022Activity: Other activity types › Funding - grants and income which support research related activities
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Engaging migrant and BAME groups in health and oral health promotion research: co-design/co-production workshops
Siyang Yuan (Member), Andrea Rodriguez (Member), Alison McFadden (Member) & Chris Murray (Member)
1 May 2022 → 31 Dec 2022Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
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Co-designing a public engagement comic book
Andrea Rodriguez (Chair), Camila Biazus-Dalcin (Member) & Chris Murray (Presenter)
18 Jun 2021 → 1 Nov 2021Activity: Other activity types › Public engagement and outreach - public lecture/debate/seminar
Press/Media
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Project puts drug link to oral health in the picture
Chris Murray, Ruth Freeman, Niall Mc Goldrick & Damon Herd
28/06/22
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Research
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Learning to see invisible illnesses, using comics
Divya Jindal-Snape, Andrew Keiller, Lynn Kelly, Judith Langlands-Scott, Chris Murray, Anj Snape, Jonathan B. Snape, Nik Snape, Freddie Warden , Bryan Whittingham, Damon Herd, Elliot Balson, Zu Dominiak, Rebecca Horner, Ashling Larkin, Norrie Millar, Helen Robinson, Letty Wilson, John Baldacchino, Marilyn Mintoff , Rebecca Camilleri, Ruth Debono, Maria Gauci, Steven Affleck, Rebecca Elise & Tasha Leah Santiago
25/05/22
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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Dundee Fibromyalgia comic praised in Parliament
Divya Jindal-Snape & Chris Murray
4/03/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research
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'Fibromyalgia and Us' Comic Explains What Life Is Like for Patients and Their Families
5/12/17
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Other