Diane Lyden Murphy, Ph.D.Dean and Associate Professor
Social Work
College of Human Ecology
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dlmurphy@syr.edu Diane Lyden Murphy was named dean of Syracuse University’s College of Human Services and Health Professions, now the College of Human Ecology, in 2005.
Murphy has been a member of SU’s social work faculty since 1978 and also served as director of the Women’s Studies Program in The College of Arts and Sciences from 1989 to 2005.
As a consultant to former Chancellor Kenneth A. Shaw on women’s issues, Murphy co-authored the University’s policy on sexual harassment; initiated a gender pay equity study; spearheaded University-wide Affirmative Action training; established spousal partnership hiring initiatives; and helped to develop adoption benefits, domestic partner policies and a family-friendly University-wide benefits program. She also contributed to the development of the Syracuse University Daycare Center and the R.A.P.E. Center, and co-founded the SU Senate Committee on Women’s Issues.
As director of the Women’s Studies Program, Murphy led the Women’s Studies Faculty Advisory Board in the development of the academic program, including a major, minor, senior thesis project and graduate certificate of advanced studies; wrote the program’s first promotion and tenure document; and oversaw the hiring of tenured faculty members.
She is a faculty associate with the School of Education’s Disability Studies Program, Facilitated Communication Institute and Center on Human Policy, and the Maxwell School’s Program on the Analysis and Resolution of Conflicts. She is also a faculty consultant to the Women in Science and Engineering (WISE) program and chair of the University Senate Committee on Academic Freedom, Tenure, and Professional Ethics, and served as co-chair of the Senate Committee on Women’s Issues. She has worked with the Graduate School’s Future Professoriate and Future Faculty programs.
She earned a bachelor’s degree in sociology, a master of social work degree, a master’s degree in social science, and a Ph.D. in interdisciplinary social science, all from Syracuse University.