bmurg@paragoniu.edu.kh

Bradley Jensen MURG

Associate Professor
Interim Rector, Provost, VR for Academic Affairs

Biography

Dr. Bradley J. Murg is Interim Rector and Provost at Paragon International University. He first visited Cambodia in 2000 when he was a Henry Luce Scholar working at the Asian Development Bank. Dr. Murg also holds appointments as Adjunct Research Fellow at Pacific Forum (Honolulu), Distinguished Research Fellow and Senior Advisor at the Cambodia Institute for Cooperation and Peace; co-editor of The Journal of Greater Mekong Studies; and Research Fellow at the Central European Institute for Asian Studies. His research focuses on contemporary international relations in Southeast Asia; the political economy of development; and comparative post-communism. Dr. Murg graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Emory University with a B.A./M.A. in philosophy, received an M.Sc. in economic history from the London School of Economics, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of Washington. Prior to moving to Paragon.U full time, Dr. Murg spent seven years as a professor and director of Global Development Studies at Seattle Pacific University as well as an affiliate professor at the Henry M. Jackson School of International Affairs at the University of Washington. Dr. Murg’s research languages include English, French, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, and German.

Education

  • PhD. in Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2015
  • M.A. Political Science, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA, 2008
  • MSc in Economic History, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, England, 2002
  • M.A. in Philosophy, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 2000
  • B.A. in Philosophy and International Affairs, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 2000 (Honors/Phi Beta Kappa)

Publications

  • Bradley J. Murg. 2018. “The Lancang-Mekong Cooperation Mechanism: Confronting New Realities in Cambodia and the Greater Mekong Subregion,” in CSCAP Regional Outlook 2019.
  • Pou Sovachana and Bradley J. Murg. 2018. Listening to the Voices of the Khmer Rouge: Memory and Atrocity in Anlong Veng. Phnom Penh: Cambodia Institute for Cooperation and Peace.
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