Dr. Murray came to the vibrant city of Dubai in August 2016 as an Assistant Professor of English. Before joining AUD, she spent ten years at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois where she developed and taught the first online composition course. Dr. Murray was also an Assistant Professor of English at the University of the Virgin Islands where she opened the University’s first Writing Center and organized a Humanities Festival for Caribbean Literature. In 2018, Dr. Murray was appointed Coordinator of the Writing Center. She teaches courses in Composition and Literature. In 2020 she was appointed Head of the English Division. Her areas of interest are Native American Literature, the autobiography, the essay, and reading theory. She is also a member of the Reading Across Campus Committee.