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Warwick Murray (born 1972) is a New Zealand human geographer and Latin Americanist. He graduated from the University of Birmingham in 1993, where he also gained a PhD 1997. He has held academic posts at the University of the South Pacific, and Brunel University (UK). He is currently professor of human geography and development studies at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He has won awards for his teaching, including in 2006 a New Zealand National Tertiary Teaching Award for Sustained Excellence, and in 2007 the New Zealand Geographical Society President's Award for Teaching Excellence. In 2007 he also won a Victoria University Research Excellence award. As a researcher he has published about 100 books, articles, or chapters in the fields of development and economic geography, focusing especially on Chile and Latin America, as well as the Pacific Islands. He is a commentator on national television and radio on Latin American affairs, and is the author of the textbook ''Geographies of Globalization'', now in its second edition co-authored with Professor John Overton. From 2002 to 2010, he was the main editor of ''Asia Pacific Viewpoint'', a journal in development geography, and since 2007 has been the founding director of the Victoria Institute for Links with Latin America. He is currently associate editor of Journal of Rural Studies. He is also known for singing and playing original songs in class about academic material, including, "I can't believe it's not on Wikipedia", "God, this lecture is Boring", and "3 O'clock in the morning and I have't started my essay blues" (see Guardian article below) and is an active musician, singing and playing guitar, ukulele, banjo and blues harmonica in various bands in New Zealand and overseas including Strange Brew (blues/rock) Electrolux and the Funky Chief (funk), The Strait Shooters (soul/blues) and The Crying Shame (blues) based in New Zealand, the Blues Machine (blues/swing/jazz) based in Chile, and the Murray Brothers (rock and roll/blues) based in the United Kingdom. He pioneered the 'blukuele' - which is a style of playing ukulele that emphasises blues. He also writes original folk-based songs and in 2014 re-released a solo album "From the Ocean" (Barn Recordings). A four part show 'The Singing Geographer' aired on National Radio New Zealand in 2012. ==References== * () Academic homepage * () Publications * () Guardian, UK, article 'The Singing Professor' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Warwick Murray」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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