The Kingfisher Award

Recognizing a Commitment to the Humanities

University President Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, SJ, PhD, inaugurated the annual Kingfisher Award in partnership with the Kingfisher Institute in 2019. The award recognizes Creighton faculty and staff who demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to the values, principles and practices of the humanities.

Nomination information for future awards will be available soon.

Patrick Murray, PhD (2022)

Congratulations to Patrick Murray, PhD, professor of philosophy and the John C. Kenefick Faculty Chair in the Humanities, the fourth recipient of the Kingfisher Award. Creighton President the Rev. Daniel S. Hendrickson, PhD, presented the award at his annual fall convocation.

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A well-established scholar of the theory and philosophy of Karl Marx, Murray impressed nominators with his record of publicly engaged research and scholarship. Murray has partnered with the University of Nebraska-Omaha, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Film Streams, the Omaha Public Library, the Joslyn Art Museum, and the Nebraska Governor’s Lecture in the Humanities. Topics explored in these collaborative events were wide-ranging, including immigration, African American history in Omaha, community-based scholarship, climate change and the social mission of Catholic universities, Irish women, refugees, and the philosophy of law as it relates to race and racism.