Julia Murphy (she/her) is a campus minister at Fairfield University in Connecticut. She coordinates domestic and international service immersion trips and other social justice ministries, and serves as the primary pastoral presence students at Fairfield Bellarmine, the university’s two-year associate’s degree program for low-income and first-generation students in Bridgeport, CT. She is also a residential minister and chaplain to first-year students. She is passionate about accompanying young people toward a hope-filled and more equitable future.

Julia holds an MDiv from the Boston College Clough School of Theology and Ministry and a B.A. in English and Spanish from Saint Louis University. In the years between her degree programs she served in community organizing and youth services with Rostro de Cristo on the outskirts of Guayaquil, Ecuador then ministered to college students at the Catholic Student Center at Washington University in St. Louis.

A proud native Clevelander turned New Englander, Julia is an avid reader, and enjoys spending time outdoors, swimming, cooking new vegetarian recipes, and laughing with friends and family. She is a superfan of women saints and mystics, especially St. Teresa of Ávila, St. Clare of Assisi, and Dorothy Day.