Along with Lisa Goldstein and Michaela Roessner, she has formed The Brazen Hussies to promote their work.

Together with Karen Joy Fowler, Murphy co-founded the James Tiptree, Jr. Award in 1991.

[1] From 1998 through 2018, Pat Murphy and Paul Doherty (a scientist and educator) jointly wrote the recurring 'Science' column in the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction that typically appeared twice each year.

Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century.

With an essay "Simians, Cyborgs, and Women in 'Rachel in Love'," by Joan Haran.