Eric James Murphy is an American politician and professor who served as a Republican member of the North Dakota House of Representatives for District 43, alongside Zachary Ista, beginning December 2022. He works as a professor at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. In 2022, he was placed on administrative leave following accusations that he violated Title IX protections, and was later cleared of wrongdoing by a judge; in 2023 he introduced a bill to criminalize false complaints, which did not pass.…