EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND:

BA, History with Irish Studies Minor, The University of Notre Dame

• Undergraduate History Thesis: Dr. William Drennan and The “United Irish Movement”
• Undergraduate Irish Studies Thesis: The “Fighting Irish” Fight for Irish Freedom: The Movement for Irish Independence at the University of Notre Dame, 1919-1920

MLIS, Archives and Preservation, The University of Pittsburgh

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

US Immigration history; Ethnicity, nationalism and political movements in immigrant communities in the early 20th century United States, particularly Irish-America; Irish-American communities in the Midwest; Irish-America’s involvement in the Irish War of Independence

AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS:

• Boston College University Fellowship
• The Donald and Marilyn Keough Award for Excellence in Irish Studies for a graduating senior, 2007 (The University of Notre Dame)

PUBLICATIONS:

“The Ethics of Archiving ‘Murderabilia:’ The Papers of Ted Kaczynski,” The Journal of Information Ethics, Spring 2010, Vol. 19, No. 1.