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Connor Toole is an alumnus of the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Digital Curation at Johns Hopkins University and holda a Masters and Bachelors degree in History from Providence College. He has presented his research at seven academic conferences, including three

Lawrence Eson has studied Medieval Irish and Celtic Literature, Mythology, and Languages since 1990. My UCLA Ph.D. dissertation was entitled “Merlin and the Celtic Wild Man as Poet and Prophet.” I have published a number of articles in early Irish,

I attended my first ACIS meeting in 1982 (Cortland). B.A. Newton College of the Sacred Heart, M.A. University College Dublin, and PhD University College Dublin, studied under Gus Martin. UConn Aetna Fellow. Thesis: The Matter of Ireland: “Ireland” as Envisioned

I am an Industry professional in the United States, working in the energy industry. Born in Limerick, I emigrated in 1992 and eagerly follow Irish politics, social implications and irish diaspora participation in solving the worlds greatest problems.

Dr. Sørina Higgins is an editor, writer, English teacher, and scholar of British modernist literature. She once founded and ran a University Press and has served as a writing tutor and consultant for everything from doctoral dissertations to a Jungian

Retired English teacher at Valley Stream South High School. Past President of the American Irish Teachers’ Assoc. Member of ACIS for over 40 years.

Brigid Kennedy graduated from Michigan State University’s James Madison College in 2018 with a bachelor’s in Comparative Cultures and Politics, and in 2019 from the University of Chicago with a master’s in Cinema and Media Studies. Her bachelor’s thesis analyzed

Dr. Myles Dungan (PhD Trinity College, Dublin, 2012) is a writer, lecturer and broadcaster and is also Programme Director of the annual Hinterland Festival in Kells, Co. Meath. He currently presents the weekly RTE Radio 1 programme The History Show,