John Scanlan
I first engaged in Irish Studies when earning my PH.D. in English at the University of Iowa (1975), where I wrote my dissertation on “The North American Novels of Edna O’Brien and Brian Moore.” After receipt of my J.D. from
Indiana University Bloomington
Stephen Watt
My recent work attempts to read contemporary developments in American politics in the context of an evolving relationship between Ireland and America. That is to say, while I continue to write about nineteenth-century, modern, and modernist Irish literature, especially drama,
Tadhg Ó Meachair
PhD candidate (ABD) in Ethnomusicology and Folklore at Indiana University Bloomington and an accomplished performer of Irish traditional music.
Ray Cashman
I am a folklorist and anthropologist interested primarily in Ireland. Author of _Storytelling on the Northern Irish Border: Characters and Community_ and _Packy Jim: Folklore and Worldview on the Irish Border_, I have written articles on a range of topics:
Jesse Fivecoate
I am a sociocultural anthropologist and folklorist. Currently, I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology at Indiana University, Bloomington. My research centers on the use of communal belief narratives that circulate in a group—such as