Jennifer A. Joyce, Ph.D., serves as Associate Director of the Center for Irish Studies and Associate Teaching Professor in the Augustine and Culture Seminar Program at Villanova University. She teaches and writes about contemporary Irish and American literature and culture, and their intersections with gender, social class, and race. In 2018, she created and continues to facilitate an 8-week Learning Community Study Abroad Summer Internship program in Dublin, Ireland, and in 2019 curated the inaugural Villanova Irish Studies Podcast Series. In 2020, Jennifer A. Joyce, Ph.D., won the Lindback Award for Outstanding Teaching, and in 2013, was the recipient of the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award.