Teacher and educator from Brooklyn, NY. My focus within Irish studies has been in modern and contemporary Irish drama, Beckett, Joyce, and Irish connections to global postcoloniality. Published works include: “Crises of Rural Irish Identities in the Age of Globalized Capital;” “The Revolution Was Televised: Reimagining the Islamic Revolution as a Primetime Performance;” and “Moonlight in Miami: The Split Sociopolitical Reality of South Florida as told by Barry Jenkins.”