Education
B.A. (Ist Class hons. Gold Medalist.) Literature, Trinity College, Dublin. 1984.
D. Phil. Literature, Oxford University , 1989.
Academic Position
Associate Professor of Literature and Media Studies
Dept. of Language, Literature and Communication
Rensselaer (RPI), Troy, New York.
Selected Awards
Russell Nye Award, 2004, best article published in The Journal of Popular Culture in 2003. Awarded the amount of $500 in 2005.
Faculty Fellow, NATPE (National Association of Television Program Executives), 2006.
Arthur O. Lewis Award, 1993.
Best paper by an untenured speaker at the International Society for Utopian Studies Conference.
Other Prizes and Achievements
Alanna Deery, born 1998.
John Scott, born 2001.
Current Non-Academic Interests
Theatre, politics, politics - as - theatre, swimming, satire, and chocolate. Also really expensive French cuisine.
Contact
Dept. of Language, Literature and Communication
Sage Building
Rensselaer (RPI),
Troy, New York 12180
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