Graduate Student, Celtic Languages and Literatures
About
As best I can, I work in nearly all the medieval and modern Celtic languages and literatures (Irish, Breton, Welsh, and Scottish Gaelic), together with their neighbors Old and Middle English, Old Norse/Icelandic, and particularly Old French. One of my priorities is to show what Celtic Studies has to offer other disciplines.
My degrees are from:
- Princeton (A.B., French, 2003);
- Stumdi (intensive year course in Modern Breton, 2004);
- University College Dublin (Higher Diploma in Early Irish Language and Literature, 2005);
- Harvard (A.M., Celtic, 2007);
- Harvard (Ph.D., Celtic, expected 2011, with Medieval Studies as a secondary field).
- I am also pursuing a certificate in TESOL.
I have taught Modern Irish and Breton for several years, and have been a Teaching Fellow for courses in medieval Celtic and Scandinavian literature, cultural studies and folkloristics.
I also have the honor to serve as:
- an At-Large Member of the executive of the Celtic Studies Association of North America (CSANA);
- Vice-President of the International Marie de France Society;
- curator of Harvard's Fred Norris Robinson Celtic Seminar Library;
- an Assistant Editor of the Charrette Project 2 (http://lancelot.baylor.edu, the successor to the Princeton Charrette Project);
- and an Associate Editor of the Digby 23/Timaeus Project (http://timaeus.baylor.edu).
I am very happy to answer questions about Celtic languages and literatures, and the other areas I work in, because I love this stuff, and I am eager to share it. I would be especially glad to hear from anyone in the Boston area who is interested in learning Breton.
Contact Information
Department of Celtic Languages and Literatures
Harvard University
Barker Center
12 Quincy Street
Cambridge MA 02138
U.S.A.
