Professor Catherine Clinton
School of History and Anthropology
Professor Catherine Clinton taught at Harvard University for nearly a decade in the Department of History and the Department of African and African American Studies, before taking time off to concentrate on writing projects. To date, she has edited and authored more than two dozen volumes, including The Plantation Mistress: Woman's World in the Old South (1982), Mrs. Lincoln: A Life (2009) and Harriet Tubman: The Road to Freedom (2004), which was named by both the Christian Science Monitor and the Chicago Tribune as one of the best non-fiction works of 2004.
When she returned to full time teaching in 2006, she came to Queen's University Belfast full of excitement about the new American History postgraduate program, and since joining Queen's, she has logged more than 200,000 miles, recruiting international students, serving on the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Bicentennial Commission, and now working on the upcoming U.S. Civil War Sesquicentennial.
She has initiated summer internships in the U.S. for Queen's undergraduates and hopes to foster more programs and exchanges in the coming years. She is currently at work on the Penguin classic edition of Mary Chesnut's diary, and has begun research for a forthcoming study of suicide and American Civil War soldiers.
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Dr Martin Dowling
School of Music and Sonic Arts
Dr Dowling is an Irish traditional fiddle player, historian and sociologist. Born in Chicago, he holds a PhD in History from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has held research fellowships in history and sociology in Queen's, University College Dublin and also served as the Traditional Arts Officer in the Arts Council of Northern Ireland. He joined the School of Music and Sonic Arts as lecturer in Irish Traditional Music in 2006. In addition to his research and teaching on the history of Irish music, he teaches the fiddle regularly at the Scoil Samhraidh Willy Clancy in Co Clare and at the South Sligo School of Traditional Music and performs regularly in Ireland, continental Europe and the US, as well as sessions at ceilithe in Belfast - his musical home since 1994.
School of History and Anthroplogy
Dr Anthony J Stanonis was born and raised in New Orleans. Completing his graduate work at Vanderbilt University, he joined Queen's in 2007. He has, and continues to pursue various interested in cultural stuides, especially in regard to urban history, foodways, tourism and the American South. His first book, Creating the Big Easy, examined the transition of New Orleans from a commercial centre to a tourist magnet. He recently completed Dixie Emporium: Tourism, Foodways and Consumer Culture in the American South. His current research explores the tensions between the conservative, white supremacist culture of the American South and the burgeoning seaside resorts that celebrate tan skin as well as more liberal attitudes towards alcohol, sex and religion.
Dr Sarah A. Lappin
School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering
Dr Sarah A. Lappin, RIBA, teaches design and theory in architecture at the School of Planning, Architecture and Civil Engineering. She received her Bachelor and Masters degrees at Colombia and Princeton Universities respectively. She moved to Belfast in 1998 and practiced as an architect for several years. Her PhD, completed at the University of Ulster, investigated architecture centres, organisations which open debate about the built environment to professionals and a wider public. Her first book, "Full Irish: New Architecture in Ireland" was published by Princeton Architectural Press in 2009. Her current research interests include an examination of rural and non-metropolitan architecture in Ireland as well as cultural policy and architectural tourism.