I am Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Director of the Center for International Studies at Saint Louis University.

Over the years I have taught a number of courses related to medieval Britain and Ireland at the undergraduate and graduate levels. I have also taught the Department of History introductory world history courses. As Director of International Studies I teach the Introduction to International Studies and Internship courses.

My essential research interests are focussed on medieval Ireland. I presently direct an archaeological excavation in western Ireland that is an interdisciplinary analysis of a medieval ecclesiastical site with a small castle in Co. Roscommon. I also conduct research in Bardic Poetry, medieval Gaelic theology, and the ideology of nationalism in medieval Ireland.

I’m a native St. Louisan and grew up in beautiful South St. Louis, but spent my university education at the University of Missouri-Columbia, the University of Chicago, and the Catholic University of America.