Current Awardees

The Fulbright Commission is delighted to announce the following Fulbright Irish Awardees going to the US for the 2009 – 2010 academic year:

Dr. David Browne is a post-doctoral researcher in Trinity College Dublin exploring ‘Barriers to Sustainable Transport in Ireland.’ While on his Fulbright, he will conduct research into innovation and fuel substitution at the Energy and Resources Group of the Goldman School of Public Policy at University of California, Berkeley.

Ms. Catherine Burke is a fourth year Doctorate student of Philosophy in French Literature at University College Cork. Catherine will conduct research on her dissertation topic of Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey in twentieth-century French Literature at University of California, Irvine.

Dr. Anne Cleary, lecturer of Sociology in the School of Sociology and University College Dublin, will undertake research on Suicidal Behaviour: A Socio-Cultural and Gender Analysis at the University of California, Berkeley and Colorado State University.

Mr. Ronan Dunne has just completed the Higher Diploma in Digital Media at Ballyfermot College of Further Education. Ronan will be pursuing non-degree graduate coursework in Digital Media and Business Management at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C.

Ms. Una Faherty has just completed her Higher Diploma in Education at National University of Ireland Galway and completed her Bachelor’s Diploma in French and Irish Languages at the National University of Ireland Maynooth in May 2007. Una will be a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at Lehman College in the Bronx, New York.

Ms. Mary Herlihy is the recipient of the Fulbright – Teagasc Award in Agriculture and Food Science/Policy. Mary is currently pursuing her Doctorate in Animal Science at University College Dublin. Mary will research bovine reproduction of dairy cows at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Dr. Arthur J. Hughes is the recipient of the Fulbright Irish Language Scholar Award at New York University. Dr. Hughes is currently the Course Director of Irish Language at University of Ulster in Belfast.

Ms. Jacqueline Hynes is one of 43 world-wide recipients of the International Fulbright Science and Technology Award. Jacqueline will be fully funded by the US Department of State and Brown University to purse a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She is a graduate of NUI Galway and most recently a Research Assistant in the Anatomy Department at NUI Galway.

Mr. Tom Jeffers received his B.A. International in History and Irish from UCD in 2007 and is remaining on as a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Dr. Daniel Kelly, lecturer of Engineering at Trinity College Dublin will research the role of mechanical forces on protein synthesis and organisation at Columbia University.

Mr. Finbarr Leacy has just completed his Bachelor’s Diploma in Actuarial Science at University College Cork. Finbarr will be pursuing a Doctorate degree program in the Department of Biostatistics at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.

Dr. Richard McMahon is the recipient of Fulbright Scholar Award in the Humanities and New York University and the Fulbright Scholar in Irish Historical Studies at Stanford University. Dr. McMahon will research and teach on the topic of Violence, Law and Migration: The Irish Experience in North American 1851-1900.

Dr. Siobhan Mullally, Senior Lecturer and Co-Director at the Centre for Criminal Justice and Human Rights, Faculty of Law at University College Cork, will undertake research on migrant women human rights law and practice at the Beasley School of Law at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Ms. Andrea Mulligan, is a LL.B candidate at Trinity College Dublin. Andrea will complete a Master’s in Constitution Law at Harvard Law School.

Ms. Verona Ní Dhrisceoil is currently a Doctorate student in Law and Irish at University College Cork. Verona will pursue her research in Irish language rights and teach language courses at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

Ms. Gráinne Ní Mhuirí is pursuing her Master’s sa Ghaeilge Fheidhmeaci at the Dublin Institute of Technology. Gráinne will be a Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana.

Dr. Gregory O’Hare, Senior Lecturer, School of Computer Science and Informatics at University College Dublin, will be pursuing research for his project entitled An Investigation into Intelligent Middleware for Ubiquitous Sensing exploring the middleware to support intelligent collaborative decision making at the Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Mr. Míchéal Ó Leidhin holds a Bachelor’s Diploma in Irish and Economics from the National University of Ireland Galway. He will be a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at the University of Montana.

Mr. Killian O’Connor completed his Bachelor’s Diploma in Journalism and Irish from Dublin Institute of Technology. Killian will be a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at New York University, Glucksman Ireland House.

Ms. Nicole Panizza lecturer at Cork School of Music is currently pursuing a Doctorate in Music Performance at the Royal College of Music. Nicole will be completing research towards her Doctorate thesis on the music and text symbiosis of the poetry and letters of the American poet, Emily Dickinson. Nicole will be completing her research at Harvard University in Boston and the Juilliard School in New York City.

Mr. Hugh Rowland completed his LL.B and Master’s Diploma in Modern Language in 2008 from the National University of Ireland Galway. He will be a Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant at the Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas.

Ms. Caroline Sullivan is currently completing her Doctorate in Botany and Ecology at the National University of Ireland Galway. Caroline will be a Fulbright Scholar at Humboldt State University in Arcata, California researching rare forest communities in Redwood National Park, California.

Mr. David Symington has just completed the first year of the two year Master’s in International Relations program at the Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at the Bologna Centre in Italy. David will complete his MA/IR program at SAIS in Washington, DC.

Dr. John Walsh, lecturer in the School of Irish at the National University of Ireland Galway, is the recipient of the Fulbright Irish Language Scholar Award. Dr. Walsh will teach Irish Language at University of California Santa Cruz and conduct research on the links between the Irish language and Ireland’s socio-economic development.

Dr. Siobhán Wills is lecturer in the Law Department of University College Cork. Siobhán will be a Fulbright Scholar and Human Rights Program. Visiting Fellow at the Harvard Law School. Her project will ask the difficult question of what laws are applicable in civil wars.”

Ms. Lucinda Woods is this year’s Fulbright – CRH Awardee in Business Studies. Lucinda recently completed her ACA Diploma at the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. Prior to this, she completed the Bachelor’s Honours Degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University. Lucinda will be pursuing a Master’s in Business Administration at Harvard Business School.