Dr Deb Rotman is the Paul and Maureen Stefanick Faculty Director of the Centre for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement and an Associate Professional Specialist in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Notre Dame. She will be a Fulbright Scholar in the Program of Heritage Studies at the Castlebar campus of the Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology. Her research and teaching will focus on the transformation of 19th century social relations and reshaping of cultural landscapes before and after the Famine.