Stephen Robinson

Director and Associate Professor

Dr. Stephen Robinson is a British-born, Canadian-trained geographer with degrees from the University of Waterloo, Queen's University, and a PhD. From McGill University in Montreal. Dr. Robinson taught at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, from 2001-2008, where he was the Chapin Associate Professor of Geology, specializing in quaternary geology (dirt, ice, and peat), hydrology, and climatology. He has led student groups on academic trips to study environmental issues in china, glaciers in Alaska, wetlands in northern Canada, and cultural history in England. He was the director of St. Lawrence's London program in 2007-08, and has been with Champlain Abroad Dublin as director of the Dublin campus since August 2008.

He believes that all students should take advantage of studying abroad to expand their horizons, experience immersion in a different culture and academic setting, understand a bit more about the world around them, and meet new people. His interests include traveling, hockey, auto racing, and reading non-fiction books on history, travel, and culture. He lives in Greystones, County Wicklow with wife Catherine, young son Greyson, and their two adorable dachshunds, Adder and Neely.

Lilly Johnsson

Assistant Director

Lilly Johnsson grew up in the small town of Savsjo, Sweden, a small community where everyone knows each other. She was an avid horse enthusiast from an early age and later became involved in the local and regional Equestrian organizations working with children and young adults.  Her hobby led her to Ireland during her gap year where she worked as groom and yard manager in a racing and national hunt yard in Tipperary.

Back in Sweden she attended Växjö University and studied International Administration, English and Political Science. The strong connection to the Emerald Island made it easy to head back when it was time to do an internship. She took up the position at the local marketing office of EF, a large International Language educator. The love for Ireland as a country grew and Lilly stayed with EF Dublin and worked as Administration Manager at their large English Language School with a buzzing number of 650 students at peak. In 2008 she joined Champlain College for the grand opening of its first European Campus. She has great experience of working with students who find themselves in a foreign environment for the first time.

Lilly lives on the south side of Dublin in Dun Laoghaire with her husband Graham and son Oscar. Apart from riding horses she specifically enjoys socializing with family and friends, reading books and experimenting in the kitchen. "Study Abroad is life-changing. The highlight of my job is to see students literally change their life perspective before my eyes".

Claire Gannon

Head Resident

Claire Gannon is a dual US-Irish citizen who was born in Sligo, Ireland but was raised & educated in Wisconsin after her parents moved the United States in the late 1980's. She graduated with a BA from Lawrence University in Appleton, WI. While at Lawrence University she was a Resident Advisor, Campus Tour Guide & student leader in a variety of campus organizations. She moved to Dublin in the summer of 2009 and joined Champlain Abroad Dublin as Head Resident for the Spring 2010 term.

Ciaran Buckley

MGT 335 - Ireland, the Celtic Tiger and the European Union and INT 330 - International Relations

cbuckley@champlain.edu

Ciaran will be spending the Spring semester of 2012 in Burlington, VT teaching CORE and Business.  Ciaran is Irish-born but has spent much of his life living in Germany and working as a  German lawyer. From 2007 to 2009 Ciaran was a senior visiting member of faculty at Hampden-Sydney College in Virginia, lecturing on International Business, Globalization, EU Government & Politics.  He returned to Ireland in the summer of 2009 to practice law and started teaching for Champlain Abroad Dublin in the Fall of 2009.

Kieran Craven

SCI 155 - Environmental Earth Science (lab instructor)

kcraven@champlain.edu

Kieran Craven is from Dublin but got his BSc in Geoscience and Environmental Biology from the University of St Andrews, Scotland. Following his degree, he worked for a minerals extraction company in the UK before returning home to start studying at Trinity College Dublin. He completed a PGDip(Stats) in 2009 and is currently studying towards a PhD in Geology. His primary research interests lie within the field of geochemistry and his project involves applying stable isotope techniques to estuarine sediment. This is done to gain information on past sea-level changes in Ireland since the last Ice Age.

Dr. Gavin Duffy

COM 350 - Conflict Management

gduffy@champlain.edu

Apart from working as an instructor at Champlain, Dr Duffy combines service as a senior UN consultant with a part-time professorship in Politics. Past appointments include Prize Research Fellow (University of Oxford); several university posts in Ireland (including fellowships and lectureships at TCD and QUB) and guest professorships at international universities including Fujen Catholic University (Taiwan) Ritsumeikan University and Hiroshima Peace Institute (Japan) and MIT, Armand Hammer College of the American West, New England College, and Dartmouth College (in the USA). He was also a visiting professor mentor as part of a British Council Overseas Programme for more than ten years serving primarily in Vietnam and Cambodia. He has more than twenty years experience of managing and delivering academic and practical programmes in the field of conflict management. He has worked at a senior level for the United Nations, European Union, Red Cross, IFES, IMO, World Bank, Carter Presidential Center, National Democratic Institute, US Aid etc in more than fifty countries, and has extensive practical experience of UN peacekeeping and of locally based grassroots conflict resolution work. His deployments have included Cambodia, Somalia, South Africa, Rwanda, Burundi, Congo, Bosnia, Serbia, Sudan, Eritrea, Kosovo, Gaza, Guatemala, El Salvador, Lebanon, Libya, Iraq, Afghanistan, Timor Leste and Darfur. He has published extensively in the conflict management field. His research on human rights and peace-building in Cambodia won the UN medal of honour, and he has served on international monitoring and observation on every continent in the past 25 years. He has won numerous awards and distinctions for research and fieldwork. His main training in the field of conflict transformation has been acquired over twenty years of senior service in the United Nations systems, OSCE and the international Red Cross covering inter-personal conflict resolution, hostage negotiation, community peace building and post-conflict peace and reconciliation processes. His personal bibliography runs to more than 200 items of which a coherent synoptic theme of transitional and post-conflict societies. On-going recent commitments include guest professorships at the Australian Military Academy, the Irish-American International Summer School and the University of Wales. His personal interests include travel, photography, Gaelic and soccer football and current affairs. Among off-beat feats-he plays sax and once did a course in fire-eating! During 2012-2013 he has committed to extensive advisory work in the equality field with the academic faculty trade union, including helping represent union interests at the Trade Union Congress.

Caroline Elbay

ENG 340 - Dublin Literary Experience, ENG 350 - Hidden Histories in Irish Literature, and ART 330 - 'Ceol na hEireann': Cultural Immersion Through Music.

celbay@champlain.edu

Caroline is a native Dubliner, and a graduate of St. Patrick's College Drumcondra — a college of Dublin City University. She graduated with a BA (Hons) in English and Music, and subsequently undertook postgraduate studies at Trinity College, Dublin, where she read for both the Higher Diploma in Education, and the MPhil in Anglo Irish Literature. She has taught at the primary, secondary and third levels.

Caroline has enjoyed a lifelong interest in Irish writers, and among her personal favorites are Wilde, Joyce, Beckett, Behan and McGahern.  She is also interested in the writings of John Banville from both a post-colonial and psychoanalytic perspective and how they reflect a certain post modern parallel to some of Wilde's so-called 'decadent' writings. Caroline was recently awarded the National Library of Ireland James Joyce Dedicated Scholarship 2008, and is currently writing a book on Oscar Wilde's Dublin.

When not engaging in matters literary, Caroline relaxes by participating in choral singing with Dublin Choral Foundation's 'Lassus Scholars' - a choir of international repute who have also recorded extensively. A classically trained violinist, she also enjoys traditional Irish music, as well as arranging music for choirs and instrumental ensembles.

Caroline is currently engaged in Doctoral studies at Queen's University Belfast, where her research area is James Joyce (thesis title 'Joyce, Bloom, Sex and Weininger: A study of Influence'); and has lectured on Music in the works of James Joyce at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama.

Keith Feighery

MKT 250 - Internet Based Marketing

kfeighery@champlain.edu

Keith is a leading online marketer, web technologist and digital strategist with over 14 years experience designing, building and delivering enterprise software applications as well as developing successful online retail businesses. Keith has held senior positions with large international technology companies such as Siebel Systems, Eontec and Allfinanz.

Keith currently runs Digital Insights, which he founded in 2008, where he works with clients developing and executing digital strategies for his clients.

Keith holds an MA in Digital Media Technologies and lectures on the MA in Creative Digital Media in DIT Aungier St. He also delivers Diploma courses in Online Marketing and Digital Strategy for Dublin Business School, Griffith College Dublin, and International Business and Technical College. He also lectures with the Digital Marketing Institute focusing on Digital Strategy and Planning.

Dr. Darren Kelly

EDU 245 - Service Learning in Education

dkelly@champlain.edu

Dr. Kelly holds a B.A. and Ph.D. in Geography from St. Patrick's College in Dublin. He is a lecturer in English and Human Development at St. Patrick's, and has lectured and established service learning programs for other study abroad programs in Dublin. He also acts as an advisor to the Fulbright Commission, Dublin, the Irish Higher Education Authority, and the Office of International Education at Beloit College, Wisconsin where he was a Fulbright Scholar in Residence in 2007-08. His recent research focuses on the links between theory and practice in International Education and Study Abroad.

Jacinta Kendrick

ART 220 - Irish Culture Through the Fine Arts

jkendrick@champlain.edu

Jacinta Kendrick holds a degree in Art and Design Education from the National College of Art and Design (NCAD). She has taught Art at both third level and second level institutions. In her capacity as Lecturer in NCAD she was involved in teacher training, both in a teaching and supervisory capacity. She taught both practical Art and Art History /Appreciation for many years at second level.

Kelli Ann Maoileoin

HIS 415B - Northern Ireland and HIS 316 - Early Irish History

kmaoileoin@champlain.edu

Dr. Kelli Ann Maoileoin is an archaeologist whose specialty is Neolithic and Bronze Age Ireland. She received her PhD in 1998 from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and was a professor at Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, New Hampshire for ten years. Dr. Maoileoin has done archaeological research in Ireland, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and the United States and for the past several years has explored heritage tourism and identity. In 2006 she was awarded a Fulbright Research Fellowship at the Dublin Institute of Technology where she researched and wrote her second book The Coach Fellas: Heritage and Tourism in Ireland, published by Left Coast Press in 2009. She is the author of three books, several book chapters and articles, and is currently writing 'Like Fingers In The Sea: The Heritage of Southwestern Ireland.' Her latest book, Discovering Ancient Ireland, was published by the History Press in 2010. Dr. Maoileoin is also an active hill-walker, equestrian, and supporter of all things Cork! She trains horses at White Mountain Reining in Roscommon. An active blogger, her exploits can be read at http://readinganthro.wordpress.com/ (Reading Anthropology), among other places.

Lucy Masterson

MKT 340 - Non-Profit and Social Marketing

lmasterson@champlain.edu

Lucy is an Arts graduate of University College Dublin (UCD), a marketing postgraduate of the UCD Smurfit Business School and a postgraduate of public relations from Dublin Insititute of Technology. Lucy is a strategic marketing management & communications consultant with impressive experience marketing brands and services.  Lucy has spent 16 years working in the advertising and brand consultancy industry, and also has marketing experience with some of Ireland's biggest charities.  Lucy is also a trustee of Champlain Abroad Dublin.

Stephen McMahon

WRT 335 - Writing the City

Stephen is a native of Drogheda in County Louth and has been teaching at university level and with Study Abroad students since 2002.

He read for a Master of Arts in English (Creative Writing) at Queens University, Belfast and a Bachelor of Arts in English and Human Development at Dublin City University (St. Patrick's College), where he was nominated for the Bank of Ireland Millennium Scholarship Award. In recent years, he has continued his studies in third level teaching, learning and facilitation at the Centre for Teaching and Learning at University College Dublin.

A specialist in small group facilitation, he has taught in several multidisciplinary Study Abroad programs with students from the USA and France, focusing on the creative arts in Ireland, with an emphasis on literature, writing, and photography. From 2002 to 2010 he taught with the Department of English at St. Patrick's College of Education, DCU. He has a particular interest in mentoring students in all aspects of their learning experience, academic studies and creative endeavours.

In conjunction with his teaching and facilitation commitments, Stephen writes short fiction and poetry and has been shortlisted for awards including the Hennessy New Irish Writing Award and The Fish Short Story Prize.  His work has been published in several creative writing journals and anthologies including New Soundings: An Anthology of New Writing from the North of Ireland, published by Blackstaff Press in 2004.

Aside from teaching and writing, Stephen has a passion for photography, with particular interests in travel, documentary and sports photography. In recent years he has been commissioned to cover several international sporting events including the Tour de France and World Track Cycling Championships. In April 2011, Stephen was awarded the distinction of Licentiateship of the Irish Photographic Federation (LIPF) for a panel of sports images. When the time presents itself, Stephen loves to cycle and to travel, combining the two whenever possible, and has toured Europe, the USA, Australia and the Caribbean.

Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin

COM 270 Intercultural Communication

cocroidheain@champlain.edu

Dr. Caoimhghin Ó Croidheáin is an artist and lecturer in communications, aesthetics and the history of Irish art. He studied at the National College of Art and Design in Dublin where he obtained a BA (Hons) degree in Fine Art. He subsequently undertook post-graduate study in the interdisciplinary field of Cultural Studies in Dublin City University obtaining a Masters degree in Communications and Cultural Studies. Dr. Ó Croidheáin is an Irish speaker and holds a PhD in Language and Politics which he completed at Dublin City University. His art work consists of oil paintings featuring cityscapes of Dublin, landscapes and other work with social/political themes (http://gaelart.net/). His current research interests are cultural theory and politics, and he is in the process of compiling a database of figurative art from around the world that can be accessed online (http://gaelart.blogspot.com/). His other interests include genealogy, Irish set dancing, world music and cinema.

Anthony O'Halloran

HIS 315 - Modern Irish Social History

aohalloran@champlain.edu

Dr Anthony O'Halloran is a political scientist who lives in County Tipperary. He holds a PhD in Government from University College, Cork, an MA in Comparative Politics from University College, Dublin and a BA in Law, Politics and Sociology from University College Galway. Dr O' Halloran currently lectures at the Dublin Campus of Champlain College Vermont and the Institute of Technology Carlow. He has been a visiting scholar at Southern Illinois University, California State University and Champlain College, Vermont. In Ireland he has previously lectured at University College Cork and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.

He co-authored Politics in a Changing Ireland 1960-2007: A Tribute to Seamus Pattison, published by the Institute of Public Administration, Dublin in 2008. His monograph The Dáil in the 21st Century was published by Mercier Press, Cork in 2010. His co-edited collection of essays Walls, Fences, Borders and Boundaries: Essays on Social Exclusion, Inclusion and Integration was published by Kendall Hunt, Iowa also in 2010. Dr. O'Halloran is currently researching his fourth book which focuses on deliberative democracy.

Renaat Verbruggen

FOR 360 - Cybercrime

rverbruggen@champlain.edu

Renaat Verbruggen studied at University College Dublin, obtaining a B.Comm. in 1980 and Masters in Management Information Systems in 1981. He then went to Belgium in 1982 to study at the Katholieke Universiteit in Leuven (KUL), there he completed a Doctorandus in Toegepaste Economische Wetenschappen, or Masters in Information Science. He worked as a tutor at both UCD, KUL and then a lecturer at the RTC in Dundalk. He became an assistant lecturer in the then National Institute for Higher Education in 1986 and a full lecturer in Dublin City University in 1990. His main area of work was Software engineering and he developed and ran many modules in this area. He also worked closely with industry, establishing and delivering courses and working on action-research projects for many of the major consultancy companies and multinationals located in Ireland. In 2003 he helped establish the M.Sc. In Security and Forensic Computing at DCU, the first such postgraduate degree in Ireland. Since then he has acted as director of this degree and concentrated on the ethical and legal aspects of cyber-crime and the internet. He has supervised and collaborated on many papers in the area and contributed to conferences in the areas of cyber-terrorism. Away from the internet he can be found wandering, like Aengus, amongst the Wicklow Hills and observing the wildlife, in particular his favourite the Daubenton's bat.

Seamus White

INT 330 - International Relations and MGT335 - Ireland, The Celtic Tiger and the European Union

swhite@champlain.edu

Seamus White holds a BA in Economics and Social Studies from Trinity College Dublin, and MBS in Industrial Relations from university College Dublin and an MA in Film and television Studies from Dublin City University.  He has lectured in Business, Economics and Accountancy at several Dublin universities and local study abroad programs.

David Willow

SWK 425 - Ethics in Human Services

dwillow@champlain.edu

David Willow holds degrees in Social Work, an MA in Public and Social Administration, and an M.Sc. in Ethics in Law and Health Care. He has lectured in Social Work at Oxford Polytechnic, has been a social worker in London, and is currently the Director of Allied Health Professions at Adelaide and Meath National Children's Hospital.