Project Title
Multidimensional Factors of Conflict Resolution: A Case Study of Northern Ireland’s 1998 Good Friday Agreement
Supervisor: Dr. Soeren Keil
Research Areas
Conflict Resolution, Peacebuilding, Northern Ireland Politics, Power-Sharing
Biography
I originally hail from San Francisco, California, and while I love my city by the bay, I also have a special connection to my Irish roots and have spent a lot of time in Donegal, Ireland and Derry, Northern Ireland. I obtained my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Communications and French at Loyola University Chicago in 2014. I continued living in the windy city while working in the editorial and advertising sectors of a publishing company. I returned to San Francisco in 2017 to work as a project manager in construction before ditching the steel-toed boots in 2019 to pursue a multi-city master’s degree in Berlin, Germany. I received my master’s in Advanced European and International Studies in June 2020 in Nice, France. Currently, I am working on my PhD at Canterbury Christ Church University under the guidance of supervisor Dr. Soeren Keil. I am continuing my master’s research of conflict resolution in relation to Northern Ireland politics and the country’s 1998 Good Friday Agreement. My research focuses on the many factors of conflict resolution and peacebuilding with a special focus on power-sharing and its connection with conflict resolution, specifically pertaining to Northern Ireland. In December 2020, I will be presenting at the IPSO Virtual Colloquium 2020 conference.
In my spare time I am a certified yoga teacher and enjoy spending time in downward dog and doing almost anything active. Every St. Patrick’s Day I usually bust out a few jigs from my past Irish dancing career, and I am almost always up to try anything new. I enjoy traveling and learning new languages, but I am also quite content watching a suspenseful murder mystery on Netflix or getting wrapped up in a good book.