Recent Awards, Grants & Professional Activities
Awards & Grants
- Fulbright Distinguished Chair in the Faculty of Social Sciences at Masaryk University in the Czech Republic, Spring 2011
- Visiting Research Professor at the Centre for the Study of Religion, Culture and Society at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium, Fall 2010
- Fulbright Group Faculty Award to China in 2006
- National Science Foundation
- Department of Education Title VIB Grant for International Business and Irish Studies, 2003-2007
- Six National Endowment for the Humanities awards
- Two grants from the Whiting Foundation
- Moreau Medal for Distinguished Contribution to the College 1998
- Stonehill College Distinguished Faculty Scholar for 2001-02
- Irish American Cultural Institute Visiting Research Scholar at the National University of Ireland, Galway, 2003
Other Professional Activities
- Board of Directors of the Irish Cultural Centre of New England
- Awarded the Silver Key by the Irish Charitable Society of Boston in 2004
- Former President of the New England Conference for Irish Studies, the New England International Studies Association and the International Law Section of the International Studies Association