I work predominantly in the field of nineteenth-century British literature and culture; periodical studies, memory studies and gender with a particular expertise on George Eliot and the periodical and newspaper press. My other main area of interest concerns the dynamic interplay of memory, genre, affect and narrative. Three collaborative research projects with colleagues in the School of English, Drama and Film, UCD, Newcastle University and University of Iceland draw on these research interests. Publications in this area include a collection of essays co-edited with Naomi McAreavey and Emilie Pine, The Body in Pain in Irish Literature and Culture, Palgrave Macmillan (2016); a co-edited special edition of the journal Slavery and Abolition (37.3, 2016) with Maria Stuart and Fionnghuala Sweeney, republished in 2018 by Routledge; collection of essays on Ireland, Iceland and Memory with Gunnthorunn Gudmundsdottir (in progress). Current Leadership and Service Roles: --Associate Dean for Arts and Humanities, UCD (2017-present) --Editorial Board, Journal of Victorian Culture (2020-present) --Executive Board Member, European Society for Periodical Research (2018-present) --Board Member, UCD Centre for Gender, Feminisms and Sexualities (201 7-present) --Advisory Board Member Memory Studies Association (2016-present) --Editorial Board, UCD Press (2014-present) --Advisory Board Member, Centre for Studies in Memory and Literature (2014-present) --Board Member, Irish Memory Studies Network (2012-present) --Board of Directors, Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (http://rs4vp.org/) (2015-17) --Management Committee, COST action 1203, In Search of Trans-Cultural Memory in Europe (http://www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/isch/IS1203) (2013-16)