Staff
Professor Liam Kennedy
Director, Academic Programme
Professor Liam Kennedy is Director of the Clinton Institute for American Studies at University College Dublin. He has diverse research interests and teaching experiences, spanning the fields of American culture and politics, media studies, and globalisation. He has published over fifty articles in these fields.
He is the author of Susan Sontag (1995) and Race and Urban Space in American Culture (2000). He is editor of Urban Space and Representation (1999), City Sites (2000), The Visual Culture of Urban Regeneration (2004), and The Wire (2012).
He is currently researching a book on media and international conflict.
Iseult Ó Síocháin
Scholarships Manager
In her role as Scholarship Manager, Iseult is involved in the management, promotion and development of the Ad Astra Academy. She also manages the university’s undergraduate scholarships and awards. She started her career in film & television as an assistant director and production manager on a wide range of productions including the award winning feature film Adam & Paul (2004).
Following on from this, as senior project manager in Martello Media she produced museum and heritage exhibitions including the Life and Works of WB Yeats for the National Library of Ireland.
She subsequently spent two years as Literature & Film Officer with the Arts Council before joining UCD in 2010. She has a BSc (Communications) from TCD.
