Core Staff

Martha Shaughnessy

Martha Shaughnessy, B.Comm, MBA, Dioplóma sa Ghaeilge
Development Manager

Room 2002, Second Floor, Hardiman Research Buidling 

T:    353 (0)91 493902
E:    Martha.shaughnessy@nuigalway.ie

Martha Shaughnessy has fifteen years’ experience as Development Manager at the Moore Institute where she provides strategic leadership advice to the academic community in the area of Humanities Research.  She has many years of experience in research funding and management to include FP6, FP7 and H2020.  

Martha is responsible for the Hardiman Research Building at NUI Galway (funded by the Higher Education Authority) which hosts postgraduate students within the College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies and the College of Business Public Policy & Law.  The Hardiman Research Building is a new and unique international and national resource that integrates research and training in the Humanities, Digital Cultures, Creative Industries, Business, Social Sciences, Rights, Advocacy, and Public Policy.

Martha has played a leadership role in numerous developments in fourth-level education, including the implementation of two natiaonal structured PhD programmes 'Texts, Contexts, Cultures' and ‘Digital Arts and Humanities’, and the setting up of the Irish Humanities Alliance.

David Kelly

David Kelly, BBS, H.Dip, MBS
Research Technologist

Room 1011, First Floor, Hardiman Research Building

T: 353 (0)91 494438
E: david.d.kelly@nuigalway.ie

David Kelly is Research Technologist for the Moore & Whitaker Institutes at NUI Galway.  At the Moore Institute he works with individual researchers and research teams engaged in Digital Humanities projects. To date, this has included projects involving database development, text or data visualisation, social annotation, digital edition development and network analysis.

Prior to joining NUI Galway, David established and ran a web development company based in Galway, and worked as a researcher in Information Systems at University College Cork.

Links:

Find out more: http://www.davidkelly.ie
Twitter: http://twitter.com/davkell
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/davkell

Róisín Corcoran

Róisín Corcoran, B.A., Dip. sa Ghaeilge
Administrative Assistant

Room 2009, Floor 2, Hardiman Research Building

T: 353 (0)91 493906
E: roisin.corcoran@nuigalway.ie

Róisín has eight years’ experience as an administrator at NUI Galway.  She has worked in a variety of positions both in academic and central administration.  In addition to providing administrative support to the Moore Institute, Róisín is responsible for the allocation of PhD desk space within the Hardiman Research Building (284 desks) and for the Moore Institute’s Visiting Fellowship scheme.