Melinda Grimsley-Smith
Entered Notre Dame: Fall 2003
Dissertation
The Politics of Professionalization: Lunatic Asylums for the Poor in Ireland, 1817-1900"
Advisor: Christopher Hamlin
Interests
Modern British and Irish social history, especially health and other institutions.
Conference Papers Delivered
"The Professionalization of Psychiatry in 19th-century Ireland," at the American Conference for Irish Studies, (April 2008).
"Cultural and Psychological Bases of Terroristic Behavior among Palestinian Youth," Mid-South Regional Phi Alpha Theta Student History Conference (February 2003)
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant, Department of History, University of Notre Dame (2004-2005) Old Regime France (Thomas Kselman) Irish-American Experience (Jay Dolan) Modern Middle East (Paul Cobb) British History 1660-1800 (James Smyth)
Contact
Email: grimsley-smith.1@nd.edu