Margaret Preston
Augustana College
Department of History
2001 S. Summit Ave.
Sioux Falls, SD 57197
605-274-5325
margaret.preston@augie.edu
EDUCATION:
Ph.D., BOSTON COLLEGE, History; May 1999
M.A., UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN, History, Summa Cum Laude; July 1991
B.A., LOYOLA UNIVERSITY NEW ORLEANS, May 1990
Major: History; Minor: Women’s Studies
Loyola University New Orleans Outstanding History Graduate, 1990
ACADEMIC HONORS:
Summer Research Fellow, Harris Manchester College, Oxford University, 2007
Augustana College Academic Research Grant, 2007
University of Notre Dame, Cushwa Center for the Study of American Catholicism: Hibernian Research Award, 2005
Augustana College Academic Research Grant, 2004
Bush Faculty Development Grant 2004
Augustana College Academic Research Grant, 2002
Janet Wilson James Dissertation Research Grant in Women's Studies, 1996
International PEO Sisterhood-Scholar Award, 1995
Meave O'Reilly Finley Fellowship-Dissertation Research Grant, 1995
Boston College Dissertation Research Incentive Grant, 1995
O’Brien-Vrba Academic Scholarship, 1992-1994
Phi Alpha Theta Honor Society Member and Vice-President, 1988-1990
Dean’s List, 1986-1990
PUBLICATIONS:
Books
Charitable Words: Gentlewomen, Social Control and the Language of Charity in Nineteenth-Century Century Dublin (Connecticut: Praeger, 2004). Contributions in Women’s Studies, Number 202
Gender, Medicine and the State in Ireland and the United States, 1750-1950 eds. Margaret Ó hÓgartaigh and Margaret Preston (Syracuse University Press, forthcoming)
Articles
“Margaret Huxley” Dictionary of Irish Biography (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2006)
“Visualizing the Famine in County Mayo” EIRE/LAND Depictions of the Irish landscape from Medieval Manuscripts to Contemporary Paintings (Chicago, University of Chicago Press, 2003), pp. 79-82.
"The Good Nurse: Women Philanthropists and the Evolution of Nursing in Nineteenth-Century Dublin," New Hibernian Review (Spring, 1998), pp. 91-110.
"Discourse and Hegemony: The Language of Charity in Nineteenth Century Dublin," Ideology and Ireland in the Nineteenth Century (eds.) Sean Ryder and Tadhg Foley (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 1998), pp. 100-112.
"Women and Philanthropy: Two Charities of Nineteenth Century Dublin," The Historian (Summer, 1996), pp. 763-776.
“Lay Women and Philanthropy in Dublin 1860-1880,” Eire-Ireland (Winter, 1993), pp. 74-85.
Reviews
Gerard M. Fealy "A History of Apprenticeship Nurse Training in Ireland" Routledge 2005 Nursing History Review (Winter, 2006).
Nelson, Sioban “Say Little, Do Much”: Nursing, Nuns and Hospitals in the Nineteenth Century (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001). New Hibernia Review Volume 9, number 3 (November. 2005), pp 149-151
Quinlan, Carmel. Genteel Revolutionaries: Anna and Thomas Haslam (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2002) Irish Economic and Social History vol XXX, (2003), pp. 172-173.
Dorian, Hugh. The Outer Edge of Ulster: A Memoir of Social Life in Nineteenth-Century Donegal” eds. Breandán Mac Suibne and David Dickson (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2001), New Hibernia Review Vol 7, 1 (Spring, 2003), pp. 155-158.
James Donnelly, The Great Irish Potato Famine (London: Sutton Publishing, 2001) Irish Literary Supplement, Spring 2002.
TEACHING APPOINTMENTS:
Associate Professor, Augustana College, 2007-present
Assistant Professor, Augustana College, 2001-2007
Visiting Assistant Professor, History Department, Boston College, 2000-2001
Part-Time Assistant Professor, History Department, Boston College 1999-2000
Teaching Assistant, Boston College 1994-1996
Courses:
Social Conflict and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland
Ireland North and South: From a Revolutionary Era to Troubled Times 1798-1998
Northern Ireland: 1922-Present
Nineteenth Century Ireland: A Political and Social History
The Great Irish Famine
Early Modern Europe: Political and Social History of Europe
Modern European History: From the 1789 to the End of the Cold War
Western Civilization I: Ancient Civilization to the Wars of Religion
Western Civilization II: From the Age of Absolutism to the Present Day
PRESENTATIONS:
Invited Lectures:
“Heroes Every Day and Night: Exploring the Legacy of Care Giving In the Health Professions”
5th Annual Ethics in Action: The Health Professional as Caregiver: An Evolving or Endangered Species? University of South Dakota School of Medicine, Sioux Falls, SD., May 29, 2007
“The Work of the Lord and the Business of Healthcare: The Presentation Sisters, Medicine and the Irish on America’s Northern Plains” National University of Ireland, Galway Ireland, January 22, 2007.
"From the Emerald Isle to Little House on the Prairie": Ireland, Nursing and the Presentation Sisters on America's Northern Plains" American Catholic Studies Seminar, Spring 2006 Cushwa Center for the Study of Catholicism in America University of Notre Dame.
"A Nurse of a Different Sort: Women Philanthropists and District Nurses in Nineteenth Century Ireland" The Irish Society for Nursing and Midwifery History, Royal College of Surgeons, Dublin Ireland, January 14, 2004.
“Late Nineteenth Century Ireland: The Legacy of the Famine” Boston College, Boston, MA, March, 2003.
“The Changing World of Nineteenth-Century Irish Quakers”, Boston Irish Colloquium, Boston, MA March, 2003.
“Modern Irish Women’s History” 6th Byrne Perry Summer School, Wexford Ireland, July, 1999.
“Quaker Charity in Nineteenth Century Dublin” National University of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland, April 1998.
"The Great Famine as Watershed: the Socio-Economic History of Modern Ireland" City Hall, Newton, Massachusetts, April 1997.
Conferences:
“A Union of Sisters: the Presentation Sisters, Medicine and the Business of Healthcare on America’s Northern Plains” Conference on the History of Women Religious: Local Cultures/Global Church: Challenge and Mission in the History of Women Religious, University of Notre Dame, June, 2007
“’I know that there are souls that need me’: the Presentation Sisters, Medicine and the Irish on America’s Northern Plains” Annual Dakota Conference on Northern Plains History, Center for Western Studies, Augustana College, April 2006.
“We cannot but regret the great delay”: Reflections on the Writings of the North Dublin Union Guardians during the Irish Famine. Ireland's Great Hunger: Represention and Preservation. Quinnipiac University, September 2005.
“Reconsidering Relationships from East to West: Dublin’s Workhouse Guardians and the Poor Law Commissioners During the Famine” ACIS Southern Regional Conference, St. Thomas University, Houston TX, February 2005
“A Lifelong Commitment: Quaker Women and Charitable Activism in Nineteenth-Century Dublin” ACIS, National Conference, University of Liverpool, Summer 2004
“Emigration, Eviction and Depopulation: Visualizing the Famine in the West of Ireland” Nineteenth Century Studies Association National Conference, New Orleans, LA, March 2003
“A Spirit of Independence: Quaker Women and Charity in Nineteenth-Century Dublin” American Historical Association, Chicago, Illinois, Winter 2003
“Nursing Dynamics: Women’s Increasing Authority Within the Medical Infrastructure of Nineteenth-Century Ireland” Women’s History: Irish Canadian Connections, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 2002
“Poor Slaves of Cruel Rome” Soupers, Philanthropists and the Destitute of Dublin’s Slums 1850-1900, American Historical Association, Boston, Massachusetts, Winter 2001
"Margaret Huxley: A Force for Change in Nursing in Nineteenth-Century Ireland"
ACIS, National Conference, Limerick Ireland, Summer 2000
“An Irish Quaker’s Conundrum: A Shift in Radical Ideology” Midwest Conference on British Studies, University of Chicago, Fall 1999
“Conversion Amidst Compassion: Two Charities and the Fight for the Souls of Dublin's Poor” ACIS, National Conference, Roanoke, Virginia, Spring 1998
"The Unobtrusive Classes and the Meritorious Poor: Charity to the Poor in Nineteenth-Century Dublin" NCSA National Conference, Davidson College, Spring 1997
"Gender, Class and Nursing in Nineteenth-Century Ireland" ACIS National Conference, Albany, New York, Spring 1997
"Hegemony and Discourse: The Language of Charity in Late Victorian Dublin" SSNCI National Conference, Galway, Ireland, Summer 1996
"Memsahibs and Ladies Bountiful: Philanthropy and Social Control in Nineteenth-Century India and Ireland" ACIS National Conference, Southern Illinois University, Spring 1996
"Famine Relief? The Administration of Famine in India and Ireland During the Nineteenth Century" Graduate Irish Studies Conference, University of Notre Dame, Spring 1995
"Lay Women and Philanthropy: Two Charities in Nineteenth-Century Dublin" ACIS New England Regional Conference, Westfield State University, Fall 1993
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE:
Judge: American Conference for Irish Studies, James Donnelly Sr. Prize for Books on History and Social Sciences, 2002; 2003
“Conference Summary: Women’s History: Irish Canadian Connections, Halifax, Nova Scotia, August 2002” in Women's History Association of Ireland Newsletter (Oct./Nov. 2002)
Local Area Committee Member: American Historical Association, Boston, 2001
RESEARCH/TEACHING INTERESTS:
Modern Irish History
Modern British History
Modern Indian History
British Women’s History
Gender and Empire
Colonial Studies
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS:
North American Conference on British Studies 2003-2004
Irish Social and Economic History Society 1997-2004
Nineteenth Century Studies Association 1997-2004
The Society for the Study of Nineteenth Century Ireland 1995-2004
American Conference for Irish Studies 1992-2004
Irish American Cultural Institute 1992-2004
ADMINISTRATIVE EMPLOYMENT:
Assistant Dean: Academic Vice President and Dean of Faculties
Aug. 1997-August 2000: Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA
Office of the Academic Vice President and Dean of Faculties
Faculty development; co-ordinator of university calendar; co-ordinator of annual faculty grant awards; administer extensive budget and purchase of major computer equipment for faculty, research laboratories and support staff; AVP webmaster; administer faculty center; administer database of confidential faculty employment information; administer annual faculty contract renewal; create annual fact book of faculty information
Admissions Counselor
Aug. 1991-Aug. 1992: Illinois Benedictine College, Lisle, IL
Counselor to both freshman and transfer students with both career track information and credit transferal; assisted in creation of international student admission application; created overseas recruitment mailing