This episode features Dr. Bridget Keown. Dr. Keown earned a PhD in history at Northeastern University, where her research focused on the experience and treatment of war-related trauma among British and Irish women during the First World War and Irish War of Independence. Her focus on , and the construction of history through trauma.  She has written blogs on this research for the American Historical Association and Lady Science, and is a contributing writer for Nursing Clio. She is also researching the history of kinship among gay and lesbian groups during the AIDS outbreak in the United States and Ireland.  Her other interests include the history of emotions, history of medicine, gender and the horror genre, and postcolonial queer theory and performance.  Bridget is a co-chair of the Gender and Memory Working Group of the Memory Studies Association and serves on the Executive Council of the American Conference for Irish Studies. During the conversation we explore educational issues at the intersection of gender, race, art, and science. 

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