Niamh Clarke is an MA candidate in the Teaching Literature and Writing concentration and is pursuing a Graduate Certificate in Digital Humanities. Her research focuses on nineteenth-century Irish Gothic fiction, Irish short stories, and monster theory.

Her thesis will explore how Irish Catholic and Protestant writers represent the monstrous differently and how these representations have shaped sociocultural, religious, and political thought.

She earned a BA in English Literature with a minor in History from the University of Houston, where she concentrated on eighteenth-century British literature and early Western civilizations. She also holds certifications in Project Development and Plan Development in the Digital Humanities from the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Data Science Institute and completed a Research Administration internship with the University’s Office of Contracts and Grants, earning SRAI certifications in pre-award, post-award, compliance, and proposal development.

Her broader interests include print culture, editorial practice, transnational Gothic studies, psychoanalytic theory, and digital humanities methodologies such as textual recovery, digital editions, and data visualization.

Education

● BA, English (Summa Cum Laude), University of Houston, 2024

● AA, English (Magna Cum Laude), Lone Star College, 2022

Honors and Awards

● Phi Kappa Phi Bond Fellow (2025–2026): National recipient of the $8,500 Victoria Lynn Bond Graduate Fellowship.

● Distinguished History Minor Award (2024): Recognized for outstanding achievement in the History minor.

● REACH Scholar (2023–2024): $1,500 scholarship supporting undergraduate humanities research.

● Alexandra L. Rowan Memorial Foundation English Writing Internship (2023): $2,500 funded internship in writing and publishing.

Professional Memberships

The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP)

American Conference for Irish Studies (ACIS)

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Sigma Tau Delta International English Honor Society