Tiffany Thompson

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Tiffany Thompson

M.A., Ph.D. Candidate

Contact

Stokes Hall South 318

Email: tiffany.thompson@bc.edu

Education

  • M.A. Columbia University, 2018
  • B.A. University of California, Irvine, 2016

Courses

Instructor of Record: Modern History I, 1400-1800

Teaching Assistant or Grader: Europe in the World I, Europe in the World II, Globalization II, US Foreign Policy I, US Foreign Policy II, African Diaspora and the World I

Research Interests

Modern Britain and Ireland

Civil Rights and the Troubles in Northern Ireland

Women and Gender

Protest, Activism and Politics

Migrations and Diasporas

Advisor

Robert Savage

Curriculum Vitae

Department

History

Current Research

Tiffany Thompson's research primarily focuses on the women and youth in Northern Ireland during the Troubles. Still in the early stages of dissertation research, she is working on a project about the dislocation of working-class Belfast families as a result of the street violence and riots that characterized the early years of the Troubles (1969-1975). As families fled the urban center of the North, many sought refuge in the Republic of Ireland, Great Britain, and beyond. This research seeks to uncover a story primarily about women and children and their experiences of violence at the hands of police and paramilitaries. 


Before joining the history department at Boston College as a doctoral student in 2020, Tiffany earned a B.A. in history from the University of California, Irvine and completed a M.A. in European history, politics and society from Columbia University. Her master's thesis analyzed the intersections of student protest, gender, and electoral politics through an examination of the Northern Irish civil rights activist Bernadette Devlin. Her work on Devlin has continued, specifically in reference to her complicated place in the memory of Bloody Sunday. 

Fellowships and Awards

Anne Owen Weekes Prize, American Conference for Irish Studies, 2022

Irish Studies Summer Research Scholarship, Boston College, 2022

Dean’s Summer Session Teaching Fellowship, Boston College, 2022

Irish Studies Fellowship Award, Boston College, 2020-2021

Thesis Fieldwork Grant from the European Institute, Columbia University, 2018

Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Research Award, Columbia University 2018

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