Professor Tara MacLeod
Associate Teaching Professor & Director of Undergradutae Studies for the Department of Irish Language & Literature; Fellow of the Keough-Naughton Institute for Irish Studies; winner of the 2011 Rev. Edmund P. Joyce, C.S.C. Award for Excellence in Undergradute Teaching
Tara MacLeod is a native Irish-speaker from Ceantar na nOileán in the Connemara Gaeltacht. She received a Bachelor of Social Science in Social Administration and Library and Information Studies from University College Dublin in 1991. Tara later earned a Masters in Social Work from University College Cork in 1997 and her Dioplóma sa Ghaeilge from the National University of Ireland, Galway, in 2001 enabled her to work as a social worker, specializing in child protection services in Irish-speaking regions.
As an Associate Teaching Professor for the Department of Irish Language and Literature, Ms. MacLeod teaches Beginning Irish I, Beginning Irish II and Intermediate Irish. Her interests include second language acquisition and the development of students’ language skills in conjunction with an understanding of Gaeltacht culture.
Office: 414 Flanner Hall
Email: Tara.A.Macleod.15@nd.edu
Office hours - Tuesday 11:00-1:00 & Wednesday 2:00-3:30
