Postgraduate Research

Email: susanboyle@gmail.com

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Susan is currently pursuing a PhD at the Technological University, Dublin. Her research in Beverage Studies concerns performance, storytelling and the sensory in immersive drinks experiences with particular reference to beer, wine and Irish spirits such as whiskey. Her research is supported by a TU Dublin Scholarship.

She holds a BA in Drama and Theatre studies from Trinity College Dublin and the University of California, Irvine where she was an ArtsBridge and a Study Abroad Scholar. Her MA is in Performance Studies from The University of London, Royal Holloway.

Susan has worked on research projects with the British Museum and was recognised as an Outstanding Speaker at the Oxford Symposium of Food and Cookery and won the OSFC Julia Childs Foundation Award. She was awarded a scholarship to attend the European Institute for the History and Culture of Food summer school in Tour, France and was awarded a language bursary at the Irish Cultural Centre, Paris.

Susan is an independent drinks consultant, beverage researcher and drinks judge. She is an award-wining member of the Guild of Beer Writer’s and regularly contributes expert content to national and international media on the subject of beverages.

Susan is a Fulbright Creative Ireland Museum Fellow with the Smithsonian Museum of American History, Washington DC.