Deb Rotman, RPA

B.A., Grand Valley State University, 1993

M.A., Western Michigan University, 1995

Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 2001

Dr. Rotman's research program centers on how social relations of class, gender, and ethnicity were created, codified, and reproduced through material objects and the differential use of space in the nineteenth century. Since 2006, she and her students have been investigating Irish immigrant experiences in South Bend, Indiana, including archaeological excavation in the city as well as archival research and oral history collection in both Ireland and the United States. Beginning in 2010, this project expanded to include Beaver Island, Michigan, which was inhabited in the late nineteenth century by immigrants from Árainn Mhór off the coast of Co. Donegal. Rotman teaches archaeological field school and takes students with her every summer to conduct archival research and collect oral histories in Ireland. More information about Dr. Rotman’s research can be found at http://blogs.nd.edu/irishstories/.

Dr. Rotman is the Director of the Center for Undergraduate Scholarly Engagement (CUSE).

Click here to view Dr. Rotman's curriculum vita.

Contact Information

233 Geddes Hall (574) 631-7125

640 Flanner Hall (574) 631-1361
rotman.1@nd.edu