Dr Caoilfhionn Ní Bheacháin is Associate Professor in Communications at the Kemmy Business School, University of Limerick. Prior to joining the faculty at UL, she held an IRCHSS Government of Ireland Scholarship and a NUI Postgraduate Research Fellowship for her doctoral research.  At UL, she teaches on undergraduate and postgraduate modules in the fields of Communications and Cultural Studies. She has twice been shortlisted for UL’s Centre for Teaching and Learning excellence award (2008 and 2013), winning the award for Excellence in Teaching (large groups) in 2008. She has participated in the Erasmus Teaching Mobility Programme and completed teaching exchanges with the University of Barcelona in 2010 and 2011.  Her research interests are situated at the interface between communications and cultural studies, and they include: Communication and Cultural Theory; Network and Collaboration Theory; New Media and Business Communication; Business, Cultural and Literary History. She has a specific expertise and interest in the area of Business History with a particular focus on publishing and book history, theatre management, and the creative industries in general. She has published in journals such as the European Journal of Marketing, Irish University Review, Women's History Review, Journal of Victorian Culture, Eire-Ireland, Estudios Irlandeses and Irish Migration Studies in Latin America.  She has supervised PhDs in the area of intellectual and literary coteries, and on visual communication and design. A long-standing member of the UL Environmental Committee, she is committed to education for sustainable development. She is Chair of the Faculty Learning, Teaching and Assessment Committee (KBS FLTAC).