Posted inArticles Issue 11 2022
About Richard Hargy
Richard is a Senior Teacher and Head of History in Ballymoney High School, County Antrim. He holds an MA in Violence, Terrorism and Security, a PGCE in Secondary Education (History), and a BA in Modern and Contemporary History. He commenced his PhD at Queen’s University Belfast in September 2019. His thesis, supervised by Professor Richard English, is entitled: The United States Department of State and Northern Ireland 2001 – 2007: How the bureaucratic dynamics of an executive branch of the federal government affected American intervention in the peace process. Richard won the 2021 IAAS Doctoral Research Prize for his essay – "The State Department's Northern Ireland Special Envoys and the Redemption of the Good Friday Agreement.”