Biography
Richard Hayes is a graduate of St Patrick's College Maynooth (BA [English and Philosophy], MA [English]) and of University College Dublin (PhD). He has been working in higher education since 1993 and at SETU (and, before that, Waterford Institute of Technology) since September 2000.
Richard Hayes has taught in a number of higher education institutions in Ireland, including Mater Dei Institute of Education, NUI Maynooth, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin City University, as well as in Waterford Institute of Technology (now SETU).
Dr Richard Hayes has published a number of articles and book chapters on American theatre, American cinema, Irish poetry and Irish literature. His most recent publications relate to regional and urban development.
Richard Hayes is currently the Vice President for Strategy at SETU working within the President's Directorate. He was formerly Head of Humanities (2012-2016), Assistant Registrar (2006-2012) and Head of the Department of Languages, Tourism and Sports (2003-2006) at Waterford Institute of Technology. He was recruited to WIT in 2000 as a lecturer in Communications. He has previously held full-time lecturing posts in the English departments of the Mater Dei Institute of Education (1996-2000) and NUI Maynooth (1995-1996).