by Lori Monk | Nov 3, 2023
About Bill
Bill is a Professor of History at Immaculata University in Malvern, Pennsylvania. He received his PhD. in Medieval History from the University of Pennsylvania. He is the founding member and director of the Duffy’s Cut Project. He was a Commonwealth Speaker for the Pennsylvania Humanities Council 2006-2007, and was also the recipient of the Lindback Distinguished Teaching Award at Immaculata University for the year 2006-2007. Bill has coauthored four monographs, including Irish-America: A History of Its People and Culture. He coedited and individually coauthored 30% of Irish-Americans: The History of Culture of a People. Bill has also authored numerous peer-reviewed articles related to Duffy’s Cut, the railroad and industrial history, and the history of cholera. He has spent the last 10 years directing the archeological dig at Duffy’s Cut.
by Lori Monk | Nov 2, 2023
About Lori
Lori is the Web Manager for the Duffy’s Cut Website. She is also a Malvern native and grew up hearing the ghost stories of Chester County and surrounding areas, never thinking that one day she would have a personal accounting of what happened to the 57 Irishmen at Duffy’s Cut, but that is what happened in 2004 while working on her Bachelor of Science degree from Immaculata. A multi-media class project led to a request to interview Bill Watson and his colleague John Ahtes for the development of a video entitled “The Legend of Duffy’s Cut” that video started the fascination with Duffy’s Cut and her development of the Duffy’s Cut Website followed shortly thereafter.
by Lori Monk | Oct 21, 2023
About Sam
Samantha recently received her Ph.D. in Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and is a Duffy’s Cut Team member. She became enamored with anthropology and archaeology when she was nine years old. She spent fourth grade in England and says the entire school year focused on Ancient Egypt. “That’s when I decided I wanted to do archaeology,” she says. Samantha has been supervising the field excavation of the skeletons found at Duffy’s Cut.
by Lori Monk | Oct 21, 2023
About Joe
Joe graduated from Immaculata University in 2014. While there he majored in History and minored in military history, you could say Joe is somewhat of a history buff. That love of history prompted Joe to join the Von Prueschenk Feldjaeger Corps, a group that recreates American Revolutionary War from 1776-1783. The group brings this era to life in vivid and accurate reenactments. On Joe’s first visit to Immaculata he sat in on a history class that was showing the documentary on Duffy’s Cut, from that moment on Joe knew he was intrigued by the story of Duffy’s Cut and Bill Watson and Joe became fast friends. Joe has been on the Duffy’s Cut dig team from the very beginning and won’t stop until that last remaining Irishman is found and properly layed to rest. Check out the profile about Joe in the 2013 Immaculata Magazine.
Photo Credit – Becca Lynn Gutherman
by Lori Monk | Oct 21, 2023
About Tim
Tim has taught Geophysics, Karst Hydrogeology, Geocomputation and Environmental Geology at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University. Currently Tim is the Director of Franklin & Marshall Science Outreach & Adjunct Assistant Professor of Geosciences. Tim is an Associate Editor for Hydrogeology Journal, and a member of the Karst Commission of the International Association of Hydrogeologists. He is also a member of international scientific collaborations that are funded by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Science for Peace and Security (NATO SPS) program, theUS-Russia-Japan-EU International Science and Technology Center (ISTC), and the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) to study novel technologies for humanitarian de-mining, remote detection of disaster victims buried beneath rubble, avalanches, etc., and non-destructive subsurface testing for historic and cultural preservation.
