Erin Stapleton-Corcoran earned a master in ethnomusicology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her master’s thesis examined the revival of Irish music and dance in Milwaukee. She is currently completing a PhD in ethnomusicology at the University of Chicago, and her dissertation examines contemporary Irish-language music. Stapleton-Corcoran has taught at Northwestern University, University of Chicago, and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, and she works professionally as a writer, editor, and eLearning course developer and designer.