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Click the images below to read the welcomes from the Head of Graduate Studies and Head of College, CACSSS

Please use the search box below to find people by name or research area.

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  Name School Research Areas

Chiara Valcelli 

Languages, Literatures & Cultures / English & Digital Humanities
Literature

English Literature; Intertextuality; Irish; Italian;

 

Dario Galassini 

Languages, Literatures & Cultures 
Italian 

Contemporary; Europe; Intertextuality; Italian; Literature; Medieval; Modern; Poetry;

Edith Busteed  

Applied Social Studies 
Gender

Applied Social Studies; Climate Activism

Elsina Caponetti 

Languages, Literatures & Cultures 
Italian

Literature, Poetry

Gráinne-Kate Mulcahy

Applied Social Studies 
Gender

Migration

 

Hope Noonan Stoner

English and Digital Humanities 
Poetry

Composition, Contemporary, Culture, Dance, Europe, Ethics, Ethnicity, Ethnology, Feminism, Folklore, Gender, Global, Health, Identity, International, Intertextuality, Landscape,

Language, Latin America, Law, Location

Media, Medieval, Migration, Modern

Jacopo Turini 

Languages, Literatures & Cultures 
Italian 

Geography; Literature; Poetry; Postmodern; Contemporary; Identity; Environment

 

John Balfe 

Applied Social Studies 
Applied Social Studies 

Leah Kamere 

Applied Social Studies 
Gender 

Kieran Fionn Murphy 

English and Digital Humanities 
Creative Writing 

Louisa Esther

Languages, Literatures & Cultures 
 Journalism

Migration and Exile, Press Freedom.

Melissa Renee Shiels

History
History

Representation; Sexuality; Society;

South America, Spirituality,  Sport, Text 

Noreen Kane

Languages, Literatures & Cultures 
Literature 

Phil Maguire 

Film, Music & Theatre 
Composition 

Pooja Priya

Applied Social Studies 
Migration, placemaking and city-making 

Rachel Gough

Film, Music and Theatre
Film 
 

Sandra Costello

Film, Music and Theatre 
Cinema

Irish

Sevita Caseres 

Languages, Literatures & Cultures 
Translation Studies 

Shruti Rajgopal 

History 
Global Renaissance, East-West connections 

Tadgh Connery

Applied Psychology 
Applied Psychology 

Tommaso Verga 

Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
Italian

Cinema 

Topaz Lily Shrestha 

Applied Psychology
Applied Psychology 

Yaoshen Liang

Film, Music and Theatre  
Musicology

Archive, Art History; Asia; Culture; Education;

Geography; Global; History; Identity; Italian;

Language, Literature, Philosophy, Portuguese,

Religions, Regional, Renaissance, Society,

Theatre, Europe, Performance, Text, Music 

Agnes Phelan

Nursing and Midwifery
Applied Social Studies

Society

 

Alba Martínez Alarcón

Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Catalan Literature

Translation Studies

 

Alice Ahern

Socierty, Politics and Ethics
Religion

Cinema, Media, Film, Identity,

International, Landscape

 

Amir Shahhosseini Angas

Socierty, Politics and Ethics
Philosophy

Architecture

Anna Navin Young

Applied Psychology
Applied Psychology

Health, Time Research, Wellbeing,

Coaching Psychology, Positive Psychology

 

Aoife Deane

Applied Social Studies
Society

Engaged Research, Sustainability

 

Aoife Lynch

Applied Social Studies
Early Years/Childhood

Applied Social Studies, Irish

Aoife Dare

Applied Social Studies
Migration

Youth

 

Arhonda Lynch

Applied Social Studies
Applied Social Studies

Womens Studies, Addiction

 

Arran Tenzin Bradstock

Film, Music and Theatre
Experimental Filmmaking

Artist, Composition, Film, Philosophy, Experimental Music

 

Barbara Alam

Applied Social Studies
Ethnicity

Identity

 

Billy Fitzgerald

Applied Psychology
Psychology

Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Psychosocial functioning

Billy Goodwin

Society, Politics and Ethics 
Media

Culture

 

Brenda Mondragón Toledo

 

Society, Politics and Ethics / Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Sociology

Gender, Feminism, Participatory

Arts-based Research

Catarina Andrade Carvalho

Education 
Physical Education

Education, Europe

 

Chara Charalambous

Film, Music and Theater 
Applied Ethnomusicology

Cultural Sustainability 

Charlotte Waltz

Applied Social Studies 
Applied Social Studies

Womens Studies

 

Chloe Rudolph

History 
Art History
Renaissance

Chris Clarke

History 
Curating

Art History, International,

Modern, Politics
 

Cian Mark Lynch

History 
History

Europe; International

Ciara Barry

Education 
Education
Literacy
 

Claudia Atsufui Hihetah

Society Politics and Ethics 
Government
Energy 
 

Conor Whelan

Education  
Wellbeing
Health
 

Cormac O Haodha

Irish Learning 
Folklore
Ethnology
 

Daniel Fraser

Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
Philosophy
Poetry
 

Daniel O'Callaghan

Applied Psychology 
Applied Psychology

Addiction
 

Emmet Taylor

Irish Learning 
Celtic Civilisation
Celtic Civilisation, History, Irish Literature, Medieval
 

David Walsh

Society Politics and Ethics  
Philosophy
Cross-cultural 
 

David Cashman

Education  
Education
Well-being 
 

Denis Bilo

History 
Art History

Archive; Culture; History; International; Irish; Italian; Politics; Religion; Renaissance
 

Diarmuid Hickey

English and Digital Humanities 
Creative Writing

English Literature
 

Didier Ching

Applied Psychology 
Applied Psychology

Psychology, Misinformation

Doris Murphy

Society Politics and Ethics  
Gender
Sexuality; Womens Studies
 
 

Dylan Mason

Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
German
History
 

Dylan Phelan

English and Digital Humanities 
English Literature

Cinema
 

Edyta O'Shanahan

Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
Latin America

Culture; Literature
 

Eileen Mary O'Connor

Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
Spanish
Creative Writing; Feminism; Latin America; Literature, Poetry; South America; Translation

Eilish O’Shaughnessy

Education  
Wellbeing
Resilience 
 

Elizabeth (Beth) Aherne

English and Digital Humanities 
English Literature

America; Feminism; Gender; Identity; Literature; Sexuality; Culture; Race
 

Elizabeth Rosales Martínez

Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
Latin America

Translation Studies
 

Elizabeth Tanner

History  
History
America; Contemporary; International; Gender; Culture
 

Ellen O Sullivan

Society Politics and Ethics   
Feminism
Archive; Gender; National; Womens Studies
 

Emily Phelan

Society Politics and Ethics   
Criminology
Cybersecurity
 

Emma Chalençon

Human Environment 
Geography
Geography
 

Emma Kavanagh

English and Digital Humanities 
Digital Humanities
Education
 

Eoin Gamble

Applied Psychology 
HCI
Digital Health
 

Eoin Nash

English and Digital Humanities  
Artist
Disability, Arts, Rights
 

Estefanía Muñoz Gómez

Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
Translation
Language; Business
 

Ewelina Urbanska

Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
Language
English Language; Education; Race; Language
 

Rojin Mukriyan

Society, Politics and Ethics 
Politics
Philosophy
 

Francesca Nieddu

Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
Literature

Feminism; Gender; Intertextuality;

Text, Womens Studies, Italian

Literature; family novel
 

Gabriella Fattibene

Society Politics and Ethics   
Criminology
Society; Politics
 

Gavin Lynch-Frahill

Education  
Education
Applied Social Studies
 

Giulia Giannella

 

Human Environment 
Archaeology
Ancient History; Identity; Classics; Ethnicity; Gender; Iron Age / La Tène Archaeology;
 

Giulia Luciani

 

History  
Art History

Africa; Art History; Artist; French; Gender; Identity; Modern; Representation; Society; Archive; Culture; Europe; Ethnicity; Feminism; History; Landscape; Location; Museum; Politics; Race; Womens Studies;
 

Giulia Priori

 

History  
Art History

Heritage and Memory Studies
 

Helen McGonagle

 

Education 
Society
Gender
 

Helena Nic an Fhailí

Education 
Irish
Education

Dr. Holly May Walker-Dunseith

 

English and Digital Humanities 
Irish Literature and Medical Humanities

Folklore; Health; History; Irish; Language; Literature; Poetry; Religion; Spirituality; Theology
 

Honoka Miyazaki

 

Society, Politics and Ethics 
Religion
Spirituality
 

Ingrid Glen

 

Society, Politics and Ethics  
Anthropology
Society
 

Isabella Muscolino

Applied Psychology 
Psychology
Adolescence

Vitalis Jafla Pontianus

Society Politics and Ethics  
Migration

Africa

James Dineen

 

English and Digital Humanities 
Creative Writing

Classics; English Language; Ancient History; English Literature; Language; Literature; Philosophy

Jana Smirinova

 

English and Digital Humanities 
Digital Humanities

Europe; Gender; History; Medieval
 

Janet Dennehy

 

Applied Psychology 
Early Years/Childhood

Education
 

Caroline Enberg

 

Society Politics and Ethics  
Womens Studies

Criminology

Jennifer Ahern

 

Society Politics and Ethics   
Applied Social Studies

Society
 

Jennifer Uí Dhuibhir

 

Speech and Hearing Sciences 
Early Years/Childhood

Language
 

Jody Moore-Ponce

Society Politics and Ethics   
Sociology
Lived Experience, Social Justice

John O'Donovan

History  
History
Politics

John Twomey

Applied Psychology 
Applied Psychology

Psychology; Programming,

Postmodern; Digital Humanities;

Media; Technology

Karla Santos Zambrano

Society Politics and Ethics   
Energy Poverty

Society; Representation; Justice

Kathleen Foley Murphy

Education 
Education
Professional Development

Katie Marah

 

Applied Social Studies 
Applied Social Studies

Early Years/Childhood

Keith Minihane

Applied Psychology 
Applied Psychology

Applied Social Studies, Studies;Criminology,Psychology; Society

 

Kevin Hosford

 

Society Politics and Ethics   
Criminology
International; Global; Programming; Society

Kevin Fylan

 

English and Digital Humanities 
Medieval

Cinema; English Literature;

Film; Folklore; Intertextuality; Language; Performance;

Poetry
 

 

Ying Lan

Society Politics and Ethics   
Philosophy
Art History
 

Laura Kenneally

 

Applied Psychology 
Applied Psychology

Early Years/Childhood
 

Laurence Counihan

 

History  
Art History

Media
 

Linda Dennehy

 

Education 
Education
Inclusion
 

Shuai Liu

 

Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
Asia
History; Literature; Feminism
 

Luca Gambirasio

 

Film, Music and Theater 
Ecology
Ethnology
 

Luke Watson

 

History   
History
Culture; French; Europe; Identity; Politics
 

Maeve Sikora

 

Human Environment 
Archaeology
Archaeology
 

Maria Butler

 

English and Digital Humanities 
English Literature

Contemporary; Culture;

Digital Humanities; Feminism; Gender; Society
 

Matteo Moraschini

Society Politics and Ethics   
Politics
Migrations

Matthew Whyte

 

History   
Art History

Italian; Renaissance
 

Mikey Rose

Society, Politics and Ethics 
Forced Migration

Rohingya 

Michał Biedowicz

Government, Politics and Ethics 
Politics
Politics; Philosophy; Radical Democracy, Radical Democratic Theory, Anarchist Studies

Mireia Gómez i Martinez

Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
Sociolinguistics
Complex Linguistic Diversity
 

Natasha Dukelow

 

History   
Medieval
History; Medieval; Text
 

Nóra Ní Bheaglaoich

Applied Social Studies
Education
Education

Olajumoke Igun

Society, Politics and Ethics 
Politics
Womens Studies; Politics; Government; Gender; Africa

Oliver Rath

 

Film, Music and Theater
Film
Cinema; Irish Cinema; Culture; National; Film; Europe
 

Orla Keating

 

History   
Renaissance
Europe
 

Orla Walsh

Applied Psychology 
Psychology
Autism

Purab Riddhi Chaudhuri

Film, Music and Theater 
Culture
Asia
 

Ricardo Jorge Guedes de Freitas Rodrigues

Society Politics and Ethics   
Europe
Government

Robyn McAuliffe

English and Digital Humanities 
English Literature

Culture; Feminism; Gender; History; Literature; Medieval; Religion; Sexuality; Womens Studies

Roksana Niewadzisz

Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
Performance

Language

Rory O’Sullivan

Film, Music and Theater 
Media
Culture

Roy Wroth

 

Society, Politics and Ethics 
Philosophy
Phenomenology

Rufina Kingori

 

Applied Psychology 
HCI
Human Computer Interaction, Computer Supported Cooperative Work
 

Shannon Freegrove

History   
History
Gender; Irish; Modern

Shauna Lee Allen

Human Environment 
Museum
Activism; Theatre

Hongru Song

Applied Psychology 
Applied Psychology

Culture; Health; Emotion

Stephanie Murphy

Applied Psychology
Applied Psychology

Human-Computer Interaction; Psychology

Swara Shariff Karim

 

Society Politics and Ethics   
Applied Psychology

Applied Social Studies
 

Tadhg Dennehy

 

School of Film, Music and Theater 
Applied Psychology

Politics; National; Irish; History; Identity; Film; Feminism; Cinema; Class; Culture; Media; Postmodern; Representation
 

Talia Huffe

 

Human Environment 
Sustainability
Agriculture
 

(Tomás) Toirdealbhach Ó Lionáird

Education  
Education
Leadership

Una Kingston

 

Education 
Education
Physical Education
 

Ute Krenzer

 

Society Politics and Ethics   
Criminology
Applied Social Studies
 

Yuyao Xiao

Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
Applied Linguistics

Study Abroad

Ellen Scally
Film, Music and Theatre 
Film 

Archive; Cinema; Culture; Digital Humanities; History; Identity; Irish; Media; Migration; Modern;

Museum; National; Politics; Regional; Representation;

Society; Location; Postcolonialism

Jordan Lillis 
School of English and Digital Humanities 
Creative Writing 

Womens Studies

Caterina Vescovi 
School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
 
Anthropology 

Womens Studies, Gender, Religion, Japan

Clare Geraghty 
School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures 
Gender

Performance

 Jessica Mary White
School of English and Digital Humanities
English Literature

Ireland, Women

 Sophie Ni Riain
School of Irish Learning
Gaeilge

Gender, Modern Irish, Poetry

 Marnina Winkler
School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
Archive

Culture, History, Memory, Religions

 

 Ciara Norman
School of Society, Politics and Ethics
Innovation

Politics, Sustainability, Economics, Technology

 Xu Yunhan
School of Film, Music and Theatre
Early Years, Childhood

Asian Studies, Children, Educational Needs, Ethics, Music

Jessica O'Hara
School of Society, Politics and Ethics
Sustainability

Education, Environment, Geography, Government, Ireland

 Cait Pleimionn
School of Irish Learning
Gaeilge

Archive, History, Irish, The Gaelic Revival

Jordan Christopher Carolan
School of Language, Literatures an Culture
Applied Linguistics

Asian Studies, English Language, Study Abroad

 Darwesh Obeid
School of Society, Politics and Ethics
Genocide

Abuse, Psychology, Social Studies, Conflict, Contemporary, Criminology, Culture, Ethics,

Ethnicity, Ethnology, Gender, Identity, International, Landscape, Location, Military,

Museum, Politics, Psychoanalysis, Race, Society, Sociology, War, Women

 Niamh Ni Lochlainn
 
School of Society, Politics and Ethics
Folklore

Beliefs, Church, Clergy, Conflict, Gender, Ireland, Women, Medical

 Lucy Rebecca Holme
School of English and Digital Humanities
Poetry

Art History, Cinema, Classics, Contemporary, Creative Writing, Culture, Feminism, Gender, Museum, Women

 Aoife Patricia Lynch
School of Applied Social Studies
Early Years / Childhood

Social Policy

 

 Kathleen Elizabeth Coker
School of Film, Music and Theatre
Music

Culture, Folklore, Gender, Identity, Migration, Music, Performance, Race

 Rosemary Anne Kelly
School of English and Digital Humanities
English Literature

Feminism, Gender, Medieval History, Saints

 Angela Marie Santoro
School of Education
Education

Children, Early Years, Childhood

 Gabrielle Catherine Dufrene
School of English and Digital Humanities
English Literature

Abuse, Church, Contemporary, Family, Feminism, Gender, History, Identity, Modern Irish, Sexuality, Trauma, Women

Vasileios Varelas
School of Film, Music and Theatre
Music

Culture, Linguistics, Medieval History, Performance

Seda Turgutovna Guektasch
School of Applied Social Studies
Gender

Applied Social Studies, Ethnology, Sociology

 Zan Luyan
School of Languages, Literature and Cultures
Chinese

Abuse, Conflict, Culture, Family, Gender, History, Social Media, Women

Ella Nancy Doran 
School of Applied Psychology
Psychology

Cancer, Misinformation

Annette Loy
School of Applied Social Studies
Social Work

Applied Social Studies, Technology

 Chen Wei
School of Film, Music and Theatre
Music

Chinese, Contemporary, Culture, English Language, Global, Identity, Language, Linguistics, Literature, Music, National, Society, Sociology, Texts, Ludomusicology

 Janice Patricia Kelleher
School of Education/Society, Politics and Ethics
Education Needs
 James Richard Leonard
School of Society, Politics and Ethics
Criminology

Applied Social Studies, Educational Needs, Sociology

 MaryClare Clark
School of Applied Psychology
Applied Psychology

Abuse

Ioannis Kaprosioutis
School of English and Digital Humanities
English Literature

Art History, Culture, Inter-textuality, Philosophy, Politics, Post-structuralism

Hanke Kelber
English and Digital Humanities
English

Environment, Feminism, Literature

Ailish Brassil
School of English and Digital Humanities
Literature

Children, Family, Feminism, Sexuality

 

 

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