Teaching
Lecturer in the School of Media Technological University Dublin City Campus on the 4-year level 8 degree BA Photography. External examiner at South East Technological University, Wexford Campus.
Teaching in higher education since 2001, I have previously been external examiner at Technological University of the Shannon, Limerick Campus, and an associate lecturer on undergraduate and postgraduate modules at the Institute of Art and Design Dun Laoghaire and National College of Art and Design. Awarded an MPhil Women's Studies in 2006, MSc in Applied eLearning in 2018 and certification from Advance HE Athena Swan Aurora Programme in 2020-21 advocating gender equality in the workplace in higher education.
Lecturer in the School of Media Technological University Dublin City Campus on the 4-year level 8 degree BA Photography. External examiner at South East Technological University, Wexford Campus.
Teaching in higher education since 2001, I have previously been external examiner at Technological University of the Shannon, Limerick Campus, and an associate lecturer on undergraduate and postgraduate modules at the Institute of Art and Design Dun Laoghaire and National College of Art and Design. Awarded an MPhil Women's Studies in 2006, MSc in Applied eLearning in 2018 and certification from Advance HE Athena Swan Aurora Programme in 2020-21 advocating gender equality in the workplace in higher education.
Visual Studies
A core module in the first year of study. Our students undertake research into the emergence of the fixed photograph and photography culture in the early 19th Century and developments into the early 20th Century, while learning foundational observational, looking and writing skills. I team-teach these core visual studies modules, one in each semester, using project based learning methods, to enhance collaboration and critical peer to peer inquiry.
A core module in the first year of study. Our students undertake research into the emergence of the fixed photograph and photography culture in the early 19th Century and developments into the early 20th Century, while learning foundational observational, looking and writing skills. I team-teach these core visual studies modules, one in each semester, using project based learning methods, to enhance collaboration and critical peer to peer inquiry.
sCurating Photography
A module in the third year of the course. I guide students through specific curatorial competences in photography and their relevance to current professional practices and academic discourses on photography. By making ethical decisions when preparing, sharing and mediating photographs, students evaluate their impact on public culture and how people encounter photography. Students research personal and professional standpoints together and develop an individual written statement of purpose.
A module in the third year of the course. I guide students through specific curatorial competences in photography and their relevance to current professional practices and academic discourses on photography. By making ethical decisions when preparing, sharing and mediating photographs, students evaluate their impact on public culture and how people encounter photography. Students research personal and professional standpoints together and develop an individual written statement of purpose.
Major Project
The core photographic practice module in the fourth and final year of study. I team-teach with colleagues in the first semester to guide students in a small seminar group on their selection of relevant and appropriate visual research methods to best support their practice-led research. Starting in 2023, our external examiner in photographic practice is Dr. Véra Léon.
The core photographic practice module in the fourth and final year of study. I team-teach with colleagues in the first semester to guide students in a small seminar group on their selection of relevant and appropriate visual research methods to best support their practice-led research. Starting in 2023, our external examiner in photographic practice is Dr. Véra Léon.
Thesis
I supervise final year degree student theses through one to one tutorials that are scheduled across the first semester of the final year. In advance, our students have already identified their research area in a dedicated module in the second semester of the penultimate year. The 10,000-12,000 word degree thesis is mandatory and a selection is retained each year and made available at TUDublin Library City Campus. Starting in 2022, our external examiner for the degree thesis is Dr. Marieta Kesting.
I supervise final year degree student theses through one to one tutorials that are scheduled across the first semester of the final year. In advance, our students have already identified their research area in a dedicated module in the second semester of the penultimate year. The 10,000-12,000 word degree thesis is mandatory and a selection is retained each year and made available at TUDublin Library City Campus. Starting in 2022, our external examiner for the degree thesis is Dr. Marieta Kesting.