PhD Students

Adebayo, Seun

Project title:  <title>
Supervisor Name:  Dr Manuela Heinz
Research Theme: Education, Culture and Society 
Email: s.adebayo2@nuigalway.ie

Adiikanbasi, Patience

Project title:  Too Important to Fail: Male Teacher Role Models for Disadvantaged Girls in Secondary School Education. A Case Study of Ghana and Ireland.
Supervisor Name:  Dr Kevin Davison
Research Theme: Education, Culture and Society 
Email: p.adiikanbasi2@nuigalway.ie

Column, Miriam

Project title:  <title>
Supervisor Name:  Prof. Gerry MacRuairc
Research Theme: Professional Learning 
Email: m.colum2@nuigalway.ie

Conlon-Nihill, Mary

Project title:  <title>
Supervisor Name:  Prof. Gerry MacRuairc
Research Theme: Professional Learning 
Email: m.conlon-nihill1@nuigalway.ie

Connolly, Edel

Project title:  <title>
Supervisor Name: Dr. Paul Flynn
Research Theme: Innovation in Education  
Email: e.connolly27@nuigalway.ie

Connolly, Ronan

Project title: IDIRLÍON: An Interactive, Differentiated, Immersive Routine for Language Improvement in an Online Network
Supervisor Name: Dr. Tony Hall
Research Theme: Innovation in Education   
Email: r.connolly24@nuigalway.ie

Flaherty, Nora

Project title: Film pedagogy in Irish primary education
Supervisor Name: Dr. Tony Hall, Dr Cornelia Connolly
Research Theme: Innovation in Education 
Email: n.flaherty8@nuigalway.ie

Hayden, Sandra

Project title:  <title>
Supervisor Name:  Dr Kevin Davison
Research Theme: Education, Culture and Society 
Email: s.hayden3@nuigalway.ie

Kelly (Devaney), Orlaith

Project title: Blended learning – incorporating innovation in course delivery in accounting in tertiary education. 
Supervisor Name: Dr. Tony Hall, Dr Cornelia Connolly
Research Theme: Innovation in Education  
Email: o.devaney1@nuigalway.ie

Kilcoyne, Anthony

Project title:  <title>
Supervisor Name:  Prof. Gerry MacRuairc
Research Theme: Professional Learning 
Email: a.kilcoyne1@nuigalway.ie

King, Maurice (Jim)

Project title: A Foucauldian perspective on Computational Thinking in Initial Teacher Education
Supervisor Name: Dr Cornelia Connolly
Research Theme: Innovation in Education  
Email: m.king31@nuigalway.ie

Kinsella, Alan

Project title:  <title>
Supervisor Name:  Prof. Gerry MacRuairc
Research Theme: Professional Learning 
Email: a.kinsella6@nuigalway.ie

Lynch, Seamus

Project title:  <title>
Supervisor Name:  Prof. Gerry MacRuairc, Dr Elaine Keane
Research Theme: Professional Learning 
Email: s.lynch24@nuigalway.ie

MacGearailt, Breandán

Project title:  <title>
Supervisor Name:  Prof. Gerry MacRuairc, Dr. Cliona Murray
Research Theme: Professional Learning 
Email: breandan.b.macgearailt@nuigalway.ie

McArt, Ronan

Project title:  Enhancing Transition Year Students Entrepreneurial Self-Efficacy Through Team Work, Creative Thinking and Engagement, Passion and Commitment
Supervisor Name: Dr Veronica McCauley, Dr. Paul Flynn
Research Theme: Innovation in Education  
Email: 

McHugh, Sally

Project title:  Learningful Interactions: exploring the design of technology, learning and play to enhance children’s engagement with cultural heritage in schools and museums
Supervisor Name: Dr. Tony Hall
Research Theme: Innovation in Education 
Email: s.mchugh1@nuigalway.ie

McNamara, Michael

Project title:  <title>
Supervisor Name:  Dr Veronica McCauley,
Research Theme: Innovation in Education  
Email: m.mcnamara9@nuigalway.ie

Mitchell (Norton), Michelle

Project title: 'Hear me sign': Lived experiences of Deaf sign language users that have left education in Ireland
Supervisor Name:  Dr Kevin Davison
Research Theme: Education, Culture and Society 
Email: m.mitchell9@nuigalway.ie

Nagle, Mary

Project title:  <title>
Supervisor Name:  Dr. Patrick Farren
Research Theme: Education, Culture and Society 
Email: m.nagle4@nuigalway.ie

O'Brien, Aoife

Project title:  <title>
Supervisor Name:  Dr Manuela Heinz
Research Theme: Education, Culture and Society 
Email: a.obrien47@nuigalway.ie

O'Callaghan, Gemma

Project title: In-service and pre-service teachers' perceptions of creativity in computer science education
Supervisor Name: Dr Cornelia Connolly
Research Theme: Innovation in Education  
Email: g.ocallaghan2@nuigalway.ie

Ó Grádaigh, Seán

Project title:  <title>
Supervisor Name:  Dr Manuela Heinz
Research Theme: Education, Culture and Society 
Email: sean.ogradaigh@nuigalway.ie

Ó Murchú, Cillian

Project title: Mobile learning for mathematics support centre 
Supervisor Name: Dr Cornelia Connolly
Research Theme: Innovation in Education  
Email: 

Smith, Jaime

Project title: Black and Minority Ethnic Students in Irish Post-primary Schools: Future Aspirations and Perspectives on Teaching as a Career
Supervisor Name:  Dr Elaine Keane
Research Theme: Education, Culture and Society 
Email: j.smith28@nuigalway.ie

Arkley, Kate

Project title: A Constructivist Grounded Theory Study Exploring Patients’ Experience of Painful Leg Ulcers
Supervisor Name: Dr. Maura Dowling, Dr Elaine Keane
Research Theme: Education, Culture and Society 
Email: 

Carroll Sarah 

Project title:  <title>
Supervisor Name:  Dr Muriel Grenon, Dr Veronica McCauley,
Research Theme: Innovation in Education  
Email: s.carroll15@nuigalway.ie

Comer, Rachael

Project title:  Spiralling Vulnerabilities: Understanding the Cervical Screening Behaviours of Women over 50 living in the West of Ireland
Supervisor Name:  Dr. Linda Biesty, Dr Elaine Keane
Research Theme: Education, Culture and Society 
Email: r.comer1@nuigalway.ie