Research Students

 

I have supervised (or co-supervised) 15 doctoral theses to completion and am currently supervising (or co-supervising) 12 doctoral students / candidates.

 

Completed Doctoral Supervisions

 

Stella Wai-Wan Choy (Ph.D.), Trinity College Dublin (2024).

Co-supervisor (Professor Aoife Lynam)

School-based constructive play focusing on anxiety and autism: Evidence from a novel “Build-to-PlayTM” study with children.

 

 

Mary Quirke (Ph.D.), Trinity College Dublin (2023).

There has to be more than one way – How the learning experience of people with disabilities can inform career guidance.

 

 

Michele Kehoe (D.Ed.), Trinity College Dublin (2023).

Thinking, feeling, including: An exploratory study of emotional intelligence and attitudes and intentions towards inclusion among a sample of Irish primary school teachers.

 

 

Xi-Ning Wang (Ph.D.), Trinity College Dublin (2023).

Co-supervisor (Professor Gareth Young, School of Computer Science and Statistics)

The utilization of extended reality to facilitate quality education and reduce inequalities.

 

 

Caroline Lloyd (Ph.D.), Trinity College Dublin (2022).

An exploration of female adolescent experiences of abortion and miscarriage from an adult retrospective bio-psycho-social perspective.

 

 

Ke Ren (Ph.D.), Trinity College Dublin (2022).

“Dads are there, they are not gone missing.”: The role and involvement of fathers/dads in the lives and education of children with Special Educational Needs and/or Disabilities (SEN/D) within an Early Intervention (EI) context.

 

 

Rory O’Sullivan (Ph.D.), Trinity College Dublin (2017).

Co-supervisor (Professor Michael Shevlin)

From the ‘Cinderella’ to the ‘Fourth Pillar’ of the Irish education system – a critical analysis of the evolution of further education and training in Ireland.

 

 

Emily Clarke-Jones (Ph.D.), Glyndŵr University, Wales (2016).

Co-supervisor (Professor Christopher Alan Lewis, Glyndŵr University)

Examining organizational change through the perspective of the psychological contract: Evidence from two secondary schools situated in North East Wales.

 

 

Pauline K. Cummins (Ph.D.), Glyndŵr University, Wales (2016).

Co-supervisor (Professor Christopher Alan Lewis, Glyndŵr University)

The Dark Triad and involvement in on and off-line bullying in Irish adolescents: Implications of coping for mental health.

 

 

Aoife O’Brien (Ph.D.) (IRCHSS Scholar), Trinity College Dublin (2015).

Bereavement and grief responses in the Irish education sector: Mapping the terrain and development of an educational response.

 

 

Alison Doyle (Ph.D.), Trinity College Dublin (2015).

Co-supervisor (Professor Michael Shevlin)

Scaling the mountain: the topography of disability and transition to post-secondary education.

 

 

Kate Carr-Fanning (Ph.D.), Trinity College Dublin (2014).

Co-supervisor (Professor Michael Shevlin)

“There’s Nothing So Wrong with You, That What’s Right with You Couldn’t Fix”: Exploring the lived experiences and coping strategies used by young people with ADHD.

 

 

Lucie Corcoran (Ph.D.), Trinity College Dublin (2013).

Traditional bullying and cyberbullying at post-primary school level in Ireland: Countering the aggression and buffering its negative psychological effects.

 

 

Paul K. Gilbert (Ph.D.), Glyndŵr University, Wales (2013).

Co-supervisor (Professor Christopher Alan Lewis, Glyndŵr University)

Policing change-changing police: From RUC to PSNI, the impact of the Patten Report on the officers directly affected by it.

 

 

Danielle Farrell (Ph.D.), Trinity College Dublin (2012).

Retrospective phenomenological view of cyberbullying from third level students in Ireland.

 

 

Current Doctoral Candidates / Students

 

Catriona Hodgers (submission in September, 2025).

 

 

Edel Lynn (submission in March, 2025).

 

 

Moira O’Sullivan (submission in March, 2025).

 

 

Emer Byrne (submission in September, 2025).

 

 

Ciara Matthews (submission in September, 2025).

 

 

Daniel Twomey (submission in September, 2025).

 

 

Rosarii Molloy (submission in September, 2025).

 

 

Sinead Moran (submission in September, 2025).

 

 

Vanessa Hogarty (submission in September, 2025).

 

 

Zoe Zheng (submission in September, 2026).

 

 

Eva Perez (submission in September, 2026).

 

 

Niamh Price (submission in September, 2029).