I embrace a radical intersectional humanism in my teaching, one which aspires to decolonise pedagogy and practice whilst transcending interdisciplinary borders. Notions of collaboration, engagement and solidarity are also central to my teaching practice. In recent years, one of my central concerns has been how to retool my teaching through a decolonial lens. I have set about doing this by embracing multimodality, diversifying my syllabuses and changing my teaching practice to reflect core radical humanist principles. My  experiences  in  different  academic  settings  such  as  business  schools  (DCU  and  UCD Smurfit), anthropology  departments,  and  a  conflict  institute (QUB)  has  given  me  a broad,  holistic worldview that is invaluable when teaching. I have experience teaching at all levels. I have taught classes to first year undergrads to more advanced students  at  MA and Doctoral level. I have vast experience supervising students at Masters (in particular through my work in the Mitchell Institute, QUB and here at DCU on the Master's in Refugee Integration) and PhD levels from a range of different disciplines. I understand well the challenges  of  researching,  teaching  and  learning,  indeed,  even  writing  dissertations  in interdisciplinary  settings.                       

Over  the  past  15  years,  I  have  developed  and  taught  a  range  of courses on research methods (both qualitative and quantitative), applied anthropology, business/design anthropology, conflict and refugee studies and business/marketing modules in universities in the Republic of Ireland, France, Australia, the UK and now at Dublin City University. I have taught both distance learning students and in traditional face-to-face lectures and seminars.  I  have  completed  the  PGCHET  higher  education  teaching  certificate  (2019)  in  Queen¡¯s University Belfast, which has been hugely beneficial in terms of evolving my teaching practice. I have also completed a PhD supervisor course (2019). In 2022, I  completed the Universal Design for Learning Digital Badge (2022).  At doctoral level, I have been primary supervisor and co-supervision for 7 PhD candidates. During my time in the Mitchell Institute, I was also a co-mentor and co-co-ordinator for  an  interdisciplinary  PhD  research  group,  where  I  was  charged  with  mentoring  and supporting PhD students. In Feb 2022, I was nominated for a Queen¡¯s University Belfast teaching award (student nomination category).In DCU, my teaching focuses in particular on a range of displacement-refugee modules, research methods and in 2023/2024, a module entitled 'On Being Human in times of crisis' which brings anthropological perspectives to third year Social Science and Cultural Innovation students. As programme chair for the Master's in Refugee Integration at DCU SALIS, I get to consolidate my research, teaching and engagement passions in a programme that seeks to introduce and engage students in the issue of forced displacement, one of the most urgent issues of our time.