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Teaching:
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In the current academic year (2007/08), I
teach Press & Public Relations
to final year students of the BA
in Communications Studies; and Public
Relations: Issues & Principles to postgraduate students on the MA
in Political & Public Communication and the MSc
in Science Communication. Coincidentally, this year, I also teach Professional Communication Skills to
these students.
As part of the new MSc
in Emergency Management, provided by the DCU
Business School, I have developed, and will deliver, a module in Crisis Communications.
Within the School of Communications,
I teach Enterprise Development for Media
Professionals to the final year group in the B.Sc.
in Multimedia.
2007/08 is my eleventh year delivering a
course in Media Technology to several undergraduate programmes,
including the B.A.
in Communications Studies, the B.A.
in Journalism, the BA in
Contemporary Culture & Society; the BA Gaelige
& Irisiorireacht – provided by Fiontar; and the BA in
Marketing, Innovation & Technology – provided by the DCU
Business School.
I also provide the Communication Skills element for MBA students at the DCUBS Centre for Executive Programmes.
Previous teaching assignments have
included modules on publication design, online journalism, feature writing
and multimedia practice as well as a module in business communications for DCU’s
School of Computing.
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Current Responsibilities:
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Programme Director, B.A.
in Journalism
Member, Academic Council, Dublin
City University
Chairman, Admissions Disability Committee
Member, Faculty of
Humanities Marketing Committee
Promotions Officer, School of
Communications
Formerly:
Programme Director, B.
A. in Communications Studies
Member, DCU Undergraduate Admissions Working Group;
Member, DCU Non-standard Student Task Force;
School Representative, DCU Teaching &
Learning Committee
School Liaison, DCU Computer Services
Department
Member, School of Communications Technology
Resource Group
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Professional
Appointments / Membership:
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Member, International
Association of Business Communicators (IABC)
Member, All Ireland Society for Higher
Education (AISHE).
Past District Governor, Rotary International
(Ireland)
Member, Rotary International Britain
& Ireland’s Marketing Task Force
European Co-ordinator for Rotary International’s
Public Image Resource Group
Member, Newspaper & Periodical History Forum
Member, Society for Theatre Research (UK)
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External Lectures /
Tuition:
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Workshops, based on
intergenerational learning on The Media
and Public Relations,
as part of DCU’s Gateway Learning
Opportunity programme, March 2008.
(funded by Age & Opportunity Ireland).
Workshop on Entrepreneurial
Communications, as part of the Entrepreneurship
Development Programme at Trinity College’s
Enterprise Centre, March 2007.
Workshop on Intercultural Media Skills,
An Cosán, Tallaght, July 2006
(funded by the National Action Plan Against Racism)
Tutor on course in Internet Research for Prodcucers and Directors,
Radio Telefis Eireann, September 2003.
Guest lecture on Journalism in the Information Age,
County Louth Museum,
Dundalk, Co Louth, Wednesday 7th February 2001.
Guest lecture on The History and Future of the Information Age,
The Probus Club of Howth, Co Dublin, November 2000.
Tutor on course in Web Publishing for Voluntary Service Organisations,
Rotary International (Ireland), September
2000.
Tutor on courses in Internet Research for Reporting,
Radio Telefis Eireann, June and September
2000.
Tutor on course in Web Skills for Journalists,
Irish Science & Technology Journalists
Association, April 1999.
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Other External
Professional Activites:
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Consultant on Database
Management & Access Control
to the Association of Irish Racecourses.
Consultant on The use of Information Technologies for Retailing
to the National Off-Licence Association.
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Research Interests
& Activites:
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- PhD candidate (TCD) on “The History of the
Puppet Theatre in Ireland”
- The history of Irish journalism;
- The erosion of privacy in Ireland in the Information
Age;
- The use of Electronic Information Sources by
Irish journalists;
- Use of communications technologies in
teaching;
- MAJ Thesis: "The
Effects of Information Technology on Irish Journalism", 1996.
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