Dr Aideen Quilty BEd MEqualoty Studies PhD
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Biography:
Dr Aideen Quilty is Director of the Women¿s Studies Outreach Programme at the School of Social Justice, University College Dublin (UCD), a position she has held since 2001. A social justice advocate, Aideen has worked throughout her career to challenge systemic inequity within the Irish education system and increase educational access and participation for mature learners and traditionally under-represented groups. Aideen holds a Doctorate in Education (NUI Maynooth), a Masters Degree in Equality Studies (UCD) and a Bachelors Degree in Education (St Patrick's College of Education, Dublin). Dr Quilty draws on two decades working as an educationalist having uniquely gained first-hand experience within the primary, secondary and tertiary sectors. Her teaching areas include feminist theory and praxis, gender equality and diversity. Her research is focused on developing access geographies of space and place within higher education. Most recently her research has focused on combining theories and practices in geography and pedagogy with the aim of articulating a pedagogy for community based higher education.
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Research Interests
| Adult and community education, feminist empowerment pedagogy, spatial interrogation of higher education institutions, social justice and equality, gender and sexuality. |
Other Journals
| Quilty, A; (2003) 'Towards a pedagogy of Demystification' The Adult Learner: The Journal of Adult and Community Education in Ireland :57-64. [Details] |
Conference Publications
| Quilty, A; (2008) When one can't see the wood for the trees! Education, training and learning and the metaphorical spaces of adult education discourse 38th SCUTREA International Conference: Whither adult education in the learning paradigm [Details] |
Reports
| Doran, P and Quilty, A; (1998) Early School Leaving in County Dublin VEC. Reports [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 1992. Title: Wider Horizons Cross Cultural Scholarship to Boston/Lowell USA |
| Year: 2007. Title: John Hume Scholarship |
| Year: 2008. Title: Tilda Gaskell Award 38th Annual SCUTREA International Conference |
Associations
| Association: AISHE All Ireland Society for Higher Education, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: AONTAS National Adult Education Organisation Ireland, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: NWCI National Women's Council of Ireland, Function/Role: Member |
Conference Contributions
| Quilty, A; (2011) 'Kitchen Choice': Feminist in-ter-ventions within community/university education. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Creating Change: Feminism, The University and Society, University College Dublin, Ireland , 11-MAR-11 - 12-MAR-11. |
| Quilty, A; (2008) When one can't see the wood for the trees! Everywhere and nowhere, the metaphorical spaces of adult education discourse. [National Refereed Conference Paper], SCUTREA 38th International Conference (Standing Conference on University Teaching and Research in the Education of Adults), University of Edinburgh , 02-JUL-08 - 04-JUL-08. |
| Quilty, A; (2008) Interestingly marginal: Foucault's author function and the access spaces of the university. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], ESAI: Education Studies Association of Ireland, Galway, Ireland , 06-MAR-08 - 08-MAR-08. |
| Quilty, A; (2004) A positive political and university response to sexual diversity. [Non Refereed Paper/Abstract Presented at Conference], Policy Initiatives in promoting sexual diversity, Wroclaw, Poland , 18-MAY-04 - 21-MAY-04. |
| Quilty, A; (2002) When will lifelong learning be for life!. [Invited Oral Presentation], Clondalkin Women's Community Education Forum, Clondalkin, Dublin 22 , 13-NOV-02 - 13-NOV-02. |
Education
| Year 2010 Institution: NUI Maynooth Qualification: Subject: Doctor of Education |
| Year 1997 Institution: Qualification: M Equality Studies Subject: |
| Year 1992 Institution: Qualification: BEd Subject: |
Outreach Activities
| Current Community Partners: |
| I co-ordinate and teach on the Women's Studies Outreach programme delivering modules on: Feminist theory and praxis; Women, space and identity; Issues of equality and diversity in contemporary Ireland. |
Reviews
| The Adult Learner: Reviewer. |
Teaching Interests
Recent Postgraduates
Modules Taught
| 201000 WS10040 Women's Studies: Feminism and Social Change |
| 201000 WS10050 Women's Studies: Intro to Women's Studies 1 |
| 201000 WS10020 Women's Studies: Women and the Constitution |
| 201000 WS40300 Women's Studies: Space, Place and Gender |
| 201000 WS20100 Women's Studies: Feminist Theory and Praxis |