Dr Donna Marshall
Dr Donna Marshall has taught in the School of Business for the past 7 years. She believes that people learn through interaction, engagement, debate and fun and uses different techniques in each class to stimulate learning. She divides classes into short sections of about 20-30 minute to enable debates about current issues, discussion of the latest theory and practice, group presentations, guest speakers, videos, games, and reflection on skills learned. Her approach is to try to provide a great learning experience for people who learn in different ways.
Professor Michael Gilchrist
Professor Gilchrist is passionately committed to enriching the undergraduate learning experience of UCD engineering students by means of innovative project assignments that are hands-on and team-based. This serves to provide his students with memorable activities that link directly to the core fundamentals of a subject, thereby increasing the level of understanding acquired from a module. It also provides invaluable opportunities to develop the generic skill-sets required for being a successful engineer in tomorrow’s increasingly complex world. Professor Gilchrist always seeks to use the ongoing research activities in his laboratory to illustrate and inform his undergraduate teaching. This synergy and interaction between his undergraduate and postgraduate students is intellectually stimulating and rewarding. Small numbers of senior undergraduates (Stage 4) take his elective module on Advanced Composites & Polymer Engineering (MEEN 40110) and undertake work on industry projects in a team environment within a single semester. All 1st Year Engineers (typically 260 Stage 1 students) take his core module on Mechanics for Engineers (MEEN 10030). This involves small teams (< 5 per team) undertaking a product design challenge competition annually.
Mr Brian Mulkeen
Mr Brian Mulkeen teaches in Electronic Engineering, with a particular emphasis on design and problem solving. As a result, much of his teaching time is spent in the laboratory, guiding and supervising practical and project work. He is also heavily involved in the design of new laboratory exercises and project assignments, and development of the associated teaching materials, across a wide range of modules, from introductory robotics to complex system design.
Dr Suzanne Guerin
Dr Suzanne Guerin's main area of teaching in the School of Psychology is research design and analysis, with a particular emphasis on applied research methodology. In her classes she works to guide students thought the demands of understanding both the theoretical underpinnings of research and the pragmatic choices central to conducting research successfully. Central to this process is providing students with insights from real-world studies and designing assignments that challenge students to engage with research themselves.
Dr Anne Drummond
Dr Anne Drummond is Senior Lecturer and Head of Teaching and Learning in the School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science, and Director of the Centre for Safety and Health at Work. She is programme coordinator for the Certificate, BSc and MSc programmes in Occupational Safety and Health offered by the School, and has a research interest in the teaching and learning needs of professional adult part-time students and the challenges facing them, and in curriculum evaluation and development in this context.
Dr Tara Magdalinski
Dr Tara Magdalinski is the Programme Director of the BSc in Sport and Exercise Management in the UCD Centre for Sports Studies, School of Public Health, Physiotherapy and Population Science. She teaches the social and cultural aspects of sport, utilising a range of traditional and multimedia techniques to engage students in learner-centred learning and delivering lectures in an enthusiastic manner using contemporary, relevant and accessible examples. The recipient of a Module Support Grant in 2008, she is committed to preparing students for the rigours of academic learning.