Explore UCD

UCD Home >

Tutors

SPIRe Tutors & Teaching Assistants Directory, Autumn 2025-26

Tutors and Teaching Assistants are allocated to the following modules. 

Tutors:

  • POL10160 Foundations of Contemporary Politics
  • POL20010 Individuals and the State: The Idea of Freedom in the History of Political Thought
  • INRL20040 International Relations: Introduction to Theories and Empirics 

Teaching Assistants:

  • POL10170 Foundations in Political Research
  • INRL20160 Introduction to European Union Politics 
  • POL42540 Applied Data Wrangling and Visualisation
  • POL42330 Research Design
  • POL40950 Introduction to Statistics

For queries related to administrative matters including tutorial registration, please contact the SPIRe School Office at (opens in a new window)(opens in a new window)spire@ucd.ie.

Profile photo of Abdulkadir Adan

Abdulkadir Adan

POL10160 Head Tutor

Profile photo of Michael Keating Dake

Michael Keating Dake

POL10160 Tutor

Tutor outdoors

Almendra Sotelo

POL10160 Tutor

Profile photo of Erin Grant

Erin Grant

POL10160

Profile photo of Eva West

Eva West

POL20010 Head Tutor

Profile photo of Fiona McCloy

Fiona McCloy

POL20010 Tutor

Headshot, female, brown hair, outdoors

Kendra Paleczny

POL20010 Tutor

Profile photo of Mohammad Amin Ameri

Mohammad Amin Ameri

POL20010 Tutor

Tutor outdoors

Kasidech (Jimmy) Somboonkittichai

INRL20040 Head Tutor

Profile photo of Joseph Dillon

Joseph Dillon

INRL20040 Tutor

Tutor outdoors

Uyen (Bi) Nguyen

INRL20040 Tutor

Profile photo of Emma Remitti

Emma Remitti

INRL20040 Tutor

Profile photo of Ciaran O'Brien

Ciaran O'Brien

POL42330 Teaching Assistant

Profile photo of Neha Parikh

Neha Parikh

POL40950 Teaching Assistant

Profile photo of Mafalda Patacão Zúquete

Mafalda Patacão Zúquete

INRL20160 Teaching Assistant

Profile photo of Smrutimayee Sarangi

Smrutimayee Sarangi

POL10170 Teaching Assistant

Profile photo of Mohamed Moheeb

Mohamed Moheeb

POL42540 Teaching Assistant

UCD School of Politics and International Relations (SPIRe)

School Office: G301, Newman Building, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland.