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Teaching

Ulster University (Since 2023)

  • Independent Film (BSc Cinematic Arts)

  • Visual Storytelling (BSc Cinematic Arts)

  • Introduction to Film Art (BSc Cinematic Arts)

  • Lifewide Learning (BSc Cinematic Arts)

  • Social Documentary Practice (MA in Film and TV)

University College Cork (2015-2018)

  • Re-Imagining the Media (Adult Continuing Education)

  • Reading for Change Book Club (The Keynes Centre)

  • Through the Lens of Arendt Film Club (The Keynes Centre)

Queen's University Belfast (2012-2013)

  • Introduction to Film Studies (BA Film Studies)

Workhops

I design and deliver creative media workshops for all ages, such as:

  • DIY Filmmaking

  • Smartphone Filmmaking & Photography

  • Interviewing

  • Digital Storytelling

  • Storymapping

  • Creative Reuse of Archives

Guest Talks

I have been invited to speak about participatory filmmaking and creative engagement with archives across the world, including:

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  • Museu da Imagem e do Som de Belo Horizonte, Brazil (2025)

    • Creative Ways to Keep Memories Alive

  • Centre for Contemporary and Digital History (C2DH) University of Luxembourg (2022)

    • Creative Volunteering in the Archive (with Lynsey Gillespie)

    • Creative Engagement, Sharing Authority and Public History in Northern Ireland (with Bronagh McAtasney and Lynsey Gillespie)

  • National Programmes Conference, British Museum (2019/2021)

    • Making the Future: Women in the Archives (with Lynsey Gillespie)

    • Going Virtual: Moving Outreach Work Online During the Covid-19 Pandemic (with Lynsey Gillespie)

  • Semana Nacional de Arquivos, Brazil (2020)

    • Arquivo Público da Irlanda do Norte (PRONI): Envolvimento Comunitário & Projetos Multimídias​​

  • ​Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories, Brighton University (2019)

    • Women in Northern Ireland Archives: The future of personal archives and unsettling memories in the Digital Age

  • Stockholm University​ (2017)

    • From Interactive to Linear, From Linear to Interactive: Thoughts on Making We Were There and The Lives of a Mind

  • PUC University (Brazil) (2015)

    • Many Sides, Many Truths, Many Experiences: Collaborative Filmmaking in Post-Conflict Northern Ireland

  • Manchester Metropolitan University (2014)

    • ‘We Were There’: the Women of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison: Collaborative film editing in transitional Northern Ireland

  • Concordia University (2014)

    • Living Archives in Transitional Societies: The Prisons Memory Archive

Conference Presentations

I have presented my research at conferences across Europe and South America, including:

  • EUROPAST: Open Archives, Accessible Research, and Public History (Lund University, 2025)

    • Archives in Public History (with Prof. Thomas Cauvin)

  • Memories Studies Association/ Memories in Transit (PUC Lima, 2024)

    • The Creative Archive: Using virtual reality to capture memories of border life in Northern Ireland (with Jude Mullan)

  • Shaking the Archive (Queen Mary University Edinburgh, 2023)

    • “This place is actually fun”: Using filmmaking to engage young people with archives in Northern Ireland - Presentation at

  • European Network for Cinema and Media Studies (University of Oslo, 2023)

    • Practices of Care in Film Festival Cultures: Programming, Politics, Publics (with Marijke de Valck, Damir Šehanović, Eija Niskanen  and Karen Sztajnberg

  • Doing Women’s Film and Television History VI: Changing Streams and Channels (University of Sussex, 2023)

    • Digital Technology and Participatory Storytelling: Making Filmmaking More Accessible to Women

  • Irish Screen Studies (Trinity College Dublin, 2023)

    • Rathmullan Film Festival: Engaging rural audiences with cultural cinema and filmmaking in Donegal

  • World Conference of the International Federation for Public History (Freie Universität Berlin, 2022)

    • The Participatory Archive: Using Digital Technology & Creativity to Engage People with Public History in Northern Ireland (with Bronagh McAtasney and Lynsey Gillespie)

  • Archives and Records Association Conference (Online, 2021)

    • Making the Future – Bringing Archives to Life - Co-presentation (with Jude Mullan)

  • Discovering Collections, Discovering Communities (Birmingham, 2019)

    • Women In Northern Ireland Archives: Women’s History, Digital Preservation and Audience Engagement – Co-presentation with Lynsey Gillespie at DCDC, Birmingham​

  • iDocs (Watershed Bristol, 2014)

    • PMA Interactive Website: Questions, Challenges and Responses

  • Visible Evidence (University of Stockholm, 2013)

    • ‘We Were There’: the Women of the Maze and Long Kesh Prison: Collaborative editing a documentary film in transitional Northern Ireland â€‹

  • Besides the Screen (Goldsmiths University London, 2012)

    • Exhibiting Politically Sensitive Stories in Northern Ireland: the Prisons Memory Archive – Presentation at Besides the Screen Conference, London;

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