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Dr. Clare Bolger

Title:

Lecturer

School/ Department:

Education and Lifelong Learning

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BL10 St Dominic's

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College Street

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My Biography

Dr. Clare Bolger is a lecturer and researcher with the School of Education and Lifelong Learning. She completed her Ph.D. at Mary Immaculate College under the supervision of Dr. Eugene O’Brien in 2011. Since then, Clare has gained many years experience working in the Further and Higher Education sector. During the past ten years, Clare has worked in numerous Higher Education Institutes namely Mary Immaculate College, NUI Maynooth, University College Dublin, Technological University Dublin, and has spent a memorable semester at Hainan University China. During her time in the FET sector, Clare worked with disadvantaged youths, delivered literacy programs, and developed educational policies. 

Research

Clare’s research interest is in Education, Literacy, Policy, Cultural Theory, and Digital Literacy.

Current Research Projects:

IGNITION – European Digital Literacy Coalition for Inclusion, Collaboration and Innovation (Erasmus +).

EBSN Professional Development Series for Basic Skills Teachers (MOOCs) (Erasmus +). 

Publications

Books:

  • 2020. ‘Miss-representation Women, Literature, Sex and Culture’. Peter Lang Publication.
  • 2015. ‘The Undecidable: Jacques Derrida and Paul Howard’. Cambridge Scholar Publishing.

Peer-reviewed Journal Article(s):

  • 2016. ‘“Chassis” or “Chaos”: The ontological quest of Jack Boyle, “The Captain” within Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock’. Nordic Irish Studies (Special Edition).
  • 2012. ‘No border is guaranteed, inside or out: A Reading of the Speech/Writing opposition within Paul Howard, a.k.a Ross O’Carroll-Kelly’s Fictional Series’. Otherness: Essay and Studies 3.2. Volume 3.
  • 2011. ‘Maleness/Femaleness – The Pharmatic Status of Paul Howard a.k.a Ross O’Carroll-Kelly’s Work’. Otherness: Essays and Studies 2.2. Volume 2.

Newspaper Articles:

  • 2017. ‘From Maud Gone to Bathing-suits and Striptease Culture’. The Irish Times Culture Section. June 20th 2017.
  • 2016. ‘Northside, southside, comrades all: when Ross O’Carroll Kelly met Jacques Derrida’. The Irish Times. May 12th 2016.