Dr. Niamh Murphy

Centre for Health Behaviour Research
School of Health Sciences

Waterford Institute of Technology

nmurphy@wit.ie

Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0176-2897
Researchgate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Niamh-Murphy-22/stats

Niamh is a senior lecturer in Public Health and Health Promotion in the School of Health Sciences at Waterford Institute of Technology and leads the Centre for Health Behaviour Research at WIT. Niamh has extensive teaching and research experience in health promotion and exercise and health and is actively involved in public health policy implementation , advocacy and community action. Research interests and publications include population physical activity, evaluations of community based health promotion initiatives, physical activity policy, and the role of mass events on population health. Niamh is a member of the International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH), Health Enhancing Physical Activity Network (HEPA )Europe (steering group member) and International Society of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (ISBNPA). She is co-investigator of the Irish Physical Activity Research Collaboration (I-PARC).

Mairead Barry

School of Health Science, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford

mlbarry@wit.ie

Ph +353 51302165

Staff Profile: https://www.wit.ie/about_wit/contact_us/staff_directory/mairead_barry

Orcid ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6759-9180

Mairead is a Lecturer in the School Health Science and is co-course leader to the MA in Advanced Facilitation skill for Health and Well-being (www.wit.ie/wd591). She has taught at undergraduate and postgraduate in the field of Health Promotion and Facilitation skills since 2004. She is a member of the Association of Health Promotion in Ireland Accreditation Board. Her key areas of interest are group facilitation, personal development, Gestalt Psychotherapy, mental health and wellness and the role of active citizenship in public health.

Dr Jenny O’Connor

Contact Details:
Department of Humanities, Waterford Institute of Technology,
Cork Road, Waterford, Ireland

jmoconnor@wit.ie
Ph +353 51302850

Jenny is a lecturer in the Humanities department at Waterford Institute of Technology where she teaches on the BA Arts programme. In addition, she teaches modules on narrative and communications across two other Schools in the Institute. She has presented and published papers on the intersection of Deleuzian theory and film studies (which was the subject of her PhD). She is currently interested in digital storytelling as pedagogical practice, and has undergone training in digital storytelling facilitation through StoryCenter in Berkeley, California. She runs a podcast series called “The Nerve” which brings together staff, students and special guests to discuss a range of topics, including English literature, cultural events and critical theory. You can listen to these podcasts here or on all of the usual platforms: https://anchor.fm/the-nerve

Dr. Jody Early

MS, MCHES

Professor, School of Nursing and Health Studies
University of Washington Bothell

jearly3.@uw.edu
Twitter: @Jody_Early

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jody-Early

Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=FKkDFkAAAAAJ&hl=en

Dr. Jody Early is a Professor in the School of Nursing and Health Studies and faculty coordinator for the Health Education and Promotion minor. Jody’s integrative scholarship and praxis examine social, ecological, and systemic factors that impact individual and community health. She primarily applies critical and social theories, as well as anti-racist, participatory, and feminist frameworks to co-develop and evaluate tailored community interventions and strategies. Her current research explores socio-ecological factors that impact sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence in agriculture, including workplace climate. She is PI of Basta! Prevent Sexual Harassment in Agriculture, a Spanish/English workplace video, toolkit, and comic co-created with Latina farmworkers and a number of other stakeholders. She and her colleagues are currently evaluating the effectiveness of this intervention in Washington State.

Jody also explores the application of digital and critical pedagogies to improve higher education and health promotion. She is co-leading several transdisciplinary projects and interventions with colleagues in STEM, communication, humanities, and the health sciences. She is co-editor of the forthcoming text, Be the Change: Putting Health Advocacy, Policy, and Community Organization into Practice in Public Health Education (OxfordPress) and is co-author of the book, The Process of Community Health Education and Promotion (3rd and 2nd editions, Waveland Press).

When she isn’t falling asleep on her laptop, she enjoys sipping Seattle coffee, listening to podcasts, hiking, biking, cooking, and spending time with her two daughters and partner, Aron.