Who
The Student Learning Development Team
Ms. Caroline Forsyth
Student Learning Development Advisor, Counselling
Professor John Haslett
Student Learning Development Volunteer
Fellow Emeritus
Mrs. Susan Kirwin
Coordinator of Student Learning Development
Ms. Patricia Murphy
Student Counselling Services Director
Dr. Tamara O'Connor
Student Learning Psychologist
Mrs. Maeve O'Regan
Student Learning Development adviser
Academic Writing Centre Tutors
Our tutors are all trained in general Academic Writing skills. You can view short bios for our tutors here.
Writing Centre Tutors
Giorgia Conte (School of Economics)
Giorgia Conte is a third-year PhD student in Economics. She uses quantitative methods to address questions related to family economics, public economics, demographic, and labour economics. She joined the Student Learning Development Centre as a Tutor in September 2021. Before starting her PhD program she worked in Frankfurt and Malta. She also lived in Barcelona, Milan and the United States during her studies.
Hannah Mathew (School of English)
Hannah Mathew is a second-year PhD student in the School of English. Her research topic deals with the 1950s-1960s dystopian fiction; more specifically, the works of the British novelist, John Wyndham. She joined the Student Learning Development Centre as a Tutor in January, this year. Her past experience includes working as an Assistant Professor at Jesus and Mary College, University of Delhi, India.
Rebecca Easler (School of English)
Rebecca Easler is a final year PhD Student in the School of English at Trinity. Her project examines the intersection between eighteenth- and nineteenth-century constructions of childhood and death culture within the representations of child death in Charles Dickens's novels. She completed her Master's degree in Enlightenment, Romantic, and Victorian literature at the University of Edinburgh in 2017 and finished her BA at Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota in 2014, where she worked as an undergraduate Writing Tutor for three years.
Seán Cahill (School of Biochemistry and Immunology)
Seán is a second-year PhD student in the School of Biochemistry and Immunology. He completed his undergraduate degree in Human Health and Disease here at Trinity. His PhD research project aims to investigate the impact of Staphylococcus aureus exposure on innate immune training.