Dr. Gráinne Kirwan
Lecturer in Psychology
e mail: grainne.kirwan@iadt.ie
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Qualifications and Professional Bodies
Undergraduate
BA Psychology. Trinity College Dublin. 1999.
Diploma in the Psychology of Criminal Behaviour. National College of Ireland. 1998.
Postgraduate
PhD Criminology. University College Dublin. 2006. Partially funded by the IRCHSS Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship
Postgraduate Certificate in Third Level Learning and Teaching. Dublin Institute of Technology. 2006.
MLitt in Psychology (by Research). University College Dublin. 2001.
MSc in Applied Forensic Psychology. University of Leicester. 2002.
Area of Expertise
Cyberpsychology, in particular
-Forensic Cyberpsychology
-Computer Mediated Communication
Forensic Psychology
Usability Engineering
Teaching and Research
Reviewer for journals Computers in Human Behaviour and Cyberpsychology and Behaviour.
Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Dun Laoghaire. Sept. 2004 to present. Levels 8 & 9 – Lecturer.
University College Dublin, Adult Education Centre. Sept. 2004 to May 2008. Adult Education Tutor.
Publications
Book Chapter:
Power, A. and Kirwan, G. (in press). Online Identities in Virtual Worlds. In R. Donnelly, J. Harvey and K.C. O’Rourke (eds.) Critical Design and Effective Tools for E-Learning in Higher Education: Theory into Practice. IGI Global.
Academic Papers:
Kirwan, G.H. (2009). Juror Behaviour in Hacker Trials. Manuscript in review.
Kirwan, G.H. (2009). Cyberpsychology: Emerging Research in Emerging Environments. Manuscript in review.
Kirwan, G.H. and O’Connell, M. F. (2001). Crime Victimisation in Dublin Revisited. Irish Criminal Law Journal, 2, 10-13.
Kirwan, G.H. (2000). Geographical Distribution of Crime in Dublin and Other Cities. Pages: Postgraduate Journal of Research in Progress, University College Dublin, 7, 89-95.
Conference Paper (peer-reviewed):
Kirwan, G. (2009). Presence and the Victims of Crime in Online Virtual Worlds. Proceedings of Presence 2009. The 12th Annual International Workshop on Presence. Los Angeles, November 11-13.
Conference Poster:
Kirwan, G.H., Palmer, M & Power, A. (2008, March). MSc in Cyberpsychology at IADT, Ireland. Poster session presented at the General Online Research Conference, Hamburg.
Conference Presentations:
Kirwan, G.H. (2008). Juror behaviour in hacker trials. Proceedings of Cyberspace 2008. Brno, Czech Republic. November 28-29.
Kirwan, G. H. (2006). Interpersonal relationship skills and attitudes of computer hackers. Proceedings of the 37th Annual Conference of the Psychological Society of Ireland. Galway, Ireland. November 9-12.
Kirwan, G. H. (2006). Ethics and Interpersonal Relationship Skills Among Computer Hackers. Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Forensic Psychology. Preston, England. June 20-22.
Kirwan, G. H. (2006). Attitudes, Motivations and Demographic Characteristics of Computer Hackers. Proceedings of the 2006 Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society Northern Ireland Branch. Belfast, Ireland. May 12-14.
Presentations as Invited Speaker:
Kirwan, G.H. (2008). Internet Psychology. Irish Web Technology Conference (IWTC) 2008. Dublin, Ireland. February 26-29.
Kirwan, G.H. (2008). The importance and dangers of adolescent online identity formation. National Educational Psychology Service (Ireland) Conference. Galway, Ireland. December 8-9.
Links
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