Who

The Student Learning Development Team

Ms. Caroline Forsyth

Ms. Caroline Forsyth

Student Learning Development Advisor, Counselling

Dr. Grace Gaynor

Dr. Grace Gaynor

Student Learning Adviser

Professor John Haslett

Professor John Haslett

Student Learning Development Volunteer

Fellow Emeritus

Professor Celia Holland

Professor Celia Holland

Student Learning Volunteer Adviser

Mrs. Susan Kirwin

Mrs. Susan Kirwin

Coordinator of Student Learning Development

Ms. Patricia Murphy

Ms. Patricia Murphy

Student Counselling Services Director

Dr. Tamara O'Connor

Dr. Tamara O'Connor

Student Learning Psychologist

Mrs. Maeve O'Regan

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.