Instructor Info
Professor Jenny O'Connor
Lecturer
School of Humanities -Languages, Tourism and Hospitality
Waterford Institute of Technology
[email protected]
Jenny O' Connor received her PhD in 2009 from the School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin. Her research examines the impact of Deleuzian theory on film studies and upon the intersection of Deleuzian and feminist thought. She has contributed to postgraduate publications, published papers in peer-reviewed online journals such as Rhizomes, and has had chapters in a number of books including Screening Irish-America: Representing Irish-America in Film and Television, Essays in Irish Literary Criticism, Voicing Dissent: New Perspectives in Irish Criticism, Gender and Interpersonal Violence: Language, Action and Representation and Viewpoints: Theoretical Perspectives on Irish Visual Texts. She is currently employed as a lecturer in English and Communications in the School of Humanities at Waterford Institute of Technology where she also teaches health communication modules in the BA of Health Promotion program. She is a committee member of Waterford Film For All, a non-profit organisation that aims to screen non-mainstream film for audiences in the region. Regular screenings take place in Garter Lane Arts Centre (Waterford) on Sunday nights and other events have also been organised in conjunction with Waterford City Council, the Imagine Arts Festival, the Well Festival, Waterford Writers' Weekend, the Irish Film Institute, and the Harvest Festival. These screenings have taken place in venues as diverse as theatres, restaurants, car parks, churches and medical centres.
Lecturer
School of Humanities -Languages, Tourism and Hospitality
Waterford Institute of Technology
[email protected]
Jenny O' Connor received her PhD in 2009 from the School of English, Drama and Film at University College Dublin. Her research examines the impact of Deleuzian theory on film studies and upon the intersection of Deleuzian and feminist thought. She has contributed to postgraduate publications, published papers in peer-reviewed online journals such as Rhizomes, and has had chapters in a number of books including Screening Irish-America: Representing Irish-America in Film and Television, Essays in Irish Literary Criticism, Voicing Dissent: New Perspectives in Irish Criticism, Gender and Interpersonal Violence: Language, Action and Representation and Viewpoints: Theoretical Perspectives on Irish Visual Texts. She is currently employed as a lecturer in English and Communications in the School of Humanities at Waterford Institute of Technology where she also teaches health communication modules in the BA of Health Promotion program. She is a committee member of Waterford Film For All, a non-profit organisation that aims to screen non-mainstream film for audiences in the region. Regular screenings take place in Garter Lane Arts Centre (Waterford) on Sunday nights and other events have also been organised in conjunction with Waterford City Council, the Imagine Arts Festival, the Well Festival, Waterford Writers' Weekend, the Irish Film Institute, and the Harvest Festival. These screenings have taken place in venues as diverse as theatres, restaurants, car parks, churches and medical centres.
Prof. Jody Early
Associate Professor
School of Nursing and Health Studies
University of Washington Bothell
[email protected] @Jody_Early
Above all, I am the daughter, sister, niece, and granddaughter of a long line of strong, resilient women, who have survived many things and taught me lessons that I now share with my daughters. Two primary passions in my life are to help to create healthier, more equitable, and more connected communities, and to teach. Education, in my life, has meant liberation from poverty and other social determinants, and it has given me the power and capacity to thrive. I wish the same for others, and I hope that you will acknowledge each day you have the opportunity to participate in higher education and chase your dream as a privilege that so many billions of others in this world will never know. Carpe Diem. Seize the day, seize the learning!
On my UW faculty page, you will find a more formal description of me as follows:
I am a social scientist and Master Certified Community Health Education Specialist (MCHES) with an interdisciplinary background that integrates humanities, education, and public health. I have spent over two decades working with and in communities, designing, administering, and evaluating tailored health education programs and strategies-with the goal of improving health equity and quality of life for individuals and communities. My work with communities is anchored in principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR) and the desire to improve individual and population health through health education and promotion. I am co-author of the text, The Process of Community Health Education and Promotion (Waveland Press; 3rd edition), and regularly publish my work in peer reviewed journals relating to public health, global health promotion, communication, education, and technology. My most recent and current research projects include: Basta! Preventing Sexual Harassment in Agriculture, the first Spanish/English video and workplace training in the U.S. relating to sexual harassment prevention in agriculture-- co-created with womxn farm workers in Washington State. I'm also working on a Spanish/English graphic novella for youth relating to sexual harassment and examining lay health promotion as a form of feminist health activism. My other projects and scholarly collaborations relate to cross-cultural perspectives on "community resilience," college health promotion, and culturally tailored mHealth. I am thrilled to be part of the TEACH Co-Lab, experimenting with collaborative online international learning (COIL) strategies in my classes and examining their impact on student learning, pedagogy, and health education praxis.
I love mentoring emerging scholars and health educators, so if you share some of my same research interests, please email me [email protected] or find me on Twitter @Jody_Early