Academic biography

Sabrina is Co-Director of CREATE—The Centre for Collaborative Research Across Teacher Education—and an Assistant Professor of Education in the School of Policy and Practice at IOE, DCU.

Brief Biography: Sabrina is a qualified post-primary teacher (English and Religious Education) who taught for several years before moving into Initial Teacher Education. Her doctoral thesis focused on teaching and learning in a virtual environment, and her interest in supporting 'depth of learning' is central to her philosophy of education. 

Sabrina is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA). She leads several Education Theory modules on the Bachelor of Religious Education and English / History / Music programme (BRelEd) and the Bachelor of Education in Gaeilge and French/German/Spanish (BEdLan).

Sabrina is keenly interested in the area of wellbeing, mental health and burnout in HEI based Teacher Educators and Academics. She is currently engaged in collaborative research with colleagues in the School of Policy and Practice on the mental health of teachers across the early childhood, primary and post-primary sectors. She recently completed an MSc in Applied Psychology and is a graduate member of the Psychological Society of Ireland (PSI).