Maria Loftus
Dr
Maria Loftus is an Assistant Professor in French in the School of Applied Languages and Intercultural Studies. She holds a primary degree in Irish and French with higher degrees in French Literature and Language, Discourse and Representations, Applied Linguistics and a PhD in Sub-Saharan Documentary Cinema from French and Irish universities. Having published in international journals in the areas of protest and documentary cinema and visual representations of colonisation, she has also explored the Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) field of students as creators of video content within a SLA context.
More recently, her published work is centred at the nexus of creative outputs and intercultural dialogue.
Peer Reviewed Journal
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Daniel, J.; Loftus, M. (2023) 'Irish Refugee Integration Network (IRIN)'. TEANGA, 30 . [Link] | |
| 2022 | Loftus; Maria (2022) 'Paulin Soumanou Vieyra: Imposing His Voice within an Imposed Value System'. Black Camera, 13 (2):432-448. | |
| 2020 | Bruen, Jennifer; Kelly, Niamh; Loftus, Maria (2020) 'Attendance policies on university language degrees: exploring attitudes, and measuring relationships with performance and progression'. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 44 (7). [DOI] | |
| 2016 | Bruen, J.; Crosbie, V.; Kelly, N.; Loftus, M.; Maillot, A.; McGillicuddy, Á.; Péchenart, J. (2016) 'Teaching controversial topics in the humanities and social sciences in Ireland: Using structured academic controversy to develop multi-perspectivity in the learner'. Journal Of Social Science Education, 15 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2014 | Loftus, M.; Tiernan, P.; Cherian, S. (2014) 'Students' readiness to move from consumers to producers of digital video content: A cross-cultural analysis of Irish and Indian Students'. Education and Information Technologies, 19 . [Link] [DOI] | |
| 2013 | Maria Loftus (2013) 'Jacques Audiard’s The Prophet: the carceral environment as a mirror of assimilationist policy gone wrong'. TRANSCULTURAL VISIONS, . | |
| 2012 | Maria Loftus (2012) 'Kuxa Kanema: the rise and fall of an experimental documentary series in Mozambique'. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN CINEMAS (PRINT), 3 (2):161-171. | |
| 2008 | Maria Loftus (2008) 'Garage: The Tail of the Tiger'. LES CAHIERS DE L'ARLI, . |
Book Chapter
| Year | Publication | |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Lowney, R.; Loftus, M. (2021) 'Interactive Videos' In: Designing Courses with Digital Technologies: Insights and Examples from Higher Education. [Link] | |
| 2021 | Donaldson L, Matthews A, Dunne S, Kennedy D, Whyte E, O'Neill S, Giomard C, McCashin D, Gorman A, Kelly M, Loftus M. (2021) 'Exemplars of best practice with EPortfolio Based Assessment at Dublin City University' In: Exemplars of best practice with Eportfolio Based Assessment at DCU. Ireland : read.bookcreator. [Link] | |
| 2020 | Loftus, M. & Lowney, R. (2020) 'From cloning to self-authoring video content in the language classroom: a reflection on practice' In: CALL for widening participation: short papers from EUROCALL 2020. Denmark : Research-publishing.net. [DOI] | |
| 2014 | Maria Loftus (2014) 'Afrique-sur-Seine' In: Directory of World Cinema: Africa. Bristol : Intellect Books. | |
| 2012 | Maria Loftus, Olga Springer, Cathy Fowley (2012) 'Repurposing the Smartphone in the Classroom: Practitioners’ Perspectives on Integrating Student-Produced Digital Film in Language Learning' In: The Digital Learning Revolution in Ireland: Case Studies from the National Learning Resources Service. Newcastle : Cambridge Scholars Publishing. |
Conference Contribution
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Research Interests
She has co-supervised a PhD in designed and emerging affordances in tutor-learner multimodal interactions in video-conferencing. Maria welcomes proposals from prospective PhD students interested in the areas of student created multimedia content for the SLA classroom, telecollaboration and peer-led informal language learning.