Academic Staff

Dr Sinéad Meade

Dr Meade is a Lecturer in Applied Psychology on the BSc(Hons) Applied Psychology at IADT. She teaches a variety of modules and supervises final year theses on both the BSc Applied Psychology and the MSc Cyberpsychology. Dr Meade is a member of the Psychological Society of Ireland and a former Chair of its Division of Teachers and Researchers in Psychology.

Awards & Achievements

In 2020, Sinéad received a National Teaching Hero Award from the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education for her work as a lecturer on the BSc (Hons) Applied Psychology at IADT. These are Ireland’s only national, student-led awards in higher education.

In 2012, Sinéad received a NAIRTL National Award for Excellence in Teaching for her work on the Higher Certificate in Arts in Custodial Care (HCCC) which was an innovative bespoke programme co-delivered by IT Sligo and the Irish Prison Service to approximately 1,000 recruit prison officers from 2008-2013.

Research Activities

Dr Meade has played a key role in research methods and statistics education on both the undergraduate and postgraduate psychology programmes at IADT. She has performed the role of committee member and Chair of the Department of Technology and Psychology Ethics Committee, Year Tutor, Major Research Project Co-ordinator, and Programme Chair of the BSc Applied Psychology.

Dr Meade’s PhD, completed at Queen’s University Belfast, investigated Prison Officer Types, Perceived Quality of Staff-prisoner Relationships, and Staff Burnout in the Irish Prison Service. She has worked on a variety of research projects in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Recent Publications

Ryan, S., McDonnell, D., and Meade. S. (2020). “Lock, Load, n’ Thank the Driver”: The Positive Influence of Prosocial Activity on Language in Online Social Groups, Social Media and Society, 1-9.

Yong, D. Fox-Hamilton, N. and Meade, S. (2018). What makes you double-tap? A qualitative exploration of effective brand engagement on Instagram in A. Power, A (Eds.), Cyberpsychology and Psychology: Current perspectives. Abingdon: Routledge.

Overview

Department: Technology + Psychology
Job Title: Lecturer in Applied Psychology
Academic Qualifications: PhD; MLitt. Psychology; BA(Hons) Psychology; Dip. Criminology & Criminal Psychology; PG.Cert.in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education
Area of Expertise Research methods and statistics, social and organisational psychology, psychology of crime, policing, prisons, prison work, criminology, reflective learning and practice, perception, psychology of new media and entertainment.
Academic History:Sinéad has previously worked as a lecturer on a variety of academic and mixed academic and work-based learning programmes in Ireland and Northern Ireland. These include a Higher Certificate in Arts in Custodial Care at IT Sligo, BA Social Studies at IT Sligo, BA (Hons) Sociology and Criminology at Queen’s University Belfast, and as a Tutor and Lab Demonstrator on the BA(Hons) Psychology at UCD.

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