Leanne McGinn

Lecturer on the Certificate in Creativity and Social Media

Biography

Currently a part time lecturer on the Certificate in Creativity and Social Media in Carlow College. I hold a first class honours in BA in Social, Political and Community Studies in which I was awarded the 2021 Carlow County Council Bursary Award in Applied Social Studies and Social Political and Community Studies for academic excellence. I also hold a first-class honours in my MA in Child, Youth and Family Studies which I graduated from SETU (Carlow) in 2022. Full time I work as a member of the civil service and my main areas of intertest are politics and media, particularly social media

Research Interest

Social Media and Democracy, New Media and Communication, Community Development, Community Engagement, Creative Engagement, Interculturalism, Youth Work, Youth Justice, Adult and Community Education.

Publications

No publications at present

Qualifications

B.A in Social, Political and Community Studies, and M.A in Child, Youth and Family Studies both with first class honours.