Curriculum Vitae

Research Interests

Sociology of sport; cultural studies; race and ethnicity; gender studies; social movements; fandom; popular culture; queer theory; media representation; qualitative methods; ethnography.

Education

M.A. Culture, Diaspora, Ethnicity from Birkbeck, University of London (2017; Awarded with Distinction)

M.Phil. Psychoanalytic Studies from Trinity College, Dublin (2014; Awarded with Distinction)

B.A. Sociology and Social Policy from Trinity College, Dublin (2013; Awarded with First Class Honours)

Professional Appointments

2017-Present Schools Manager Heavers Farm and Selsdon Primary Schools

2014-2017 Data Manager Heavers Farm Primary School

Publications

Atalanta Copeman-Papas and Ciar Gifford (2012) Educating Ourselves on Institutional Racism in Schools and Colleges. Trinity News, Vol. 59, Issue 6.

Theses

2017 The Moral Victory: An ethnographic case study of a semi-professional football club in South London. Birkbeck, University of London, Department of Psychosocial Studies.

2014 Images of the Phallus? A Feminist Psychoanalytic Approach to the Roles of the Penis, the Phallus and Hegemonic Gender Norms in "Feminist Porn". Trinity College Dublin, Department of Psychology.

2013 ‘God Given Gift’: A study into the role of ‘race’, gender and nation in the construction of athletic identities. Trinity College Dublin, Department of Sociology.

Professional Affiliations

British Sociological Association

International Sociological Association

International Sociology of Sport Association

North American Society for the Sociology of Sport