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Lecturer in Research Methods and Communications

Email: christina.quinlan@TUDublin.ie

Dr. Christina Quinlan is a leading scholar in research methods, communications, and social justice studies, with a broad interdisciplinary background in management, development, statistics, and communications. She holds a PhD in Communications, a MSc in Development, a PGDip in Statistics, a BSc in Management, and a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education. 

Dr. Quinlan currently teaches Research Methods across a wide range of postgraduate programmes, including: 

• MBA 
• MSc in Strategic Management, Marketing & Entrepreneurship, Digital Marketing, HRM, International Accounting, Creative Commercial Communications
• Upcoming: MA in Global Sustainability Leadership 

Christina also leads and co-ordinates a specialised academic writing and publication module for early-stage PhD candidates, delivered to students from TU Dublin and international partners via the EUt+ and GETM4 networks. 

Teaching Innovations & Awards 

• Lead author of Business Research Methods (3rd Ed, 2024, Cengage) – a globally adopted textbook series co-authored with four U.S.-based professors, built on innovative pedagogical models developed from her own teaching practice. 

• Recognised for excellence in assessment with the Student Assessment Award (De Montfort University, 2018). 

• Contributor to Henry Stewart Talks with her 10- part series on Business Research Methods. 

• Active member of TU Dublin’s Communities of Practice in HyFlex Learning and Entrepreneurship and Innovation. 

Research Interests 

Dr. Quinlan’s research is rooted in qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods, with thematic focus in: 

• Criminology and gender
• Women’s incarceration and reproductive justice
• Pedagogical innovation in research methods
• Social justice and youth violence 

She has led and participated in innovative projects involving ethnography, visual methods, and action research, and worked in close collaboration with organisations including Leicester City Council (on adolescent-to-parent violence) and other community justice initiatives. 

Selected Publications 

• Quinlan, C. et al. (2024). Business Research Methods (3rd Ed.), South Western Cengage 

• Quinlan, C. et al. (2022). Feminist Ethics and Research with Women in Prison, The Prison Journal 
• Quinlan, C. (2020). Global Sexualities: Women’s Experiences in Ireland, in SAGE Handbook of Global Sexualities 

• Guest Editor, The Prison Journal, Special Issue Vol. 102(2), 2022 

Keynote & Conference Engagements 

• Invited Keynote (June 2025) – A Gender Perspective: Women’s Mental Health in Prison, St. John of God Health, Barcelona (pending)
• Presidential Panelist, American Society of Criminology Conference, San Francisco, 2019 

Professional & Academic Leadership 

• Former Director, Institute for Research in Criminology, Community, Education and Social Justice (De Montfort University, 2018–2020)
• Member, Faculty Research Committee  

Dr. Christina Quinlan is internationally recognised for her work in research education, feminist ethics, and social justice, and is a highly regarded mentor, educator, and author who continues to shape research discourse and postgraduate learning across disciplines and continents.