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Dr Josephine Brady is a faculty member at Mary Immaculate College (MIC) in Limerick, Ireland, serving as the Course Coordinator for the S PhD/MEd in Literacy Education within the Department of Language and Literacy Education. She holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham, alongside MA degrees in English Literature and Creative Writing. Her academic roles include PhD and MEd supervision, leadership in quality assurance (QA), and governance across multiple educational institutions. Dr Brady specializes in literacy education, creative writing pedagogy, and medical education supervision, with a focus on teacher development and community-based learning.
Her education includes a PhD (Birmingham), MA in English Literature and Language (Birmingham), and MA in Creative Writing from Trinity College Dublin’s Oscar Wilde Writing Centre. She has held governance roles in schools, including overseeing curriculum development and literacy initiatives. Dr Brady is a prolific researcher with publications in journals like Education for Primary Care and Cambridge Journal of Education, focusing on topics such as GP trainee supervision, video clubs in teacher training, and children’s home writing practices.
Her research interests span literacy education innovations, the role of poetry in primary classrooms, and intercultural writing projects for youth. She has secured grants totaling over £40,000 for projects like community writing groups and poetry initiatives. Dr Brady actively contributes to academic communities through roles in ethics committees, bid writing, and leadership training programs like ‘Go M.A.D.’ leadership development.
Her advising and grants include supervision of numerous postgraduate students and leadership in funded projects such as the Arts Connect West Midlands initiative. She collaborates with institutions like the Poetry by Heart organization and the Department for Education (DfE). Dr Brady also organizes academic events and supports initiatives like the Prince of Wales mentoring programme through her role in graduation organization.
