Dr Suzanne O’Keeffe

Biography
Dr. Suzanne O'Keeffe
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4344-2488
Suzanne O’Keeffe is Assistant Professor of Education in the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University, Ireland. Her work focuses on sociological questions in education, with a particular interest in questions of gender and masculinities. Areas of interest include care, children and childhood, teachers’ daily lives and feminist research designs. Recent publications include Masculinities and Teaching in Primary Schools (2022, Palgrave MacMillan).
Suzanne lectures in Sociology of Education and Social Personal and Health Education (S.P.H.E.). SHE has ten years teaching experience in mainstream primary school classrooms and graduated with a PhD in the field of Education from Mary Immaculate College (MIC) Limerick in 2016. Her doctoral studies examines the daily experiences of male primary school teachers. She is the recipient of the MIC Postgraduate Award 2015 and the John Coolahan Research Support Framework Bursary 2022 and 2017 (Teaching Council).
Upcoming Publications:
O'Keeffe, S. (2023). New Modes of Marginalisation: Teachers’ Ways of Knowing Themselves. In Säfström, C.A. & Biesta, G. (Eds). The New Publicness of Education: Democratic Possibilities after the Critique of Neo-Liberalism. London / NY: Routledge
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4344-2488
Suzanne O’Keeffe is Assistant Professor of Education in the Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University, Ireland. Her work focuses on sociological questions in education, with a particular interest in questions of gender and masculinities. Areas of interest include care, children and childhood, teachers’ daily lives and feminist research designs. Recent publications include Masculinities and Teaching in Primary Schools (2022, Palgrave MacMillan).
Suzanne lectures in Sociology of Education and Social Personal and Health Education (S.P.H.E.). SHE has ten years teaching experience in mainstream primary school classrooms and graduated with a PhD in the field of Education from Mary Immaculate College (MIC) Limerick in 2016. Her doctoral studies examines the daily experiences of male primary school teachers. She is the recipient of the MIC Postgraduate Award 2015 and the John Coolahan Research Support Framework Bursary 2022 and 2017 (Teaching Council).
Upcoming Publications:
O'Keeffe, S. (2023). New Modes of Marginalisation: Teachers’ Ways of Knowing Themselves. In Säfström, C.A. & Biesta, G. (Eds). The New Publicness of Education: Democratic Possibilities after the Critique of Neo-Liberalism. London / NY: Routledge
Most recent publications include:
O'Keeffe, S. (2022). Masculinities
and Teaching in Primary Schools. Palgrave
Studies in Gender and Education. Available online at: bfm:978-3-030-93994-6/1 (springer.com)
O'Keeffe, S. (2021). Artificial boundaries? Shaping policy through empowering research, Irish Educational Studies, DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2021.1899022
O'Keeffe, S. (2021). Power and Policy: Recruiting and Educating the Best Teachers using Empowering Research Designs. In Madalinska-Michalak, J., Assunção Flores, M., Ling Low, E. and Van Nuland, S. (Eds.) Recruiting and Educating the Best Teachers: Policy, Professionalism and Pedagogy, Key Issues in Teacher Education: Policy, Research and Practice. Leiden: Brill. [Available online]: Chapter 2 Power and Policy in: Recruiting and Educating the Best Teachers: Policy, Professionalism and Pedagogy (brill.com)
Biesta, G., Heugh, K., Cervinkova, H., Rasiński, L., Osborne, S., Forde, D., Wrench, A., Carter, J., Säfström, CA., Soong, H., O’Keeffe, S., Paige, K., Rigney, L-I., O’Toole, L. Hattam, R., Peters, M.A. & Tesar, M. (2021): Philosophy of education in a new key: publicness, social justice, and education; a South-North conversation, Educational Philosophy and Theory, DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2021.1929172. Available online: Philosophy of education in a new key: publicness, social justice, and education; a South-North conve (tandfonline.com)
O'Keeffe, S. (2021). Artificial boundaries? Shaping policy through empowering research, Irish Educational Studies, DOI: 10.1080/03323315.2021.1899022
O'Keeffe, S. (2021). Power and Policy: Recruiting and Educating the Best Teachers using Empowering Research Designs. In Madalinska-Michalak, J., Assunção Flores, M., Ling Low, E. and Van Nuland, S. (Eds.) Recruiting and Educating the Best Teachers: Policy, Professionalism and Pedagogy, Key Issues in Teacher Education: Policy, Research and Practice. Leiden: Brill. [Available online]: Chapter 2 Power and Policy in: Recruiting and Educating the Best Teachers: Policy, Professionalism and Pedagogy (brill.com)
Biesta, G., Heugh, K., Cervinkova, H., Rasiński, L., Osborne, S., Forde, D., Wrench, A., Carter, J., Säfström, CA., Soong, H., O’Keeffe, S., Paige, K., Rigney, L-I., O’Toole, L. Hattam, R., Peters, M.A. & Tesar, M. (2021): Philosophy of education in a new key: publicness, social justice, and education; a South-North conversation, Educational Philosophy and Theory, DOI: 10.1080/00131857.2021.1929172. Available online: Philosophy of education in a new key: publicness, social justice, and education; a South-North conve (tandfonline.com)
O’Toole, L., McClelland, D., Forde, D., O’Keeffe, S., Purdy, N., Säfström, C. A., and Walsh, T. (2021). Contested childhoods across borders and boundaries: Insights from curriculum provisions in Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State in the 1920s, BERJ (British Educational Research Journal), 47 (4), DOI: 10.1002/berj.3708. Available online: Contested childhoods across borders and boundaries: Insights from curriculum provisions in Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State in the 1920s
O’ Keeffe, S. & Skerritt, C. (2020) Exploring teacher identity using poststructural tools, International Journal of Research & Method in Education, DOI: 10.1080/1743727X.2020.1753691
Invited Speaker:
International Men’s Day, male underrepresentation in caring professions, Mary Immaculate College, Limerick, 21st November 2022.
O'Keeffe, S. and McClelland, D. (2021). Contesting lingering gendered attitudes about childhood, Australian Association for Research in Education (AARE), November 28th - December 2nd.
Awards:
UNIVERSAL DESIGN IN TEACHING AND LEARNING (2023)
Issued by: National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
Issued on:1.2.2023
Teacher Hero Award (2021)
Teacher Hero Award (2021)
Research Interests
Care Theory; Education; Feminist Research Designs; Gender and Gender Role Expectations; Masculinities.
Research Projects
Book Chapter
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | O'Keeffe, S. (2021) 'Artificial boundaries? Shaping policy through empowering research' In: Recruiting and Educating the Best Teachers: Policy, Professionalism and Pedagogy. Netherlands : Brill Publishers. | |
2020 | O'Keeffe, S. (2020) 'Quality Teachers and Quality Teacher Education Exploring Wellbeing, Gender and Job Satisfaction' In: Studies on Quality Teachers and Quality In-service Teacher Education. Warsaw : Foundation for the Development of the Education System (FRSE) Publications. [Link] [DOI] |
Peer Reviewed Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2021 | O’Toole L.;McClelland D.;Forde D.;O'Keeffe S.;Purdy N.;Säfström C.A.;Walsh T. (2021) 'Contested childhoods across borders and boundaries: Insights from curriculum provisions in Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State in the 1920s'. British Educational Research Journal, 47 (4):1021-1038. https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3708 | |
2022 | O’Keeffe S. (2022) 'Masculinities and Non-human Bodies'. Palgrave Studies In Gender And Education, :61-69. [DOI] | |
2021 | Biesta G.;Heugh K.;Cervinkova H.;Rasiński L.;Osborne S.;Forde D.;Wrench A.;Carter J.;Säfström C.A.;Soong H.;O’Keeffe S.;Paige K.;Rigney L.I.;O’Toole L.;Hattam R.;Peters M.A.;Tesar M. (2021) 'Philosophy of education in a new key: publicness, social justice, and education; a South-North conversation'. Educational Philosophy and Theory, . [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2022 | O’Keeffe S. (2022) 'Conclusion'. Palgrave Studies In Gender And Education, :81-90. [DOI] | |
2022 | O’Keeffe S. (2022) 'Introduction'. Palgrave Studies In Gender And Education, :1-19. [DOI] | |
2022 | O’Keeffe S. (2022) 'Identities at Work: The Staffroom, Playground, and School Environment'. Palgrave Studies In Gender And Education, :21-34. [DOI] | |
2022 | O’Keeffe S. (2022) 'Emotions and Reshaping Masculinities'. Palgrave Studies In Gender And Education, :39-56. [DOI] | |
2022 | O’Keeffe S. (2022) 'Connecting Power, Emotions, and Materiality Through Data Analysis'. Palgrave Studies In Gender And Education, :73-80. [DOI] | |
2021 | O'Keeffe, S (2021) 'Artificial boundaries? Shaping policy through empowering research'. Irish Educational Studies, . [DOI] | |
2017 | (2017) 'How do you teach like a man?'. Intouch Magazine, . | |
2017 | (2017) 'EQUALITY, INCLUSION AND OPPORTUNITY: CONTEMPORARY IRISH SCHOOLS AND MODERN MASCULINITIES'. European Journal Of Education Studies, . [DOI] | |
2017 | (2017) 'Doing Feminist Research: The Interview as Method'. Sage Research Methods Cases, . http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526403889 | |
2016 | (2016) 'What are male teachers' understandings of masculinities?- An exploration of sex, bodies, and gender in Irish primary schools'. Palgrave Communications, . [DOI] | |
2020 | O'Keeffe, S;Skerritt, C (2020) 'Exploring teacher identity using poststructural tools'. International Journal of Research and Method in Education, . [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2019 | Ring, E.; O'Sullivan, L.; O'Keeffe, S.; Ferris, F. and Wall, E. (2019) 'Transforming the Lives of Early Childhood Teachers, Autistic Children and their Families: Findings and Recommendations from an Evaluation of a Programme of Continuing Professional Development'. The Adult Learner, . [Full-Text] | |
2018 | O'Keeffe, S (2018) 'Experiences of care labour, gender and work for men who teach young children'. Palgrave Communications, 4 . [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2018 | O'Keeffe S.;Deegan J. (2018) 'Gendered positionality among Irish male primary teachers: the staff room as a site of performative masculinity'. Irish Educational Studies, 37 (3):373-389. [DOI] [Full-Text] | |
2016 | O'Keeffe S. (2016) 'What are male teachers’ understandings of masculinities?—An exploration of sex, gender and bodies in Irish primary schools'. Palgrave Communications, 2 . [DOI] [Full-Text] |
Other Journal
Year | Publication | |
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2017 | O'Keeffe, S. (2017) 'How do you teach like a man?' Irish National Teachers Organisation Magazine, (168) :52-53. [Full-Text] | |
2014 | O'Keeffe, S. (2014) 'Why the decline in male primary school teachers?' Irish National Teachers Organisation Magazine, (148) :43-44. [Full-Text] |
Conference Publication
Year | Publication | |
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2017 | O'Keeffe, S. (2017) Academic International Conference on Multidisciplinary Studies and Education . In: Dr. Ramandeep Kaur Chhina eds. HOW DO YOU TEACH LIK E A MAN? POLITICS AN D PERCEPTIONS OF MEN WORKING WITH YOUNG CHILDREN London, [Link] |
Conference Contribution
Educational Article
Year | Publication | |
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2020 | O'Keeffe, S. (2020) How to teach children about feminism. Online at: https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2020/1123/1179902-how-to-teach-children-about-feminism/: EDARTCL [Link] |
Case
Year | Publication | |
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2019 | O'Keeffe, S. (2019) Using a Voice-Centred Relational Method of Data Analysis to Study Male Teachers’ Daily Experiences. London: CASE [Link] [DOI] | |
2017 | O'Keeffe, S. (2017) The Interview As Method: Doing Feminist Research. London: CASE [Link] | |
2018 | O'Keeffe, S. (2018) The Interview and Social Relations: Exploring How Gender Shapes the Research Process. London: CASE http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781526430748 |
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Professional Associations
Committees
Education
Teaching Interests
Sociology of Education
Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education
Education Department
Social, Personal and Health Education (S.P.H.E.)
Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education
Personal and Professional Student Teacher Learning (P.P.S.T.L.)
Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education
Behaviour Management workshops
Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education
Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education
Education Department
Social, Personal and Health Education (S.P.H.E.)
Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education
Personal and Professional Student Teacher Learning (P.P.S.T.L.)
Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education
Behaviour Management workshops
Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education