Nursing and Human Sciences

Biographical Details:

B.A. (Hons.), M.A. Ph.D.

Research Interests:

Lesbian health and health care Sexuality Gender Marganilisation Health experiences Inequalities in health The lived experience - phenomenology

Selected Peer Reviewed Journals

• Mel Duffy. 2011. Lesbian women's experience of coming out in an Irish hospital setting: a hermeneutic phenomenological approach. Sexuality Research And Social Policy, 8, 4, pp335-347.
• Duffy, Mel. 2010. Diversity in the Irish Workplace - Lesbian Women's Expereices as Nurses. The International Journal Of Diversity In Organisations, Communities And Nations, 10, 3, pp231-241.

Selected Books

• Duffy, Mel & Sheridan, Vera. Cultures of Diversity: Sexual Orientations in An Gards Síochána, DCU, 2012.
• Clarke, Jean; Corcoran, Yvonne & Duffy, Mel. The dynamics of sharing professional knowledge and lay knowledge: A study of parents' and professionals' experiences of childhood interventions within a Marte Meo framework, Dublin City University, 2011.
• Duffy, Mel. Voices from the Hinterland: Lesbian women's Experience of Irish Health Care, Lambert Academic Publishing, 2011.

Selected Chapters

• Duffy, Mel. 2011. Lesbian Women's Experiences of Being Different in Irish Health Care. Qualitative Research in Midwifery and Childbirth: Phenomenological Approaches, pp79-95.

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• Duffy, Mel & Sheridan, Vera, Cultures of diversity:sexual orientation in An Garda Síochána, Supporting Professional Policing: 6th European Gay Police Association Conference, 28-JUN-12 - 29-JUN-12, Dublin Castle, Dublin
• Duffy, Mel; Loane, Ruth & Moore Helena, Dementia & Sexuality in extended care setting, Driving standards for Medical Care in the Extended Care Setting: challenges for the present and the future, 09-MAY-12 - 09-MAY-12, Dunboyne Castle Hotel, dunboyne, co Meath
• Duffy, Mel, Older Lesbian women's Memories, The 2nd irish International Conference uin Sexuality Studies: Self, Selves & Sexualities:, 08-MAR-12 - 10-MAR-12, Dublin City University
• Spies, Marelise, Hannigan, Barbara, Duffy Mel & Merriman. Kieron, Keeping on the 'Straight' and 'Narrow' - Lesbians' Coming Out Stories, Psychological Society of Ireland: 41st PSI Annual Conference, 10-NOV-11 - 12-NOV-11, Galway Bay Hotel, Salthill, Galway
• Duffy, Mel & Sheridan, Vera, Investigating the narratives of older lesbian women in Irish society, Active aging for all: Older and LGBT, 09-NOV-11 - 09-NOV-11, Langton's Hotel, Kilkenny
• Clarke, Jean; Duffy, Mel & Corcoran, Yvonne, The dynamics of sharing professional knowledge and lay knowledge: A study of parents' and professionals' experiences of childhood interventions within a Marte Meo framework, Joint conference of the Irish Association of Social Workers & HSE Marte Meo Training Centre, 05-OCT-11 - 05-OCT-11, The Aisling Hotel, Dublin
• Duffy, Mel, Shadows in the Background, British Sociological Association: Medical Sociology Group 43rd Annual Conference, 14-SEP-11 - 16-SEP-11, University of Chester, United Kingdom
• Duffy, Mel & Sheridan, Vera, Exploring the narratives of older, hidden lives within a culture of heteronormativity, FCMAP New Culture of Ageing Conference, 07-APR-11 - 08-APR-11, Brunel University of West London
• Duffy, Mel, Exploring the Experiences of Lesbian women of Irish Health Care, 18th Lesbian Lives Conference: Revolting bodies, politics & genders, 11-FEB-11 - 12-FEB-11, University of Brighton
• Duffy, Mel & Sheridan, Vera, Interpreting the Space of the Hospital Ward, 18th Lesbian Lives Conference: Revolting bodies, politics & genders, 11-FEB-11 - 12-FEB-11, University of Brighton
• Clarke, Jean; Duffy, Mel & Corcoran, Yvonne, The Dynamics of Sharing Professional Knowledge and Lay Knowledge: A Study of Parents' and Professionals' Experiences of Childhood Interventions with a Marte Meo Framework. Initial Findings, Research Colloquium: Collaboration with Marte Meo/HSE and DCU, 02-SEP-10 - 02-SEP-10, Dublin City University
• Duffy, Mel, Diversity in the Irish Workplace - Lesbian Women's Experiences as Nurses, The 10th International Conference on Diversity in Organisation, Communities & Nations, 19-JUL-10 - 21-JUL-10, Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland
• Duffy, Mel, The Power to Name and Shame in Irish Health Care, Self, Selves and Sexualities: The First International Conference in Sexuality Studies, 19-MAR-10 - 20-MAR-10, Dublin City University
• Duffy, Mel, Staying Silent: Fitting In - Lesbian Women's Experience as Nurses, Integrating Care More Effectively: Unlocking the Potential of Nurses & Midwives, 25-FEB-10 - 25-FEB-10, Royal College of Surgeon in Ireland, Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery
• Duffy, Mel, Shadows in the Background, Lesbian Lives XVII: Lesbian Lives, Studies and Activisms:In-laws, Outlaws and Other Relations, 19-FEB-10 - 20-FEB-10, Women's Studies Centre, University College Dublin
• Duffy, Mel, Recovering the Self in the Face of Heteronormativity, Points of exit: (Un)conventional Representations of Age, Parenting, and Sexuality, 19-MAR-09 - 20-MAR-09, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
• Duffy, Mel, Phenomenology as both an epistemological and methodological approach to the study of the lived experience of lesbian women of Irish health care, The 9th International Interdisciplinary Conference: Advances in Qualitative Methods, 08-OCT-08 - 11-OCT-08, Banff, Canada
• Duffy, Mel, I am who I am but not who you are, School of Nursing research seminar series, 07-MAR-08 - 07-MAR-08, School of Nursing, DCU
• Duffy, Mel, 'I'm the only one': Lesbian nurses experiences of the Irish health care environment, SALIS research seminar series, 07-MAR-08 - 07-MAR-08, SALIS, DCU
• Duffy, Mel, Occupying a different space: Lesbian women's experience of being patients in an Irish hospital setting, Sociological Post-Graduate Conference, 10-NOV-07 - 10-NOV-07, University College Dublin
• Duffy, Mel, Life in the closet: The case of lesbian nurses, Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology, 07-NOV-07 - 09-NOV-07, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin
• Duffy, Mel, To be or not to be: Lesbian women's experience of coming out in Irish health care, The Institute for Interpretive Phenomenology, 26-JUN-07 - 30-JUN-07, George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia
• Duffy, Mel, Initial findings of lesbian women's experience of Irish health care, Transforming Healthcare Through Research Education & Technology, 08-NOV-06 - 10-NOV-06, School of Nursing and Midwifery Trinity College Dublin
• Duffy, Mel, Diversity in Health Care: A Review of Lesbian Women's Health Care, Beyond rhetoric: nursing & midwifery knowledge and research for a new healthcare system, 22-FEB-06 - 24-FEB-06, Royal College of surgeons in Ireland
• Duffy, Mel, Desperately Seeking alice, 5th Annual "Sociological Imaginations" Postgraduate Conference, 14-JAN-06 - 14-JAN-06, University College Cork
• Duffy, Mel, Hear No Lesbian, Speak No Lesbian, See No Lesbian: Literature Review on Lesbian Healthcare, Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology, 02-NOV-05 - 04-NOV-05, School of Nursing & Midwifery, Trinity College Dublin
• Matthews, Anne & Duffy, Mel, Contested Citisenship: The Global and Local Context of Childbirth, The Local and the Global: Contested Terrains, 24-SEP-04 - 25-SEP-04, DCU
• Duffy, Mel, Lesbian Healthcare, Families, Children and Social Policy, 16-SEP-04 - 17-SEP-04, Social Policy Association