Academic biography

Sabrina is Co-Director of CREATE—The Centre for Collaborative Research Across Teacher Education—and an Assistant Professor of Education based in the School of Policy and Practice at IOE, DCU.

A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), Sabrina has engaged in research across a range of ITE topics but is most keenly interested in educators' occupational wellbeing. For example, Sabrina's recent research explored wellbeing, burnout and rustout in HEI-based Teacher Educators in Ireland and the United Kingdom. 

With colleagues in DCU CREATE, Sabrina is also engaged in collaborative research on the mental health and wellbeing of teachers, student-teachers, leaders, and HEI academics in Ireland and the UK. 

Sabrina's research has been featured on RTE Drivetime, RTE Brainstorm, The Conversation,  The Huffington Post, BBC News, HR News Canada,  Pharmazeutische-Zeitung (PZ), 'Let's Talk Education Research' Podcast, the Education Matters Vodcast, the 'Mind Your Mind' podcast with Roxana Parra, and the Shaye Ganam Show (Canada). She was an invited keynote speaker at the Westminster Education Forum Conference.