Updated 05/2018.
Education
University College Dublin
Master of Arts in Philosophy (First Class) (2011-2012)
Thesis: “Rebellious Matter: Towards an Ontology of Embodied Difference”.
Queen’s University Belfast
Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Sociology and Politics (First Class) (2008-2011)
Dissertation: “Live Flesh: Materiality, Subjectivity, Agency”.
Awards
Irish Research Council, Government of Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship (2013-2016)
ESB-Universities Ireland, North/South Postgraduate Scholarship (2011-2012)
Undergraduate Awards, ‘Social Studies' category: Overall Winner (2011)
Undergraduate Awards, 'International Relations and Politics' category: Highly Commended (2011)
Queen’s University Belfast, School of Sociology, Social Policy and Social Work
McLaughlin Prize (best work on disability) (2011)
Queen’s University Belfast, School of Politics, International Studies and Philosophy
David Mulholland Prize (best performance in dissertation) (2011)
Foundation Scholarship (2010)
Foundation Scholarship (2009)
Conference & Workshop Presentations
Disability, Technology, Time: The Technological Unconscious as an Unsafe Ground for Bodily Activity
‘Interrogating Prostheses’, Nordic Network Gender Body Health, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, 15-16 May 2017
Disability and Prosthesis Beyond Utility and Function
'Disability, Arts and Health', Nordic Network for Gender, Body, Health, Bergen University, Bergen, Norway, 1-2 September 2016
Expression and The Structure of Behavior
‘Workshop with Donald A. Landes on Merleau-Ponty and the Paradoxes of Expression’, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, 18 May 2016
Atypical Morphology and the Normative Limits of Ability and Function
'Theorising the Body in Health and Medicine', Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands, 25-26 November 2015
Bioethics Without Normalcy
'Conceptualizing Disability as a Public Health Issue: Impairment, Enhancement and Emerging Biotechnologies', Fondation Brocher, Geneva, Switzerland, 26-27 January 2015
Publications
Mitchell, Jonathan (2011) "'Race', Nation and Belonging in Ireland," Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies: Vol. 11: Iss. 1, Article 1.
Teaching Experience
University College Dublin
Teaching Assistant
'Philosophy and Literature' (Level 2, 2017)
‘Feminist Legal Theory’ (Level 2, 2016)
‘Philosophy of Interpretation’ (Level 3, 2014)
‘Rationalism & Empiricism’ (Level 2, 2014)
‘Introduction to Greek Philosophy’ (Level 1, 2013)
‘Introduction to Arts’ (Level 1, 2012)
Facilitating tutorials, meeting students upon request, grading assignments.
Other Academic Experience
Peer Review: Hypatia (2017)
Peer Review: Somatechnics (2014)
Conference Assistant: The Inhuman Gaze, Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris (2018)
Conference Assistant: The Future of the Body, Long Room Hub, Trinity College, Dublin (2014)
Alumnus Judge: Undergraduate Awards (2013)
Indexer: Giffney & Shildrick (eds), Theory on the Edge: Irish Studies and the Politics of Sexual Difference (2013)
Languages
English – native speaker
French – speak and read with basic competence (Common European Framework A2.8)
Related Experience
Queen’s University Belfast
Student Union Council (2010-2011)
Community, Equality, Diversity Committee (2009-2011)
Student-Staff Consultative Committee (2009-2010)
Downloadable C.V.
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