Dr. Paula Murphy

My research explores contemporary culture, including film and artificial intelligence and transnational literatures and I am the author of AI in the Movies (Edinburgh University Presss, 2024).

I led the School of English to an Athena Swan Bronze Award in September 2026 as Chair of the School's Self-Assessment Team. I am the Research Convenor for the School, and previously served as the School's External Engagement Convenor from 2016 to 2026. I am the  School's co-ordinator for Age Friendly University, which provides a bespoke English module each year for Age Friendly University students.

I am an active doctoral supervisor, with six doctoral students graduated to date, other doctoral projects currently underway, and am an experienced examiner of postgraduate research.

My teaching demonstrates commitment to inclusive and future-oriented pedagogies. I co-ordinate the two DCU Futures modules in the School of English and have been accredited as a Universal Design for Learning Facilitator.

Paula's teaching interests include postmodernism, short film, Gothic, modernism and literary theory.