Dr. Amalee Meehan

Amalee Meehan is Assistant Professor of Religious Education at the Institute of Education, DCU. She teaches on the Bachelor of Religious Education (BRelEd) and is a guest lecturer on the Doctor of Education (EdD) programme and with the Church of Ireland Centre, DCU. She is external examiner of three education programmes at the University of Glasgow, Scotland.

An Associate Researcher at the National Anti-Bullying Research and Resource Centre (ABC) at DCU, Amalee co-led the COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) Action 81150 project TRIBES 'Transnational Collaboration on Bullying, Migration and Integration in Second-Level Schools'.

Following the international success of TRIBES, Amalee with Professor James O'Higgins Norman and ABC were awarded COST Action 23120 'Religious Identity, Bullying and Wellbeing at School: A Transnational Collaboration' (ORBIT). Amalee & James co-lead this international funded research project in collaboration with multi-disciplinary colleagues from Canterbury Christ Church University, European University, Cyprus; Kingston University London;University of Belgrade; University of Malta; University of Münster Germany; University of Stavanger Norway and Schwyz University of Teacher Education, Switzerland.

As Associate Researcher with the Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education (MDCCE), DCU, Amalee has established a ‘community of practice’ of students pursuing doctoral studies in the broad field of Catholic education. She explains 'the best way to undertake study at this level is in the company of others, so we are really delighted to gather doctoral students together as a community of practice and host them in our beautiful space The Well in the Mater Dei Centre for Catholic Education, St Patrick's Campus, DCU'. Anyone interested in joining this group should contact Amalee at [email protected].

Amalee’s research profile ranges from theology and spirituality to education, religious education, wellbeing and inclusive education, as well as identity based bullying. As well as a substantial corpus of Q1 publications, she has co-authored a number ofreligious education textbooks for Catholic high schools in the United States as part of the Credo Series. Her current research interests are in religious identity, bullying and wellbeing, school ethos, and inclusive religious education.