Vanessa Rutherford (PhD, MA, BA, National University of Ireland Maynooth) is a Faculty Member in the School of Education, University College Cork.

Vanessa has published book chapters and journal articles on the social and cultural history of children and childhood in Ireland, gender and power in Irish history, the history of education in Ireland and, teacher and student identity and learning (19th century, 20th century and Contemporary). Methodologically, her work engages with discourse analysis and historical inquiry that extends to quantitative research. A major focus of her research is bringing an historical awareness to current educational thought and practice.

UCC Interdisciplinary Programmes 

B.Ed. Social Studies and PE: Interim School Placement Co-Ordinator and Lecturer  

ED1010:  Early Years and Childhood: Historical Developments in the Irish Education Sector (Module, Co-Ordinator)  

ED1015:  Early Years and Childhood Play and Pedagogy 

ED4003: Early Years Research Project (Research Supervisor to BA EYCS Students; Organizing Committee Member, BAEYCS Final Year Student Conference) 

WS6004:       Dissertation in Women’s Studies (Research Supervisor) 

WS 6005:  Feminist Pedagogies, Gender & Society II 

UCC Education-focused Programmes 

ED6081:  Empowering Educators: Feminist Research in Educational Practice (Module, Co-Ordinator) 25/26.  

ED4104:  Conceptual Foundations in the Philosophy and History of Education  (Module Co-Ordinator)  

ED4105:  Conceptual Foundations in the Psychology and Sociology of Education (Module Co Ordinator) 

ED4006:  Curriculum & Assessment, Lecturer  

ED6359:   Professional Research Paper (PME 2): Research Supervisor  

ED4315:  B Ed (Hons) Physical Education, Sports Studies and Arts: Research  Methods 

Cohort PhD in Education (Lecturer & Research Supervisor)  

Structured PhD in Education (Research Supervisor)                   

Maynooth University  
HY3002: Children, Childcare and Education in Nineteenth Century Ireland (2020): Module Design  

BA History (NUI Maynooth) - Tutor  

BA Local and Community Studies – Tutor  

The Open University 

Social Problems, Social Thought and Social Action in Urban Britain 1870 –1914: Lecturer, Distance Education   

Dublin City University  

Land Politics and Society in Ireland, 1840–1922: Lecturer, Distance Education  

Irish Centre for Talented Youth: Teacher, Sociology & History of Childhood