Claire McGrail Johnston holds a doctorate in Literature and a Master’s degree in Adult Education. She has taught within adult and community education both in England and Ireland, advocating widening participation in lifelong learning. Her research activities centre upon literary studies, especially the philosophy of reading, aspects of the Gothic, and Irish literature, and are underpinned by how the human relationship with the elemental world manifests within literary texts in diverse ways. From an educational perspective, she is interested in how literature and art can be valuable within creative and social justice pedagogies, and has put th…
Claire McGrail Johnston holds a doctorate in Literature and a Master’s degree in Adult Education. She has taught within adult and community education both in England and Ireland, advocating widening participation in lifelong learning. Her research activities centre upon literary studies, especially the philosophy of reading, aspects of the Gothic, and Irish literature, and are underpinned by how the human relationship with the elemental world manifests within literary texts in diverse ways. From an educational perspective, she is interested in how literature and art can be valuable within creative and social justice pedagogies, and has put these ideas into practice by developing and presenting courses on enjoying literature, creative writing, as well as poetry and performance workshops. She also has associations with Mary Immaculate College, Limerick University, the Workers’ Educational Association, and Liverpool Hope University.
