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Denise Behan

Lecturer

Denise Behan joined the Department of Applied Science in the Institute of Technology, Tallaght in September 2001, prior to graduating with her Master’s Degree in November 2001 from Maynooth University. Throughout her time as a Mathematics Lecturer, Denise has delivered a range of different Mathematics Modules to First Year Science, Business, Computing, and Engineering Students.

Denise has always been interested in the First Year Experience of students commencing their university life, and their experience of Mathematics in education prior to commencing third-level. Considering her experience of delivering modules to first year students, Denise undertook and completed the Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education, in 2008, graduating from Maynooth University once again.

In September 2016, Denise was delighted to be nominated and receive a Teaching Hero Award from the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education and the Union of Students in Ireland. The Teaching Hero Awards are Ireland’s only national, student-led awards for all those who teach in higher education. There were over 800 nominees, and 33 recipients of the award. Denise’s students had nominated her for her creativity in the classroom and her adaptation to different teaching methods.

Denise joined the newly-formed TU Dublin School of Mathematics and Statistics in November 2022.