Rachel Lenihan is Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Limerick. Before joining the team in UL in 2022, she was a post primary teacher of English and History for 17 years. She worked as a School Placement Development Officer in the Department of Education and Professional Studies in UL in 2015-1016. This role involved supporting undergraduate students while on school placement as well as forging links between schools and the university. She was seconded to the support services for teachers as an English Advisor with Junior Cycle for Teachers from 2016-2018 and has also acted as an associate. Her doctoral study, completed in 2019, examines teachers' understandings of literacy in the Post-Primary setting. Other areas of interest include education policy, English pedagogy, assessment, Global Citizenship Education and reflective practice.