Mary Rose is a secondary English teacher in the Chicago Public Schools; labor activist and organizer; and doctoral student in Literacy, Language, and Culture at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research focuses on critical literacy pedagogy, teacher beliefs and ideologies, and literacy instruction at the secondary level.

She is also one-third of an interdisciplinary family research team whose work explores the history and role of Irish dance halls in Chicago during the mid-1900s.

Selected Publications and Presentations

O’Shea, M.R., O’Shea, C., & O’Shea, M. (2020, July 14). Irish-Americans, we must stand up for Black Lives Matter. Chicago Sun-Times. https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/7/13/21322711/irish-americans-we-must- stand-against-white-supremacy-op-ed-mary-oshea-conor

O’Shea, M.R, O’Shea, C., & O’Shea, M. (2021, March 17). Irish Dance Halls in Chicago: Formations of Irish-American Identity [online panel]. In conversation with Carlos Iro Burgos. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEKbtVWZWHE

O’Shea, M.R., O’Shea, C., and O’Shea, M. (October 7, 2021). No longer at the crossroads: A critical geography of Irish dance halls in Chicago. “Drawing Lines: Exclusion and Inclusion in Ireland and the Irish Diaspora”: American Conference for Irish Studies Midwest Regional Conference, Northern Illinois University.

O’Shea, M.R., O’Shea, C., and O’Shea, M. (June 22, 2021). No longer at the crossroads: Irish dance halls in Chicago and late generation ethnicity. “Chicago: an Irish-American Metropolis? Politics, Ethnicity, and Culture from 1830s to the present time”: An International and Multidisciplinary Conference (Partnership between the Universities of Chicago, Caen Normandie, and Paris), Paris, France.