Mary joined NUI, Galway in 2004, having previously trained as a professional accountant with PWC and lectured for BPP Professional Education and University College Cork.  

She is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, holds a Master of Business Studies in Corporate Finance and Accounting and is currently undertaking doctoral research examining how management accounting systems evolve and develop in SMEs. 

Mary lectures in Financial Accounting at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the School of Business & Economics.  In addition, she lectures on the Introduction to Business module, which is a multi-disciplinary course taught to a number of undergraduate and postgraduate students in the College of Science and College of Arts, Social Sciences and Celtic Studies. 

Mary has a particular interest in career mentoring and has organised a number of events in recent times facilitating one-to-one meetings between undergraduate students and senior level professionals to discuss career opportunities and plans.  These career mentoring events have facilitated the development of strong ties with leading employers such as Accenture, SAP, Davy, Deloitte, PWC, IBM, Mazars, Medtronic, Boston Scientific etc.

Mary currently holds the position of  Programme Director for the Bachelor of Commerce (Accounting) degree, a niche programme developed for those students that wish to specialise in accounting from the beginning of their studies at NUI Galway.   Students participating in this programme benefit from the participation of Big 4 firms through on site visits (KPMG), team building events (PWC), career mentoring (Deloitte and PWC), along with placements and internships (E&Y, PWC, Deloitte and KPMG).  The international experience year option on this programme has facilitated the development of international study partnership ties with the State University of New York, Albany and Canisius College, Buffalo.
 
 
 

Selected Publications:
 

Journal Publications

Kelly, T. and Barrett, M. (2012) The Leading Causes and Potential Consequences of Occupational Stress - A Study of Irish Trainee Accountants.  Irish Accounting Review, Forthcoming.

Doran, M. (2006) Bean Counter or Business Adviser? An Exploratory Study of Changing Times for the Accounting Practitioner in Ireland. Irish Accounting Review, 13 (1), 23-46.

Professional Publications

Doran, M. (2004) Client Relationships, Accountancy Ireland, 36 (1).

Doran, M. (2003) Valued Added Services - Is that what clients really want? Accountancy Plus, December 2003.

Academic Conference Presentations

Kelly, T. and Doran, M. (2007) The Leading Causes and Potential Consequences of Occupational Stress - A Study of Irish Trainee Accountants.  Irish Accounting and Finance Association Conference 2007, 10-11 May 2007, I.T. Tralee.

Doran, M. (2005) A Change in Focus for Small and Medium Sized Accounting Practitioners in Ireland.  Irish Accounting and Finance Association Conference 2005, 21-22 April 2005, University of Limerick.

Doran, M. (2004) Bean Counter or Business Adviser?  Changing Times for the Accounting Practitioner in Ireland.  Irish Accounting and Finance Association Conference 2004, 19-20 April 2004, Queens University, Belfast.

Professional Conference Presentations

Doran, M. (2005)  Guest speaker at Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) Members in Practice Conference, Dublin, November 2005.

Doran, M. (2004)  Guest speaker at Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland (ICAI) Practice Conference, Killarney, April 2004.

Doran, M. (2003) Guest speaker at Institute of Certified Public Accountants in Ireland (CPA) Conference, Cork, September 2003.