Dr Molly George
Contact Details
- Phone
- +64 3 479 4377
- molly.george@otago.ac.nz
University Links
- Position
- Research Fellow
- Qualifications
- PhD in Social Anthropology
- Research summary
- I am a social anthropologist with specialty interests in health, migration and ageing
- Teaching
- I am part of the team teaching two humanities modules to Health Science First Year and other students in POPH192
- Memberships
- Association of Social Anthropologists Aotearoa New Zealand (ASAANZ)
- American Anthropological Association (AAA) Aging and the Life Course Interest Group
- CARE – Collaboration for Ageing Research Excellence
- Centre for Global Migrations research network
Research
I am a social anthropologist with specialty interests in health, migration and ageing. I have experience working on a variety of topics and have had the privilege of working with many different groups including elderly people, children, Pasifika, Māori, migrants, refugees, students and more.
I bring a humanities lens and a qualitative approach to any topic, including those typically addressed by the other sciences and/or a quantitative approach. My hope and motivation is to humbly work with others to tell under-told stories, address inequities and grow thriving communities.
Additional details
I'm a qualitative researcher, with a PhD in social anthropology. I specialise in bringing qualitative research and humanities into research typically dominated by quantitative scientific approaches.
Publications
George, M. (2022). Aging in a changing world: Older New Zealanders and contemporary multiculturalism. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 192p.
George, M., Richards, R., Watson, B., Lucas, A., Fitzgerald, R., Taylor, R., & Galland, B. (2021). Pacific families navigating responsiveness and children’s sleep in Aotearoa New Zealand. Sleep Medicine: X, 3, 100039. doi: 10.1016/j.sleepx.2021.100039
George, M., Theodore, R., Richards, R., Galland, B., Taylor, R., Matahaere, M., & Te Morenga, L. A. (2020). Moe Kitenga: A qualitative study of perceptions of infant and child sleep practices among Māori whānau. AlterNative, 16(2), 153-160. doi: 10.1177/1177180120929694
George, M. (2016). Cosmopolitan methods and recruiting the urban stranger in Aotearoa New Zealand. Sites, 13(1), 62-87. doi: 10.11157/sites-vol13iss1id333
George, M., Fitzgerald, R. P., & Jaye, C. (2016). Peripheral cosmopolitanisms, an introduction. Sites, 13(1), 1-12. Retrieved from https://sites.otago.ac.nz/Sites
George, M. (2022). Aging in a changing world: Older New Zealanders and contemporary multiculturalism. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press, 192p.
Authored Book - Research
George, M., Richards, R., Watson, B., Lucas, A., Fitzgerald, R., Taylor, R., & Galland, B. (2021). Pacific families navigating responsiveness and children’s sleep in Aotearoa New Zealand. Sleep Medicine: X, 3, 100039. doi: 10.1016/j.sleepx.2021.100039
Journal - Research Article
George, M., Theodore, R., Richards, R., Galland, B., Taylor, R., Matahaere, M., & Te Morenga, L. A. (2020). Moe Kitenga: A qualitative study of perceptions of infant and child sleep practices among Māori whānau. AlterNative, 16(2), 153-160. doi: 10.1177/1177180120929694
Journal - Research Article
George, M. (2016). Cosmopolitan methods and recruiting the urban stranger in Aotearoa New Zealand. Sites, 13(1), 62-87. doi: 10.11157/sites-vol13iss1id333
Journal - Research Article
George, M., & Fitzgerald, R. P. (2012). Forty years in Aotearoa New Zealand: White identity, home and later life in an adopted country. Ageing & Society, 32(2), 239-260. doi: 10.1017/S0144686X11000249
Journal - Research Article
Barusch, A., Gringeri, C., & George, M. (2011). Rigor in qualitative social work research: A review of strategies used in published articles. Social Work Research, 35(1), 11-19. doi: 10.1093/swr/35.1.11
Journal - Research Article
George, M., Fitzgerald, R. P., & Jaye, C. (2016). Peripheral cosmopolitanisms, an introduction. Sites, 13(1), 1-12. Retrieved from https://sites.otago.ac.nz/Sites
Journal - Research Other