Head of programme
Professor Chris Brickell
Sexuality, gay studies, masculinity, histories of adolescence
Academic staff
Dr Melanie Beres
Sexual consent; sexuality; sexual violence; qualitative research methods
Professor Chris Brickell
Sexuality, gay studies, masculinity, histories of adolescence
Professor Hugh Campbell
Rural sociology; agriculture; food; neoliberalism; governance
Associate Professor Annabel Cooper
Cultural politics and history of gender; place, memory and identity; film and media; screen narratives of the New Zealand Wars
Dr Marcelle Dawson Chair - Postgraduate Committee and International Advisor
Social movements and popular protest; alternative futures; decolonial studies; social identities
Associate Professor Anita Gibbs
FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder); adoption and fostering; disability; social work research
Dr Fairleigh Gilmour
Sex work governance; race, gender and class in media representations of crime; the intersections of crime, addiction and mental health
Dr Bryndl Hohmann-Marriott
Family demography; childbearing; quantitative research methods
Dr Katharine Legun
Environmental sociology; agri-food; economic institutions; science and technology
Dr Rebecca Stringer
The social construction of victimhood; feminist theory and politics; Nietzsche – life and works
Associate Professor Martin Tolich
Research ethics; vulnerable families; qualitative research
Dr Patrick Vakaoti
Youth participation; street-frequenting youth; pacific social and community work
Dr Yuki Watanabe
Gender in popular media; masculinity and femininity of Japan
Administrative staff
Bronwyn Craig Administrator Client Services
Natasha George Administrator Client Services
Helen O'Sullivan Administrator Client Services
