Head of programme
Professor Chris Brickell
Sexuality, gay studies, masculinity, histories of adolescence
Academic staff
Dr Simon Barber
Indigenous theory; Marxism; critical theory; settler colonial studies; postcolonial theory; social theory
Associate Professor 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
Associate Professor Marcelle Dawson Humanities International Exchange Adviser
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 Rebecca Stringer Chair - Postgraduate Committee
The social construction of victimhood; feminist theory and politics; Nietzsche – life and works
Associate Professor Martin Tolich
Research ethics; vulnerable families; qualitative research
Associate Professor Patrick Vakaoti
Youth participation; street-frequenting youth; pacific social and community work
Dr Yuki Watanabe
Gender in popular media; masculinity and femininity of Japan
Dr John Wei
Queer studies; migration and mobilities; social class and social change; media, film and communication; China, Asian and Sinophone studies; transnational and intersectional methods
Administrative staff
Rhi Cooper Administrator Client Services
Natasha George Administrator Client Services
Justine Marshall Administrator Client Services
PhD students
Mariam Abdul-Dayyem
Peyton Bond
Mei Qing (Joanna) Chin
Suddhabrata Deb Roy
Katelyn Ferguson
Kirsten Gibson
Stephen Glassey
Sandhiya Gounder
Hannah Herchenbach
Joshua James
Cassandra Joseph
Supriya Koipurathu Rajappan
Rudi Kresna
Adriu Naduva
Angella Ndaka
Romulo Jr. Nieva
Nishanthi Perera
Laura Schilperoort
Tahere Siisiialafia
Kayla Stewart
Abbigale Virens
Masters students
Trixie Croad
Charlotte Bruce Kells
Kirsten Koch
Laura Starling
Alumni
A list of our graduates with links to their masters' and doctoral theses
