Allison_Kirkman

Allison Kirkman

Allison Kirkman

New Zealand sociology academic

Allison Margaret Kirkman is a New Zealand sociology academic with interests in 'death and dying; gender, sexuality, ageing and health; health care work and workers.' In 2014 she was appointed the Vice Provost (Academic and Equity) at Victoria University of Wellington before moving to become Pro-Vice Chancellor for the Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences at the University of Waikato.[1][2] She was made an Emeritus Professor at the University of Waikato in 2022 in recognition of her work to set up a nursing programme at the university.[3]

Kirkman's 1996 PhD thesis was on Ways of Being Religious: Lesbians and Christianity.[4]

Selected publications

  • Allison Kirkman. Health practitioners, Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 9 November 2012
  • Allison Kirkman and Pat Moloney eds. Sexuality Down Under Social and Historical Perspectives Otago University Press 2006 ISBN 1 877372 10 2[5][6]
  • Kevin Dew and Allison Kirkman Sociology of health in New Zealand Oxford University Press 2002. ISBN 0-195584-54-6.[7]

References

  1. [1]
    "New Vice-Provost (Academic and Equity) appointed". Victoria University of Wellington. 12 December 2014. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  2. [2]
    "Allison Kirkman - Arts and Social Sciences: University of Waikato". www.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 22 April 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Driving forces behind successful nursing programme honoured". www.waikato.ac.nz. 27 September 2022. Retrieved 11 October 2022.
  4. [4]
    Ways of Being Religious: Lesbians and Christianity (Thesis). Victoria University of Wellington. 1996. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  5. [5]
    Tyler, Heather (24 February 2006). "No sex talk please, we're New Zealanders". NZ Herald. Retrieved 7 June 2014.
  6. [6]
    Kampf, Antje (January 2010). "Sexuality Down Under: Social and Historical Perspectives. Edited by Allison Kirkman and Pat Moloney. Dunedin, New Zealand: Otago University Press, 2005. Pp. 304. $39.954 (paper)". Journal of the History of Sexuality (Review). 19 (1). University of Texas Press.
  7. [7]
    Jennie Connor. "Sociology of health in New Zealand". Journal of the New Zealand Medical Association. journal.nzma.org.nz. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2014.


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