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Dr Elizabeth Reid Boyd

Senior Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5421
Facsimile: +61 8 9400 5833
Email: e.boyd@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO4.112  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1374-5960

Elizabeth is a Senior Lecturer within the School of Arts and Humanities.

Background

Dr Elizabeth Reid Boyd is an author and academic who teaches in social science and creative writing and is co-founder of the #Love@ECU Research Network. She has written on Love Studies (The Conversation) as a ‘romantic academic’ (The Guardian) and on creativity and moral imagination (World Economic Forum).

Current teaching

  • CSV1103 Interpersonal and Helping Skills
  • WRT2106 Writing Therapy
  • WRT3120 Biographical and Autobiographical Writing

Professional memberships

  • UNESCO Asia-Pacific Gender Studies Network

Awards and recognition

Other

  • Oxford Round Table, U.K.
  • Australia Future Directions Forum

Research areas and interests

  • Love Studies
  • Gender Studies
  • Interpersonal Communication and Violence Prevention
  • Creativity

Qualifications

  • PhD, Murdoch University.
  • BACHELOR OF SCIENCE (HONOURS), Open Universities Australia, 1995.

Research Outputs

Book Chapters

  • Boyd, E. (2023). Embracing Intimate Civility: Love of Kith and Kin. Contemporary Love Studies in the Arts and Humanities: What's Love Got To Do With It? (75-85). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26055-1_7.

Book Chapters

  • Dudek, D., Boyd, E., Grobbelaar, M. (2022). "Tingles and Shivers”: First Kisses and Intimate Civility in Eliza Redgold's Historical Harlequin Romances Pre- and Post-#MeToo.. New Frontiers in Popular Romance Essays on the Genre in the 21st Century (47-61). McFarland & Company, Inc..

Journal Articles

  • Monks, H., Costello, L., Dare, J., Boyd, E. (2021). “We’re continually comparing ourselves to something”: Navigating media and social media ideals at the nexus of appearance, health and wellness. Sex Roles: a journal of research, 84(3-4), 221 - 237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-020-01162-w.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Boyd, E. (2020). The Master's New Governess. [Novel]. . Harper Collins (Harlequin Historical Imprint).

Journal Articles

  • Pelden, S., Boyd, E., Grobbelaar, M., Adusei-Asante, K., Hopkins, L. (2019). Ladies, Gentlemen and Guys: The Gender Politics of Politeness. Social Sciences, 8(2), Article number 56. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8020056.
  • Boyd, E., Grobbelaar, M., Gringart, E., Bender, A., Rose, W. (2019). Introducing “Intimate Civility”: towards a new concept for 21st century relationships. M/C Journal, 22(1), online.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Boyd, E. (2015). Naked: A Novel of Lady Godiva. Naked. St Martin's Press.

Book Chapters

  • Boyd, E., Letherby, G. (2014). Conclusion: Caring Choices. Stay-at-Home Mothers: Dialogues and Debates (313-315). Demeter Press.
  • Boyd, E., Letherby, G. (2014). Stay-at-Home Mothers: Introduction. Stay-at-Home Mothers: Dialogues and Debates (1-15). Demeter Press.
  • Boyd, E., Larsen, A. (2014). The Mommy Curve Stay-at-Home Mothers in Australia. Stay-at-Home Mothers: Dialogues and Debates (157-172). Demeter Press.
  • Boyd, E., Letherby, G. (2014). Stay-at-Home Mothers. Mothers, Mothering and Motherhood Across Cultural Differences: a Reader (429-449). Demeter Press.

Journal Articles

  • Boyd, E. (2014). Romancing feminism: From women's studies to women's fiction. Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, 3(3), 263-272.

Journal Articles

  • Boyd, E. (2012). Lady: Still a Feminist Four Letter Word?. Women and Language, 35(2), 35-52.

Journal Articles

  • Boyd, E., Moncrieff-Boyd, J. (2011). Swimsuit Issues: Promoting Positive Body Image in Young Women's Magazines. Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 22(2), 102-106.

Journal Articles

  • Boyd, E. (2008). Applying for your own job: A preliminary study. Australian Journal of Career Development, 17(1), 20 - 28.

Conference Publications

  • Boyd, E., Bray, A. (2006). Writing on the body as health education for girls. CASWE 6th Biannual International Institute Proceedings (137-142). CASWE.

Book Chapters

  • Boyd, E. (2005). Mothers at home: Oppressed or Oppressors or Victims of False Dichotomies. Motherhood: Power/Oppression (195-203). The Womens Press.

Creative Arts Research Outputs

  • Boyd, E., Bray, A. (2005). Body Talk: a power guide for girls. . Hodder Press.

Book Chapters

  • Boyd, E. (2004). Country institutional report Australia. Women's/Gender studies in Asia Pacific (165-178). UNESCO Asia and Pacific Bureau for Education.

Journal Articles

  • Boyd, E., Weatherill, P. (2004). There's more than just the newspaper: a pilot study on the social literacies required by young job seekers. Literacy and Numeracy Studies, 13(2), 85 - 97.

Conference Publications

  • Boyd, E., Saggers, S. (2003). Employment literacy: A working definition. International Journal of Learning (2005 - 2013). Common Ground Publishing.

Journal Articles

  • Woodhead, M., Weatherill, P., Boyd, E., Hopkins, L., Murray, S. (2002). Interpersonal Violence Services in Western Australia: Politics, Policies and Practices.. Women Against Violence, 11, 16-21.

Research Projects

  • Employment Literacy: young people, job readiness and employability in Western Australia., Australian Research Council, Grant - Linkage (APAI), 2003 ‑ 2007, $95,552.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Professional Perspectives on Parental Alienation and Intimate Partner Violence: Balancing Parental rights with Children's Safety.

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Experiences, Discourse and Practices of Patriarchy before and after a change in Cultural field: A case study of Pakistani Muslim married Women in Perth, Australia
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Fathers of Nation: Masculinity Construction of Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden during the Ebola Outbreak and the COVID-19 Pandemic
  • Doctor of Philosophy, A Witches’ Rite: A phenomenological study of Wiccan Ritual

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Yogic ecology: Change body, mind, world

Principal Supervisor

  • Master of Social Science, Who we are getting it right for: The practitioners' experience of program evaluation
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Lilith's daughters: Distilling the healing wisdom of women after abortion

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Holistic health: Shaping women's experiences of positive body image

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Psychology, Exploring the experiences and conceptualisation of male victims of intimate partner abuse
  • Doctor of Philosophy, Employment literacy: Young people, job readiness and employability in Western Australia.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The obstacles in women's pathway to principalship.
  • Doctor of Philosophy, The role of the internet in managing transition during women's middle years.
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