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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  

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

Current Teaching

Elizabeth Reid Boyd teaches in the Bachelor of Social Science program in Western Australia and Singapore.

Background

Previously Elizabeth Reid Boyd was Director of the Centre for Research for Women, a joint research initiative of the four public universities in Western Australia, Curtin University of Technology, Edith Cowan University, Murdoch University and The University of Western Australia. She completed a PhD at Murdoch University on mothers staying at home and the childcare debate. She contributes to a range of international media including social commentary to The Australian, Online Opinion, and as a columnist for Career Chick.

Professional Memberships

  • UNESCO Asia-Pacific Gender Studies Network
  • Australian Association for Research on Mothering

Awards and Recognition

Other

  • Invited Speaker, International Women’s Day Breakfast, Equal Opportunity Commission. W.A., 2011.
  • Invited to Oxford Round Table, U.K., (Gender Issues and Debates), 2008.
  • Invited to Australia Future Directions Forum identifying leaders in Australia, 2006.

Research Areas and Interests

  • Employability across Diversity
  • Youth, Gender and the Body
  • Mothering
  • Women’s Spirituality
  • Stay at Home Mothers
  • Body Image and the Media

Qualifications

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

Research

Recent Research Grants

  • Employment Literacy: young people, job readiness and employability in Western Australia.,  Australian Research Council,  Grant - Linkage (APAI),  2003 - 2007,  $136,976.

Recent Publications (within the last five years)

Journal Articles

  • Monks, H., Costello, L., Dare, J., Reid 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, 2020(article in press), 1-17, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-020-01162-w.
  • Pelden, S., Reid 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, DOI: 10.3390/socsci8020056.
  • Reid 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.

Research Student Supervision

Principal Supervisor

  • 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 Philosophy,  Employment literacy: Young people, job readiness and employability in Western Australia.
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  The role of the internet in managing transition during women's middle years.
  • Doctor of Philosophy,  The obstacles in women's pathway to principalship.
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