Sue Middleton

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Sue Middleton
Born1947 (age 7475)
Nationality New Zealand
Alma mater Waikato University
Scientific career
Fields Life history
Institutions Waikato University
Thesis
Doctoral students Elizabeth McKinley [1]

Sue Middleton (born 1947) is a retired New Zealand academic who spent her career at the University of Waikato focused on life histories.

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Career

After a 1979 MSc thesis, A phenomenological perspective for the classroom teacher and its application to the education of women [2] at Victoria University of Wellington and a 1985 PhD dissertation Feminism and education in post-war New Zealand: a sociological analysis at University of Waikato, New Zealand, Middleton joined the faculty.

From 2000 to 2006 Middleton was director of the Centre for Research in Social Policy.

In 2013, Middleton was awarded Emeritus Professor by the University of Waikato. [3] Middleton is credited for pioneering New Zealand's first studies centred around "women and education [sic] and education and sexuality." [3]

In 2019, Middleton and Helen May co-edited For Women and Children: a tribute to Geraldine McDonald, a collection of writings in honour of the life and work of researcher Geraldine McDonald. [4] [3]

Selected works

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References

  1. McKinley, Elizabeth (2003). Brown bodies, white coats: Postcolonialism, Māori women, and science (Doctoral thesis). The University of Waikato.
  2. Middleton, D. (1979). "A phenomenological perspective for the classroom teacher and its application to the education of women". Submitted for the Degree of M.A. In Education at the Victoria University of Wellington: 248.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Leader in Education made Emeritus Professor". The University of Waikato. 10 October 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  4. Middleton, Sue; May, Helen, eds. (2019). For Women and Children: A Tribute to Geraldine McDonald. Wellington, New Zealand: NZCER Press. ISBN   978-1-98-854278-2.
  5. "McKenzie Award". NZARE. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. Education Feminism.