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Dr Geneva Connor PhD

Lecturer

Doctoral Co-Supervisor
School of Psychology

My research interests lie within issues of women's safety, violence against women, gender-based violence and mass violence, with a particular focus on technologies. I am interested in the potentials of cyborg methodological interventions into psychology.

Professional

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy - Massey University (2019)

Certifications and Registrations

  • Licence, Co-Supervisor, Massey University

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Violence against women.

Gender-based violence.

Cyborg theory.

Qualitative methodologies.

Women's safety.

Domestic violence / family violence / intimate partner violence.

Women's sexuaity.

Eating disorders.

Violent extremism.

Technology.

Technologised art.

Thematics

21st Century Citizenship

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Gender Psychology (170105): Psychology (170100): Psychology And Cognitive Sciences (170000): Psychology not elsewhere classified (170199)

Research Outputs

Journal

Mouat, S., Coombes, L., Morgan, M., & Connor, G. (2025). Patterns: A woman’s story of recognising coercive control. The Australian Community Psychologist. 34(1), 26-41 Retrieved from http://psychology.org.au/getmedia/a33de112-cc83-4fa8-8636-e32e6f66d80c/mouat-et-al.pdf
[Journal article]Authored by: Connor, G., Morgan, C.
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Buckingham, H., Morgan, M., Coombes, L., Rogerson, A., & Connor, G. (2025). Remembering a day with April: Responding to the entwined crises of mental health and domestic violence. The Australian Community Psychologist. 34(1), 6-25 Retrieved from http://psychology.org.au/for-members/publications/journals/australian-community-psychologist/acp-issues/volume-34-no-1
[Journal article]Authored by: Connor, G., Morgan, C., Rogerson, A.
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Connor, G. (2025). Feminist cyborg meets Body Sculpture: An encounter with feminist aesthetics and roboticised sexual assault. European Journal of Women S Studies. 32(4 Special Issue: Aesthetic Interventions to Gender-Based Violence and Sexual Violence), 466-479
[Journal article]Authored by: Connor, G.
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Connor, G., Coombes, L., & Morgan, M. (2015). iAnorexic: Haraway’s Cyborg Metaphor as Ethical Methodology. Qualitative Research in Psychology. 12(3), 233-245
[Journal article]Authored by: Connor, G., Coombes, L., Morgan, C.
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Connor, G., & Coombes, L. (2014). Gynetic organisms: Pro-anorexic techno bodies. Ethnicity and Inequalities in Health and Social Care. 7(2), 62-71
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Book

Morgan, M., Coombes, L., Connor, G., & Rogerson, A. (2025). Feminist psychology: Theoretical transformations, resistances and subversions. In The SAGE Handbook of Theoretical Psychology. (pp. 338 - 369). : SAGE Publications Limited
[Chapter]Authored by: Connor, G., Morgan, C., Rogerson, A.
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Report

Morgan, M., Denne, S., Jennens, E., Rogerson, A., Coombes, L., & Connor, G.(2024). Developing culturally specific early intervention through community collaboration for men bound by Police Safety Orders in Counties Manukau. Study Eight: Narratives of complexity: Six case studies of Gandhi Nivas client police records. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Massey University
[Technical Report]Authored by: Connor, G., Coombes, L., Denne, S., Morgan, C., Rogerson, A.
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Coombes, L., Connor, G., Morgan, M., Rogerson, A., & Venkateswar, S.(2024). Developing culturally specific early intervention community collaboration for men bound by Police Safety Orders in Counties Manukau. Study Seven: Strength and dignity: Women’s stories of their hopes and aspirations after their family members’ residence at Gandhi Nivas. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Massey University
[Technical Report]Authored by: Connor, G., Coombes, L., Morgan, C., Rogerson, A., Venkateswar, S.
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Buckingham, H., Morgan, M., Coombes, L., Connor, G., & Rogerson, A.(2022). Developing culturally specific early intervention community collaboration for men bound by Police Safety Orders in Counties Manukau. Study Six: Gandhi Nivas: Stakeholder experiences of responding to clients involved in family violence and mental health crises. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Massey University
[Technical Report]Authored by: Connor, G., Coombes, L., Morgan, C., Rogerson, A.
Morgan, M., Jennens, E., Coombes, L., Connor, G., & Denne, S.(2020). Developing culturally specific early intervention community collaboration for men bound by Police Safety Orders in Counties Manukau. Study Five: Gandhi Nivas 2014-2019: A statistical description of client demographics and involvement in Police recorded family violence occurrences. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Massey University
[Technical Report]Authored by: Connor, G., Coombes, L., Denne, S., Morgan, C.
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Coombes, L., Rogerson, A., Connor, G., Morgan, M., & Venkateswar, S.(2020). Developing culturally specific early intervention community collaboration for men bound by Police Safety Orders in Counties Manukau. Study Four: “It always helps to be able to ring someone”: Women’s narratives of Sahaayta’s support from 'Strength and dignity: Women’s Stories of their hopes and aspirations after their family members’ residence at Gandhi Nivas'. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Massey University
[Technical Report]Authored by: Connor, G., Coombes, L., Morgan, C., Rogerson, A., Venkateswar, S.
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Mattson, T., Morgan, M., Coombes, L., Kean, M., & Connor, G.(2020). Developing culturally specific early intervention community collaboration for men bound by Police Safety Orders in Counties Manukau. Technical Report: Residents’ stories of violence and early intervention. Palmerston North, New Zealand: Massey University
[Technical Report]Authored by: Connor, G., Coombes, L., Kean, M., Morgan, C.
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Coombes, L., Morgan, M., Mattson, T., & Connor, G.(2017). Developing culturally specific early intervention community collaboration for men bound by Police Safety Orders in Counties Manukau. Study Two: Establishing Gandhi Nivas: A process narrative of stakeholders’ experiences.
[Technical Report]Authored by: Connor, G., Coombes, L., Morgan, C.

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Other

Morgan, M., Connor, G., Rogerson, A., & Coombes, L. (2024). Barbie’s Fictionalised Science Fantasy of Post-Feminist Maternity.
[Other]Authored by: Connor, G., Coombes, L., Morgan, C., Rogerson, A.
Connor, G., & Morgan, M. (2024). “You Can Be Anything”: An Embodied Spiralling Barbie Commentary. SAGE Publications
[Other]Authored by: Connor, G., Morgan, C.

Teaching and Supervision

Teaching Statement

I am not available for supervision in 2026.

Contact Supervisor

Summary of Doctoral Supervision

Position Current Completed
Co-supervisor 1 0

Current Doctoral Supervision

Co-supervisor of:

  • Natasha Dunn - Doctor of Philosophy
    Storying Transformation: Amplifying IPV Survivors’ Voices Through a Posthumanist and Feminist Framework

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