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Jessica Tappin BA
Senior Tutor
School of PsychologyMy research interests lie in the overlapping and broad areas of critical health psychology, gender, sexuality, feminism, and critical media studies. I use qualitative research methods to understand the socio-cultural and socio-political context in which we exist. My PhD research used feminist poststructural theory to examine the discursive landscape of women’s sexual desire within media and psychological literature, including how prevalent discourses shape women’s opportunity for sexual subjectivity and agency.
Professional
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Arts (Honours), First Class Honours in Psychology - Massey University (2020)
Research Expertise
Area of Expertise
Field of research codes
Gender Psychology (170105):
Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology (170106):
Psychology (170100):
Psychology And Cognitive Sciences (170000)
Keywords
Post-structuralism; Foucauldian-informed discourse analaysis; sexual desire; feminist theory.
Research Outputs
Journal
[Journal article]Authored by: Morison, T., Riley, S., Tappin, J.
[Journal article]Authored by: Healy-Cullen, S., Morison, T., Riley, S., Stephens, C., Tappin, J.
[Journal article]Authored by: Morison, T., Riley, S., Tappin, J.
[Journal article]Authored by: Healy-Cullen, S., Tappin, J.
Professor Emeritus
Prof Ian M Evans
Honorary Teaching and Research Fellow
Dr Ross Flett
Honorary Research Fellow
Dr Amanda Young-Hauser
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