Geneva Connor

School of Psychology
College of Humanities & Social Sciences

Profile

Thesis Title
The Impossible Feast of the Uncanny Technowoman: A Plural Feminist Cyborg Writes of the Possibilities for Science Fiction and Potent Body Politics

Research Description
My research interrogates the burgeoning connections between Western women's bodies and technology. The central focus of my research is how the possibilities of hybrid connections between body and technology enable alternative embodiment in the 21st century.

Personal Description
I'm from Auckland and have been a student at Massey since 2005.

Supervisors
Associate Professor Leigh Coombes
Professor Mandy Morgan

Publications

Connor, G., & Coombes, L. (2014). Gynetic organisms: Pro-anorexic techno bodies. Ethnicity and Inequalities in  Health and Social Care7(2), 62-71.

Connor, G., Coombes, L., & Morgan, M. (2015). iAnorexic: Haraway’s cyborg metaphor as ethical  methodology. Qualitative Research in Psychology12(3), 233-245.