Cynthia White is an internationally recognised scholar in applied linguistics. She is an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of New England and a member of the Marsden Fund Council where she chairs the Humanities panel. Cynthia is President of the Applied Linguistics Association of New Zealand and member of the International Committee of the International Applied Linguistics Association.
Chris Gallavin is an Eisenhower Fellow. He has given more than 1000 interviews on issues involving the criminal justice system of New Zealand. Chris is a senior tertiary manager skilled in policy analysis, strategic university planning, and criminal law and evidence.
Bill Fish is a Professor of Philosophy, and his research focuses on issues in the philosophy of mind and perception. He is particularly interested in defending naïve realism in the philosophy of perception and exploring whether this view can be extended to theories of consciousness more generally.
Rouben Azizian came to the Centre for Defence and Security Studies at Massey University after 13 years at the US Defense Department's Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu.
Glenn Banks’ research is focussed on the socio-economic and cultural dimensions of large-scale, private sector investment in the extractive industries in Papua New Guinea.
Meihana Durie helped establish Ngā Purapura, a development committed to the empowerment of whānau through education in health, exercise, sport and the growth and creation of new Māori bodies of knowledge.
Ross Flett has research interests in applied psychology, social and health psychology, and wellbeing and positive psychology.
Jenny Lawn’s research interests are in postcolonial literature, narrative theory, Kiwi gothic, gender theory, representations of trauma in literature and film, contemporary NZ literary and cultural studies, and NZ writers’ response to neoliberalism.
John O’Neill has been an elected Council member of the New Zealand Association for Research in Education, an invited member on the Marsden Fund Social Sciences Panel and the Performance Based Research Fund.
Kerry Taylor works in New Zealand history, specifically the history of the socialist left and Labour movement. He has published mostly on the history of the NZ communist movement.
Richard Shaw promotes Massey’s BA to external audiences. He is also Professor of Politics. His research interests are in cabinet government systems.
Find out more about the departments that make up the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Centre for Defence and Security Studies
School of English and Media Studies
Te Pūtahi-a-Toi - School of Māori Knowledge
The College of Humanities and Social Sciences has partnerships with the following organisations:
Planning at Massey is accredited by the New Zealand Planning Institute.
Massey is ranked in the world's top 200 universities for built environment in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings.
Massey is ranked in the world's top 100 universities for development studies in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings.
Massey is ranked in the world's top 150 universities for education in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings.
Massey is ranked by QS (Quacquarelli Symonds) as one of the top 200 universities for geography. QS is an organisation that ranks universities worldwide in various topics.
Massey is ranked in the world's top 300 universities for psychology by the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings.
Massey is ranked in the world's top 250 universities for sociology by the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings.
Massey is the first university in the Southern Hemisphere to partner in a UNESCO UNITWIN initiative: the Global Network on Teacher Education for Social Justice and Diversity in Education.
Associate Professor Elspeth Tilley has won the British Theatre Challenge three times in a row, for her short plays addressing social justice issues such as climate change and animal rights.
Professor Cynthia White has been awarded Catalyst: Seeding funding from the Royal Society of New Zealand for 'Investing in Human Capital: Growing Workforce Expertise in Speaking Mandarin'.
Professor Stuart Carr was awarded $845,000 from the Royal Society's Marsden Fund for "Living wages: Transforming lives, transforming work".
Dr Christine Kenney has been awarded a Marsden Fast-Start grant of $300,000 for 'Māori, Catastrophic Events, and Collective Development of Culture-based Disaster Management Theory and Practice'.
Dr Negar Partow was a finalist in the NZ Women of Influence Awards 2018 (Diversity Category) for work with refugees and in human rights, and her contribution to education in global security and geo-political discussion.
Dr David Littlewood has been awarded funding from the Royal Society's Marsden Fund for 'A Union of Hearts and Wills? Second World War Conscription and New Zealand Society'.
Our leading academics and scientists ensure their cutting-edge research works hard in the real world, not just in the classroom or laboratory. Find out more about our clinics, where you can benefit from the latest research and expertise from Massey's College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
Massey University’s psychology clinics offer psychology services to the general public. We also do research, train psychology students, and offer services for practising psychology professionals. We have clinics on each campus:
Our clinic at Massey University’s Auckland campus provides services for communication and swallowing disorders in children and adults. Student clinicians assess and treat clients under the supervision of highly qualified and experienced clinical staff.
