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.
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.
Alison Kearney is co-director of the Equity Through Education Research Centre, and editor of New Zealand educational journal Kairaranga. Alison’s research focuses on social justice, education equity and inequity. Before working at Massey, Alison was a primary school teacher.
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.
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.
Find out more about the departments that make up the College of Humanities and Social Sciences.
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 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.
Dr Barbara Andersen has been awarded a Marsden Fast-Start grant of $300,000 for 'Housing and Everyday Security in Papua New Guinea'.
Historian Dr Rachel Bell has been awarded a Marsden Fast-Start for 'Staying on the Land? Surviving the Reform of New Zealand Agricultural 1984 – 1987'.
Dr Jodie Hunter has been awarded a Marsden Fast-Start grant of $300,000 for 'Exploration of Pāsifika funds of knowledge in mathematics'.
Dr Philip Steer has been awarded a Marsden Fund grant of $657,000 for ‘Settler Literature and Environmental Change in Colonial New Zealand and Australia'.
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.
