Hilary Lapsley Explained

Hilary Lapsley
Other Names:Hilary Haines
Thesis1 Title:The origins of modern social psychology
Thesis1 Year:1980

Hilary Mary Lapsley (also Hilary Mary Haines, born 1949) is a New Zealand author, psychologist and social studies academic, specialising in gender studies. She was awarded a New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993, and the Judy Grahn Award for lesbian non-fiction in 2000.

Early life and education

Lapsley was born in Auckland in 1949 to Robin and Sylvia Lapsley, a minister and a teacher respectively. Lapsley attended the University of Auckland, where she completed a Master of Arts with honours in 1979 followed by a PhD titled The origins of modern social psychology at the University of Auckland in 1980.[1]

Career

Lapsley worked as a research officer for the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, rising to deputy director, and then in 1988 was appointed as a lecturer in psychology at the University of Waikato. In 2001 she became a senior analyst at the Mental Health Commission of New Zealand. Most recently Lapsley was a senior researcher at the University of Auckland, and contributed to the Ageing Well National Science Challenge.[2] [3] Lapsley was a National Convenor of the Women's Studies Association, and serves on the committee.[4] [5] Lapsley wrote a book on the professional and personal relationship between anthropologists Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict, which was published by the University of Massachusetts Press in 2001.[6] [7] [8]

Personal life

Lapsley used to live on Waiheke Island, but bought into the Cohaus co-housing development in Grey Lynn with her partner Lois Cox. They divide their time between Auckland and Cox's home in Wellington.[9] Lapsley and Cox have written three lesbian mystery novels together, under the pen name Jennifer Palgrave.[10] [11]

Honours and awards

In 1992 Lapsley was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship,[12] and in 1993 she was awarded a New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[13] The medal was given to recognize those people who had made a significant contribution to women's rights or women's issues in New Zealand. She was awarded the Publishing Triangle Judy Grahn Award for lesbian non-fiction in 2000 for her book on Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict.

Selected works

Books

Other

Notes and References

  1. The origins of modern social psychology. Haines. Hilary Mary. PhD thesis. ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. 1980. 2292/56219 .
  2. Web site: 2018-01-30 . Dr Hilary Lapsley . 2024-10-13 . Newsroom . en-US.
  3. Web site: Mā mua ka kite a muri; mā muri ka ora a mua . 2024-10-13 . Ageing Well National Science Challenge . en-NZ.
  4. Web site: About Us WSANZ . 2024-10-13 . www.wsanz.org.nz.
  5. Book: Hilary Lapsley. . Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. . Farmington Hills, MI. Gale. 2008. Gale In Context: Biography .
  6. 2000-04-01 . Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: the kinship of women . Choice Reviews Online . 37 . 8 . 37–4577-37-4577 . 10.5860/choice.37-4577 . 0009-4978.
  7. Janiewski . Dolores E. . Sep 2002 . Hilary Lapsley. Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: The Kinship of Women. x + 351 pp., illus., bibl., index. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1999. $34.95. . Isis . 93 . 3 . 518 . 10.1086/374126 . 0021-1753.
  8. Delaney. E. . 2002. Review of Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: The Kinship of Women, by H. Lapsley.. Australasian Journal of American Studies. 21. 1. 118–120. 41053900 .
  9. Web site: Hawkes . Colleen . 10 July 2022 . What it's like to retire to a co-housing development, with neighbours from 1 to 80 . 2024-10-13 . www.stuff.co.nz.
  10. Web site: Jennifer Palgrave – Samesame But Different . 2024-10-13 . en-US.
  11. Web site: 2020-04-15 . Book review - The One That Got Away by Jennifer Palgrave . 2024-10-13 . RNZ . en-nz.
  12. Web site: New Zealand Research Scholar and Lecturer Alumni . 2024-10-13 . fulbright.org.nz . en-US.
  13. Web site: 2018-07-26 . The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 - Register of recipients Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) . 2024-10-13 . www.dpmc.govt.nz . en.

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