Robyn Longhurst Explained

Robyn Longhurst
Fields:	Human geography
Workplaces:	University of Waikato
Alma Mater:	University of Waikato
Thesis1 Title:	Geographies that matter: Pregnant bodies in public places
Thesis1 Url:	https://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/5644
Thesis1 Year:	1996
Doctoral Advisor:	Richard Bedford Evelyn Stokes^[1]
Doctoral Students:	Lynda Johnston^[2]
Notable Students:	Angeline Greensill^[3]

Robyn Longhurst is a New Zealand human geography academician, and as of 2006 is a full professor at the University of Waikato.^[4]

Academic career

After a 1996 PhD titled 'Geographies that matter: Pregnant bodies in public places' at the University of Waikato,^[5] Longhurst joined the staff, rising to full professor.^{[4] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10]} Notable students include Lynda Johnston and Angeline Greensill.^[11]

In 2018 Longhurst was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand.^[12]

Selected works

• Longhurst, Robyn. "Semi-structured interviews and focus groups." Key methods in geography 3 (2003): 143–156.
• Longhurst, Robyn. Bodies: Exploring fluid boundaries. Routledge, 2004.
• Johnston, Lynda, and Robyn Longhurst. Space, place, and sex: Geographies of sexualities. Rowman & Littlefield, 2009.
• Longhurst, Robyn, Elsie Ho, and Lynda Johnston. "Using 'the body’as an 'instrument of research': kimch’i and pavlova." Area 40, no. 2 (2008): 208–217.
• Longhurst, Robyn. "VIEWPOINT The body and geography." Gender, Place & Culture 2, no. 1 (1995): 97–106.

Notes and References

1. Geographies that matter: Pregnant bodies in public places . University of Waikato . 1996 . Doctoral . en . Robyn . Longhurst.
2. Body Tourism in Queered Streets: Geographies of gay pride parades . University of Waikato . 1998 . Doctoral . en . Lynda . Johnston.
3. Inside the Resource Management Act: A Tainui Case Study . The University of Waikato . 2010 . Master's . en . Angeline Ngahina . Greensill.
4. Web site: Robyn Longhurst - Staff Profiles: University of Waikato. www.waikato.ac.nz.
5. Longhurst . Robyn . 1996 . Doctoral thesis . Geographies that matter: Pregnant bodies in public places . Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato . 10289/5644 .
6. Web site: Prof Robyn Longhurst - Envisage. envisagemyfuture.com.
7. Web site: Two New Zealanders to be honoured by the International Geographical Union. Royal Society Te Apārangi.
8. News: Drug dealers turn entrepreneurs in Waikato University course at Auckland women's prison. Simon Collins Education reporter, NZ Herald. [e-mail]. NZ Herald. 14 June 2019. www.nzherald.co.nz.
9. Web site: SunLive - UoW giving female inmates learning opportunities - The Bay's News First. www.sunlive.co.nz.
10. Web site: University of Waikato O-Week moves forward a week and has own beer. Stuff. 16 February 2016.
11. Johnston . Lynda . 1998 . Doctoral thesis . Body Tourism in Queered Streets: Geographies of gay pride parades . Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato . 10289/9780 .
12. Web site: Centenary cohort of Fellows announced. 2021-01-08. Royal Society Te Apārangi.