Rowena Cullen Explained

Rowena Cullen
Birth Name:	Rowena Joy Knight
Discipline:	Information services
Thesis1 Title:	Assessing the Effectiveness of Information Services: an Evaluative Model
Thesis1 Url:	https://tewaharoa.victoria.ac.nz/permalink/64VUW_INST/k63216/alma99180170927202386
Thesis1 Year:	2001

Rowena Joy Cullen (; born 1946) is a New Zealand information services academic, and is professor emerita at the Victoria University of Wellington. She has published on e-government in the Pacific and health information on the internet.

Academic career

Born in 1946,^[1] Cullen was educated at Christchurch Girls' High School,^[2] and went on to study at the University of Canterbury where she completed a Master of Arts degree in English in 1968.^[3] In 1968, she was awarded the Tytheridge travelling scholarship in arts.^[4] She then completed a Master of Letters at the University of Edinburgh, returning to New Zealand to complete a Master of Arts in librarianship and a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW).^{[5] [6] [7]} Cullen then joined the faculty of the School of Government at Victoria University of Wellington, rising to full professor.

Cullen was appointed emeritus professor of the university on her retirement. She is or has been on the editorial board of a number of journals, including as an associate editor for the Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal (LIBRES), and the Journal of Information Technology & Politics.^{[8] [9]} Cullen co-chaired a session on "The Foundations of Innovation in Government Must Rest on Sound Policies, Governance Principles, Ethics, and Laws" at the 44th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences.^[10]

Cullen has written or edited several books on e-government, and health information on the internet.^{[11] [12] [13] [14]}

Honours and awards

Cullen was elected a Fellow of LIANZA in 2007, and in 2012 was made an honorary life member.^{[15] [16]} In 2008, she received a VUW award for research excellence.

Personal life

Cullen's parents were John and Molly Knight. In 1967, she married Michael Cullen who would later become a member of parliament.^[17] The couple had two daughters.^[18] They separated in 1987 and divorced in 1989.^[19]

Selected works

Books

• Book: Comparative perspectives on e-government: serving today and building for tomorrow. Hernon. Peter. Rowena. Cullen. Relyea. Harold C.. Scarecrow Press. March 2006. 978-0-8108-5357-7.
• Book: Cullen, Rowena . Health information on the Internet: a study of providers, quality, and users . Praeger . 2006 . Westport, Conn. .

Journal

• • • • • • • • Book: Cullen . Rowena . Hassall . Graham . An Information Ecology Approach to Sustainable E-Government among Small Island Developing States in the Pacific . January 2013 . 2013 46th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences . http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/hicss.2013.86 . IEEE . 1 . 1922–1931 . 10.1109/hicss.2013.86. 978-1-4673-5933-7 .

External links

• EBLIP4 Keynote UNC-Chapel Hill July 2007 Rowena Cullen, via YouTube
• Concepts of privacy in Japan and New Zealand, presentation by Rowena Cullen September 2018, via YouTube
• Images of Rowena and Michael Cullen from a newspaper article in 1971

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cullen, Rowena Joy 1946– . National Library of New Zealand.
2. News: Christchurch G.H.S. . 14 December 1963 . . 102 . 30314 . 24 . 17 September 2024 . PapersPast.
3. News: 3 May 1968 . Two Graduation Ceremonies . Press . 14.
4. News: 24 July 1968 . University Scholarships . Press . 16.
5. Management information and the use of management information systems in library and information services. MA thesis. Cullen. Rowena. Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington. 1990.
6. Assessing the Effectiveness of Information Services: an Evaluative Model . Cullen . Rowena . PhD thesis . Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington . 2001.
7. Book: 2024 Calendar . Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington . 2024 . Wellington, New Zealand.
8. Web site: LIBRES: Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal . 2024-09-17 . webdoc.sub.gwdg.de.
9. 26 August 2011 . Editorial Board EOV . Journal of Information Technology & Politics . 8 . 4 . 464 . 10.1080/19331681.2011.611719 . 1933-1681.
10. Web site: E-Policy, e-Governance, Ethics, and Law Minitrack . 2024-09-17 . faculty.washington.edu.
11. 2006-11-01 . Comparative Perspectives on E-government: Serving Today and Building for Tomorrow . The Electronic Library . 24 . 6 . 864–865 . 10.1108/02640470610714279 . 0264-0473.
12. 2007-04-17 . Health Information on the Internet: A Study of Providers, Quality, and Users . Online Information Review . 31 . 2 . 246–248 . 10.1108/14684520710747293 . 1468-4527.
13. Twisselmann . Birte . 2006-09-14 . Health Information on the Internet: A Study of Providers, Quality, and Users . BMJ . en . 333 . 7568 . 607 . 10.1136/bmj.333.7568.607 . 1570017 . 0959-8138.
14. Web site: Government . Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Commerce School of . 2020-12-03 . e-Government in the Pacific Islands Te Kura Kāwanatanga / School of Government Te Herenga Waka . 2024-09-17 . Victoria University of Wellington . en.
15. Web site: LIANZA PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AWARD RECIPIENTS: LIANZA Fellows . 17 Sep 2024 . LIANZA.
16. Web site: Management . Victoria University of Wellington Faculty of Commerce School of Information . 2023-03-16 . 2010 news archive Te Kura Tiaki, Whakawhiti Kōrero / School of Information Management Te Herenga Waka . 2024-09-17 . Victoria University of Wellington . en.
17. Book: Who's Who in New Zealand, 1991 . Lambert . Max . 1991 . 12th . Octopus . Auckland. 9780790001302 . 143 .
18. News: 13 November 1987 . Second M. P. separates . 2024-09-16 . The Press.
19. News: 10 November 1987 . M.P. separates . 2024-09-16 . The Press.