The Operative Word

2.6. Catriona Macleod: Serious-Fun

In this sixth episode of Volume Two, Tracy Morison and Siobhán Healy-Cullen (Massey University, New Zealand) talk with Professor Catriona Macleod (Rhodes University, South Africa), a leader in feminist health psychology. Catriona reflects on doing socially engaged work in South Africa as “emotionally hard but intellectually productive”; navigating institutions, including funding bodies (!), that don’t always value critical work, and; work-life “balance” in an academic context focused on metricisation.Catriona works on the Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction research programme, and is engaged with multidisciplinary research projects related to sexuality and reproduction. You can read more about her work and career here:Critical Studies in Sexualities and Reproduction research programme at Rhodes University: https://www.ru.ac.za/criticalstudies/⁠ Catriona’s ISCHP career file: ⁠https://ischp.net/2019/04/15/career-file-catriona-macleod/

2.5. Christine Stephens: Community

In this fifth episode of Volume Two, Tracy Morison andSiobhán Healy-Cullen sit down with Professor Christine Stephens (Massey University), one of the founding ISCHP members. Christine reflects on her research journey, how the research landscape has changed for ECRs, her experience ofdoing applied work, and the importance of community. Christine co-leads the The Health and Ageing Research Team (HART) team, an interdisciplinary group of researchers doing research projects related to health and ageing in AotearoaNew Zealand. The HART team run a longitudinal study of ageing that has been following older New Zealanders and their quality of life in work and retirement since 2006. You can read more about her work and career here: http:\\hart.massey.ac.nz https://www.massey.ac.nz/about/news/massey-professors-receive-onzm-for-pioneering-work-in-health-psychology-and-aging-studies/https://ischp.net/2019/03/15/career-file-christine-stephens/

2.4. Ian Lubek: Mentor

In this fourth episode of Volume Two, Ally Gibson and Siobhán Healy-Cullen sit down with Ian Lubek. Ian reflects on his research journey, and looks back on receiving the ISCHP Lifetime Impact with Communities Award (2023). Ian is an adjunct professor at the University of Guelph, Canada. For over 25 years Ian and the NGO he formed, SirCHESI, have used community-based participatory action research to with women in Siem Reap (near Angkor Wat Cambodia) involved as beer sellers and hostesses at entertainment venues. The aims of this community-driven work were to: 1) counter customers’ pressures to engage in unprotected sex, 2) gain training to move on to safer hotel work, and 3) become peer educators to help others keep safe (by using condoms). In 2000, when they started this action research, the prevalence of HIV was 25%; this was reduced to 1% by 2012. Ian helped build and fund the local NGO and assisted in forming a union that empowered locals and doubled salaries. You can read more about Ian's work here: https://news.uoguelph.ca/2013/01/research-helps-reduce-hivaids-in-siem-reap/https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1359105313500253

2.3. Wendy Stainton-Rogers: Trouble-Maker

This episode was recorded by Brett Scholz, with WendyStainton-Rogers. In this third episode of Volume Two, Wendy looks back on receiving the ISCHP lifetime achievement award (2023), shares her plans for (more!) book-writing, reflects on q-methodology as a ‘boutique method’, and reminiscesabout memorable conference moments (including a story about the infamous water pistols!). You can read more about Wendy and her work at the following links:https://ischp.net/2016/09/05/proffile-wendy-stainton-rogers/https://ischp.net/2023/09/11/2023-ischp-award-winners/https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Wendy-Stainton-Rogers

2.2. Gareth Treharne: Capacity-Building

This episode was recorded by Brett Scholz, with Gareth Treharne. In this second episode of Volume Two, Gareth reflects on his research and teaching, his experiences of attending ISCHP conferences, and his term as ISCHP chair.