Dr Rhonda Shaw

Senior Lecturer
School of Social and Cultural Studies
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Qualifications

MA (Hons), PhD, DipProfEthics (Auck)

Research Specialties

Sociology of ethics; the body; feminist theory; maternities and human reproduction

Current Research

Organ donation and transplantation; Research ethics and sociology

Selected Publications

Shaw, R. (2011) ‘Perspectives on organ transfer and bio-identity’, Sites: a journal of social anthropology & cultural studies, Vol. 8 (1): 1-11.

Webb, R. and Shaw, R. (2011) ‘Whanau, whakapapa and identity in experiences of organ donation and transplantation’, Sites: a journal of social anthropology & cultural studies, Vol. 8 (1): 40-58.

Shaw, R. M. (2011) Thanking and reciprocating under the New Zealand organ donation system, Health: An Interdisciplinary Journal for the Social Study of Health, Illness & Medicine. doi:10.11771/1363459311411167

Shaw, R. (2011) The ethical risks of curtailing emotion in social science research: The case of organ transfer, Health Sociology Review, Vol. 20 (1), pp. 59-70.

Shaw, R. (2010) Organ donation in Aotearoa/New Zealand: Cultural phenomenology and moral humility, Body & Society, Vol. 16 (3), pp. 127-147. 

Shaw, R. (2010) Deliberating and doing ethics in body gifting practices, Current Sociology, Vol. 58 (3), pp. 443-462. 

Shaw R, (2010) 'Explaining Infertility and childlessness', in Te Ara -The Encyclopedia of New Zealand, Wellington, Ministry for Culture and Heritage, New Zealand Government.

Shaw, R. and Donovan, S. (2010) 'Phenomenological sociology and the sociology of bioethics: Two New Zealand Studies', Women's Studies Journal, Vol. 24 (2), pp. 40-53.

Shaw, R. and A. Bartlett (Eds) (2010) Giving Breastmilk: Body Ethics and Contemporary Breastfeeding Practice. Toronto: Demeter Press. 251 pp.

Shaw, R. (2010) Perspectives on ethics and human milk banking. In Shaw, R. and A. Bartlett (Eds) Giving Breast Milk. Toronto: Demeter Press, pp. 83-97.

McBride-Henry, K. and R. Shaw (2010) Giving Breastmilk as Being-with. In Shaw, R. and A. Bartlett (Eds) Giving Breastmilk. Toronto: Demeter Press, pp.191-204.

Bartlett, A. and R. Shaw (2010) Mapping the ethics and politics of contemporary breast milk exchange: An Introduction. In Shaw, R. and A. Bartlett (Eds) Giving Breastmilk. Toronto: Demeter Press, pp. 1-8.

Shaw, R. (2010) Perceptions of the gift relationship: Views of Intensivists and Donor and Recipient Coordinators, Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 70 (4), pp. 609-615. 

Shaw, R. (2008) The notion of the gift in the donation of body tissues, Sociological Research Online, Vol. 13 (6).

Shaw, R. 'Rethinking reproductive gifts as body projects', Sociology, Vol 42 (1), (2008), pp. 11-28.

Shaw, R. 'Permutations of assisted reproduction and the cyborg trope', Theorising and Representing Maternal Realities. Eds Marie Porter and Julie Kelso. Cambridge Scholars Publishing: United Kingdom (2008), pp. 1-20.

Shaw, R. 'Cross nursing, ethics, and giving breast milk in the contemporary context', Women's Studies International Forum Vol 30 (5), (2007), pp. 439-450.

Shaw, R. 'The gift-exchange and reciprocity of women in donor-assisted conception', The Sociological Review, Vol. 55 (2) (2007), pp. 293-310.

Shaw, R. 'Relating: Family', Being Sociological. Eds, Steve Matthewman, Catherine Lane West-Newman, Bruce Curtis. Palgrave MacMillan: United Kingdom (2007), pp. 377-397.

Shaw, R. 'Life in a petri-dish: Procreative liberty, choice, and the governance of women's bodies', Hecate, Vol. 32 (2), (2006), pp. 141-154.

Shaw, R. 'Border crossing between sociology and bioethics', New Zealand Sociology, Vol. 21 (2), (2006), pp. 173-195.

Shaw, R. 'Contemporary meanings of cross-nursing', Breastfeeding Communique, Vol. 16, (2006), pp. 12-14.

Shaw, R. 'Review Essay: Misconceptions: truth, lies, and the unexpected on the journey to motherhood', New Zealand College of Midwives Journal, Vol. 33 (2005), pp. 15-16.

Shaw, R. 'Performing Breastfeeding: Embodiment, Ethics and the Maternal Subject', Feminist Review, Vol. 78 (1) (2004), pp. 99-116.

Shaw, R. 'The Virtues of Cross-Nursing and the Yuk Factor', Australian Feminist Studies: Special Issue on Cultures of Breastfeeding Vol. 19 (45) (2004), pp. 287-299.

Shaw, R. 'Lactating, Feminists, & Breastfeeding Advocacy: Some Complexities', New Zealand College of Midwives Journal, 30 (2004), pp. 16-20.

Shaw, R. 'Anecdotal theory, morality and inappropriate breastfeeding', Journal of The Association for Research on Mothering, 6, 1 (2004), pp. 124-134.

Shaw, R. '"Insufficient Attention": Making Sense of the Sociology and Ethics Debate', New Zealand Sociology, 19, 1 (2004), pp. 77-101.

Shaw, R. 'Theorizing Breastfeeding: Body Ethics, Maternal Generosity and the Gift Relation', Body & Society, 9, 2 (2003), pp. 55-73.

Shaw, R. and Sullivan, M. 'Towards Disability Ethics: A Social Science Perspective', New Zealand Bioethics Journal, 4, 2 (2003), pp. 7-14.

Shaw, R. 'Our Bodies Ourselves, Technology and Questions of Ethics: Cyberfeminism and the Lived Body', Australian Feminist Studies, 18, 40 (2003), pp. 45-55.

Shaw, R. 'The ethics of the birth plan in childbirth management practices', Feminist Theory: An International Interdisciplinary Journal, 3, 2 (2002), pp. 131-149.

Memberships, Appointments and Other Work

• Royal Society (NZ) Social Sciences Advisory Panel
• Convener, SACS Human Ethics Committee
• Editorial Board member, Sociological Research Online
• Editorial Board member, Outskirts: feminisms along the edge
• SAANZ Executive (2004 - present)

Recent Awards

• Fulbright New Zealand Travel Award (2010)
• Kidney Health New Zealand Grant (2010)
• SPEaR, Social Science Capability Award (2009)
• Marsden Fast-Start Grant (2008-2010)
• VUW New Researchers' Achievement Award (2004)
• FoRST New Zealand Science & Technology Postdoctoral Fellowship (2002-2004)