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Antonia Lyons

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Antonia Lyons
Alma materMassey University
Scientific career
Fieldssocial psychology, gender psychology
InstitutionsMassey University
Thesis
Doctoral advisorKerry Chamberlain

Antonia Catherine Lyons is a critical health psychologist and academic at the University of Auckland.[1]

Career

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Lyons completed her PhD at Massey University in 1996.[2] Her first academic post was as lecturer in health psychology at the University of Birmingham, UK, from 1996 to 2002. She returned to Massey University (NZ; Albany and Wellington campuses) and rose to professor at this institution.[1] Lyons took up the role of Professor of Health Psychology at Victoria University of Wellington in 2018, where she is also Head of School, School of Health.

In 2009, Lyons received a Marsden Fund grant to study young adults, their drinking and social media called 'Young Adults, Drinking Stories and the Cult of Celebrity.'[3] In 2004 Lyons received a fast-start Marsden Fund grant called 'Working hard, playing hard: Gender relations and alcohol consumption'.

Lyons contributes to blogs such as The Conversation[4] and Sciblogs.co.nz[5]

Selected works

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Prof Antonia Lyons - Professor of Psychology - University of Auckland". Auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ Lyons, Antonia (1996). Constructing the self : conversations and cardiovascular reactivity (Doctoral thesis). Massey Research Online, Massey University. hdl:10179/2719.
  3. ^ "Researcher gets $864k to study boozy teens". Stuff.co.nz. 15 November 2009. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  4. ^ "Antonia Lyons – The Conversation". Theconversation.com. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
  5. ^ "Ask Facebook: how drunk were you last night?". Sciblogs. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 6 December 2017.
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