Dr Shona Crabb

Qualifications

BA (Hons), PhD

Awards & Achievements

Stephen Cole the Elder Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2007

Faculty of Health Sciences Executive Dean's Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Early Career Teacher), 2007

Research Interests

My research interests are primarily in the area of qualitative and critical health psychology.  In particular, I have a strong interest in public health and health psychology, with a focus on issues related to risk and prevention.  I am also particularly interested in gendered health issues. 

Publications

Refereed journal publications

Augoustinos, M., Crabb, S. & Shephard, R. (2010). GM food in the news: Media representations of the GM debate in the UK. Public Understandings of Science, 19(1), 98-114.

Cosh, S., Crabb, S., LeCouteur, A., & Kettler, L. (In press, accepted July 1, 2011; available online). Accountability, monitoring and surveillance: Body regulation in elite-sport. Journal of Health Psychology.

Crabb, S. & Augoustinos, M. (2008). Genes and families in the media: Implications of genetic discourse for constructions of the 'family'. Health Sociology Review, 17(3), 303-312.

Crabb, S. & Chur-Hansen, A. (2009). Qualitative research: Why psychiatrists are well-placed to contribute to the literature. Australasian Psychiatry, 17(5), 398-401.

Crabb, S. & LeCouteur, A. (2006). 'Fiona farewells her breasts': A popular magazine account of breast cancer prevention. Critical Public Health, 16(1), 5-18.

Goldney, R.D., Dunn, K.I., Dal Grande, E., Crabb, S & Taylor, A. (2009). Tracking depression related mental health literacy across South Australia: A decade of change. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 43(5), 476-483.

Kurz, T., Augoustinos, M. & Crabb, S. (2010). Fighting the ‘climate change election': A discursive analysis of Australian political rhetoric around climate change. British Journal of Social Psychology, 49, 601-625.

O'Doherty, K.C., Navarro, D.J. & Crabb, S.H. (2009). A qualitative approach to the study of causal reasoning in natural language: The domain of genes, risks and cancer. Theory & Psychology, 19(4), 475-500.

Other publications

Augoustinos, M., Crabb, S. & LeCouteur, A. (2005). Representations of genomics in the UK: Media, interest groups, and Government texts. Report for University of Surrey, and the Economic & Social Research Council, UK.

Ekberg, S. & Crabb, S. (2010). Retaining HDR students in academia: Is gender still relevant? Report for the University of Adelaide's Equity and Diversity Committee.

LeCouteur, A., Augoustinos, M., Crabb, S., Purcell, M & Ekberg, S. (2008). Women and Research: Maximising the Research Output of Women at the University of Adelaide. Report for the Vice-Chancellor, and the Gender, Equity & Diversity Committee, The University of Adelaide.

Professional Associations

Editorial board of Psychology & Health

Chair of the 2011 International Society of Critical Health Psychology conference

Member of the Australasian Society of Behavioural Health and Medicine

Member of the Fay Gale Centre for Research on Gender

Member of the International Society of Critical Health Psychology

Member of the Psycho-Oncology Co-operative Research Group, SA Interest Group

Member of the Women's and Children's Health Network Human Research Ethics Committee

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 10 Jan 2012