Hilary Lapsley

Hilary Lapsley
Born1949
Other nameHilary Haines
AwardsNew Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
Thesis
  • The origins of modern social psychology (1980)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland, Mental Health Foundation, University of Waikato, Chief Scientist Office

Hilary Mary Lapsley (also Hilary Mary Haines; born 1949) is a New Zealand author, psychologist, and social studies academic specialising in gender studies. She was awarded a New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal in 1993, and the Judy Grahn Award for lesbian non-fiction in 2000.

Early life and education

Lapsley was born in Auckland in 1949 to Robin and Sylvia Lapsley, a minister and a teacher respectively.[1] Lapsley attended the University of Auckland, where she completed a Master of Arts with honours in 1979 followed by a PhD titled The origins of modern social psychology at the University of Auckland in 1980.[2]

Career

Lapsley worked as a research officer for the Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand, rising to deputy director, and then in 1988 was appointed as a lecturer in psychology at the University of Waikato.[1] In 2001 she became a senior analyst at the Mental Health Commission of New Zealand. Most recently Lapsley was a senior researcher at the University of Auckland, and contributed to the Ageing Well National Science Challenge.[3][4] Lapsley was a National Convenor of the Women's Studies Association, and as of October 2024 serves on the committee.[5][1] Lapsley wrote a book on the professional and personal relationship between anthropologists Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict, which was published by the University of Massachusetts Press in 2001.[6][7][8]

Personal life

Lapsley used to live on Waiheke Island, but bought into the Cohaus co-housing development in Grey Lynn with her partner Lois Cox. They divide their time between Auckland and Cox's home in Wellington.[9] Lapsley and Cox have written three lesbian mystery novels together, under the pen name Jennifer Palgrave.[10][11]

Honours and awards

In 1992 Lapsley was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship,[12] and in 1993 she was awarded a New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal.[13] The medal was given to recognize those people who had made a significant contribution to women's rights or women's issues in New Zealand. She was awarded the Publishing Triangle Judy Grahn Award for lesbian non-fiction in 2000 for her book on Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict.[1]

Selected works

Books

  • Lapsley, Hilary (1987). Mental Health for Women. Auckland, New Zealand: Reed.
  • Lapsley, Hilary (15 June 2001). Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: The Kinship of Women. University of Massachusetts Press. ISBN 978-1558492950.
  • Palgrave, Jennifer (26 April 2020). The One That Got Away. Town Belt Press. ASIN B087Q6Z6MM.
  • Palgrave, Jennifer (1 March 2021). Rising Tide. Town Belt Press. ISBN 9780473560508.
  • Palgrave, Jennifer (22 July 2024). Where the River Goes. Town Belt Press. ISBN 9780473709945.

Other

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Hilary Lapsley.". Gale Literature: Contemporary Authors. Gale In Context: Biography. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale. 2008.
  2. ↑ Haines, Hilary Mary (1980). The origins of modern social psychology (PhD thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/56219.
  3. ↑ "Dr Hilary Lapsley". Newsroom. 30 January 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "Mā mua ka kite a muri; mā muri ka ora a mua". Ageing Well National Science Challenge. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "About Us WSANZ". www.wsanz.org.nz. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  6. ↑ "Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: the kinship of women". Choice Reviews Online. 37 (8): 37–4577-37-4577. 1 April 2000. doi:10.5860/choice.37-4577 (inactive 1 July 2025). ISSN 0009-4978.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of July 2025 (link)
  7. ↑ Janiewski, Dolores E. (September 2002). "Hilary Lapsley. Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: The Kinship of Women. x + 351 pp., illus., bibl., index. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1999. $34.95". Isis. 93 (3): 518. doi:10.1086/374126. ISSN 0021-1753.
  8. ↑ Delaney, E. (2002). "Review of Margaret Mead and Ruth Benedict: The Kinship of Women, by H. Lapsley". Australasian Journal of American Studies. 21 (1): 118–120. JSTOR 41053900.
  9. ↑ Hawkes, Colleen (10 July 2022). "What it's like to retire to a co-housing development, with neighbours from 1 to 80". www.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "Jennifer Palgrave – Samesame But Different". Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  11. ↑ "Book review - The One That Got Away by Jennifer Palgrave". RNZ. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  12. ↑ "New Zealand Research Scholar and Lecturer Alumni". fulbright.org.nz. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  13. ↑ "The New Zealand Suffrage Centennial Medal 1993 - Register of recipients | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 26 July 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2024.