Lisette Burrows
Lisette Burrows | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Lisette C. Burrows |
| Alma mater | University of Wollongong |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physical education |
| Institutions | University of Otago, University of Waikato |
| Thesis | |
Lisette C. Burrows is a New Zealand physical education academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Waikato, where she holds the role as the director of the Te Ngira Institute for Population Research.[1]
Academic career
After a 1999 PhD from the University of Wollongong titled 'Developmental discourses in school physical education,' Burrows worked at the University of Otago from 1991,[2][3] rising to full professor in 2015[4] before moving to the University of Waikato in 2017.[5]
In 2014, Burrows received Physical Education New Zealand's (PENZ) Sir Alexander Gillies Medal.[2]
As part of her appointment at the University of Waikato, Burrows is also the Director of the Te Ngira Institute for Population Research, and is the co-editor of the journal "Sport, Education, and Society".[1][6]
Selected works
- Wright, Jan, Lisette Burrows, and Doune MacDonald, eds. Critical inquiry and problem-solving in physical education. Psychology Press, 2004.
- Burrows, Lisette, and Jan Wright. "Prescribing practices: Shaping healthy children in schools." The International Journal of Children's Rights 15, no. 1 (2007): 83–98.
- Wright, Jan, and Lisette Burrows. "Re-conceiving ability in physical education: a social analysis." Sport, Education and Society 11, no. 3 (2006): 275–291.
- Burrows, Lisette, Jan Wright, and Justine Jungersen-Smith. "“Measure Your Belly.” New Zealand Children's Constructions of Health and Fitness." Journal of Teaching in Physical Education 22, no. 1 (2002): 39–48.
- Wright, Jan, and Lisette Burrows. "“Being healthy”: the discursive construction of health in New Zealand children's responses to the National Education Monitoring Project." Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education 25, no. 2 (2004): 211–230.
- WRIGHT, JAN, and LISETTE BURROWS. "The discursive production of childhood, identity and health." In Body knowledge and control, pp. 107–119. Routledge, 2004.
References
- ^ a b "Discovery". profiles.waikato.ac.nz. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Top honour for PE lecturer".
- ^ "Lisette Burrows – Disability Matters". blogs.otago.ac.nz.
- ^ "Otago announces professorial promotions".
- ^ "Two new appointments for University of Waikato". www.waikato.ac.nz. 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Learn about Sport, Education and Society". Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 5 June 2025.
External links
- Lisette Burrows on Twitter
- Lisette Burrows publications indexed by Google Scholar
- Lisette Burrows on LinkedIn
- Publications by Lisette Burrows at ResearchGate