Susan Crowther is a British–New Zealand academic midwife, and is a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology, specialising in midwifery, birthing experiences and employing an hermeneutic phenomenology approach. She was previously a professor at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen.
Susan Crowther | |
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| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Auckland University of Technology |
| Thesis | |
| Doctoral advisor | Liz Smythe, Deborah Spence |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | The Robert Gordon University, Auckland University of Technology, Robert Gordon University School of Nursing and Midwifery |
Academic career
editCrowther obtained a Bachelor of Science with honours from King's College London, followed by a Master of Science degree at the University of Surrey. [1] Crowther has worked in healthcare since 1982, and moved into midwifery in the 1990s.[2][3] Moving to New Zealand, Crowther worked as a rural midwife, and then completed a PhD titled Sacred joy at birth: a hermeneutic phenomenology study at the Auckland University of Technology in 2013. Her doctoral research was supervised by Elizabeth Smythe and Deborah Spence.[4] Crowther then joined the faculty of the Auckland University of Technology, rising to full professor. She is also a full professor at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, giving her inaugural professorial lecture in June 2018.[5][1]
Crowther has published two books on the birthing process and is an editor for four peer-reviewed journals.[5] She has participated in national working groups in the UK aimed at developing standards for midwifery education.[5] Crowther is a member of the International Confederation of Midwives Research Standing Committee.[5]
Crowther's research interests focus on childbirth, rural maternity services, sustainable practice, continuity of care, and include cultural and spiritual wellbeing and hermeneutic phenomenology.[1][2]
Selected works
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- Davies, Lorna; Crowther, Susan, eds. (16 November 2022). Mindfulness in the Birth Sphere. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003165200. ISBN 978-1-003-16520-0.
- Crowther, Susan; Thomson, Gill, eds. (29 June 2022). Hermeneutic Phenomenology in Health and Social Care Research. Routledge. doi:10.4324/9781003081661. ISBN 978-1-003-08166-1.
- Alison McFadden; Anna Gavine; Mary J Renfrew; et al. (28 February 2017). "Support for healthy breastfeeding mothers with healthy term babies". Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2: CD001141. doi:10.1002/14651858.CD001141.PUB5. ISSN 1469-493X. PMC 6464485. PMID 28244064. Wikidata Q30235532.
- Susan Crowther; Pam Ironside; Deb Spence; Liz Smythe (26 June 2016). "Crafting Stories in Hermeneutic Phenomenology Research: A Methodological Device". Qualitative Health Research. 27 (6): 826–835. doi:10.1177/1049732316656161. ISSN 1049-7323. PMID 27354387. Wikidata Q39647070.
- Susan Crowther; Jennifer Hall (29 January 2015). "Spirituality and spiritual care in and around childbirth". Women and Birth. 28 (2): 173–178. doi:10.1016/J.WOMBI.2015.01.001. ISSN 1871-5192. PMID 25639662. Wikidata Q48051169.
- Susan Crowther; Billie Hunter; Judith McAra-Couper; Lucie Warren; Andrea Gilkison; Marion Hunter; Anna Fielder; Mavis Kirkham (8 June 2016). "Sustainability and resilience in midwifery: A discussion paper". Midwifery. 40: 40–48. doi:10.1016/J.MIDW.2016.06.005. ISSN 0266-6138. PMID 27428097. Wikidata Q38900544.
- Susan Crowther; Liz Smythe; Deb Spence (16 March 2013). "Mood and birth experience". Women and Birth. 27 (1): 21–25. doi:10.1016/J.WOMBI.2013.02.004. ISSN 1871-5192. PMID 23507333. Wikidata Q45021412.
- Susan Crowther; Elizabeth Smythe; Deb Spence (27 January 2014). "The joy at birth: an interpretive hermeneutic literature review". Midwifery. 30 (4): e157-65. doi:10.1016/J.MIDW.2014.01.004. ISSN 0266-6138. PMID 24529923. Wikidata Q38188244.
References
edit- ^ a b c AUT. "Academic profile: Professor Susan Crowther". academics.aut.ac.nz. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Susan Crowther". Virtual International Day of the Midwife. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "Susan Crowther - SPRINZ - AUT". sprinz.aut.ac.nz. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ Crowther, Susan (2013). Sacred joy at birth: a hermeneutic phenomenology study (PhD thesis). Tuwhera Open Access Publishing, Auckland University of Technology. hdl:10292/7071.
- ^ a b c d "Professorial Lecture Series Brochure 2016-17 by Robert Gordon University - Issuu". issuu.com. 13 October 2015. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
External links
edit- Susan Crowther KEYNOTE at Virtual Midwives, May 2020, via YouTube