Essays and Other Writing

Miscellaneous letters and other writing

Lust: One of The seven deadly sins of the academy about the controversial remarks made by Terence

Kealey in the article, The seven deadly sins of the academy, in Times Higher Education

(THE), UK. Sept 2009

Feminism co-authored email discussion between Tracy Pace and Sue McPherson

Jan-Feb 2008 (5 pages).

Letter to Rob Stones, Dept. of Sociology, University of Essex Re: sex work and the sex trade

(Rights, social theory and political philosophy: a framework for case

study research) (University of Essex, UK) Jan 2007

Response to Jennifer Wells's Sister Thesis article on Alison Wolf's Working Girls April 2006

An end to hatred and injustice: Colchester's War Memorial. October 1, 2001

Gertrude (Briggs) McPherson life summary (Wakefield Kinsman). 2001

Link to photo page on Gertrude

MA Thesis

Women in Transition: Discourses of Menopause

Dept of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario (2002)

See Abstract . Available as an eBook (PDF format), 167 pages, published by Dissertation.com (2005).

Conference Papers, Articles and Essays

About Class, Work, and the Montreal Massacre problems with today's feminists and feminist

organizations (PAR-L, CLC) 27 Nov 2007 (3 pages).

J. L. McPherson, Hong Kong YMCA: General Secretary 1905-35 - an account of John Pherson's work and family, and the growth of the Hong Kong YMCA during this time. 2006.

The Hidden Narratives: stories of the many in the Montreal Massacre - drawing on Foucault's model of the heterotopia. Paper presented at the Narrative Matters conference, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada, in May, 2006. 4700 words ( 8 pages).

Life Story of Ebenezer Scrooge - written for the Being Single collection of life stories on the Diversity in Retirement website. 2005. 4 pages, pdf.

Perspectives on the Montreal Massacre: Canada's Outrage Revisited - providing insight not only into the losses of that day but into the society in which it happened. 2005. 17,000 words (36 pages). (Revised 23 Nov 2005). (Be prepared to use browser BACK button, if reading online).

Beyond Workaday Worlds: Aging (Ageing), Identity, and the Life Cycle Using life story methodology to draw out meaningful occurrences and narratives from their lives, I have emphasised identity within the context of aging (ageing) and the life cycle. Includes excerpts from life stories. Discourses of Difference Seminar Series, Institute of Education, London. and the University of Sunderland. 2005. 5000 words.

Aging, Identity, and the Dilemma of Mandatory Retirement: Three Men,Three Stories

Presented at Discourses of Difference Seminar, Sunderland. 2005. 3600 words (8 pages)

Women's Life Stories: transcending barriers of continuity through the development of alternative

discourses of ageing and identity. Presented at Discourses of Difference Seminar, Institute of Education, London. 2005. 3400 words.

Aging and Retirement: Life Stories on the Internet. Presented at Discourses of Difference Seminar, Institute of Education, London. 2004. Revised 2005. 2600 words.

Narratives and Wisdom: the lives of women growing older. In W. L. Randall, D. Furlong, & T. Poitras (Eds.), Narrative Matters 2004 Conference Proceedings (pp. 774-787). Fredericton, NB, Canada: Narrative Matters Conference Planning Committee. 2004. 6400 words.

Menopause and Aging Femininity Presented at the conference, Menstruation: Blood, Body, Brand. University of Liverpool, UK. 2003. 6000 words, plus photos. web page

Doing Social Research: seemingly contradictory points of view in a study of women at menopause 2002. 7000 words.

Beer and Tea: Harmony and Contradiction Among Two Unlikely Counterparts (Abstract) International Journal of Sexuality and Gender Studies 6 (3) July, 2001. 6000 words.

Gertrude McPherson and the Grey Cottage: an interdisciplinary, biographical approach to life cycle development. Gertrude (Briggs) McPherson was a wife and mother, a missionary, artist, author and suffragist. Born in England, in 1908 she went to Hong Kong. . . 2001. 9000 words.

Women in Academia Social analysis and Interviews with women academics at the University of Windsor. 1994. 3400 words.