ProfessorAnnie Potts

Awarded for success in conference bid for Australasian Animal Studies Association Conference, 2019

UC Teaching Award for Excellence in Teaching in Cultural Studies and Human-Animal Studies (2018)

Invited fellow in gender and sexuality research

A fellowship funded by the LMK Foundation to work on 'The Animal Turn' project with Swedish colleagues at the Lund, Uppsala and Stockholm Universities

Funded by the LMK Foundation

Invited Member, New Zealand First Strike Group (a group of academics and community advocates who research and raise awareness of the link between family violence and animal abuse) (2011-present)

Conference Organizer, 'Cultural Animals'. A conference hosted by the New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies in September 2011. This conference showcased research completed by six members of the New Zealand Centre for Human-Animal Studies (including a paper by me on 'Changing Representations of Chickens in Art'), and was also attended by a keynote presenter from Flinders University (Dr Nik Taylor, a world leader on the link between social violence and animal abuse).

Member, New Zealand Companion Animal Council (2009-present): I represent the NZ Centre for Human-Animal Studies on this national council hosted by the SPCA. The Council (NZCAC) was established in February 1996 to be a forum that will facilitate the achievement of a harmonious relationship between companion animals, people and the environment. As a result the New Zealand Companion Animal Council has since become a respected national organisation representing the amalgam of a diverse range of animal groups.

Won an Animals & Society Institute (USA) Fellowship, 2008. This was offered in support of my research on the Gallus genus. I was one of seven applicants (our of 26) accepted for this competitive Fellowship.

Invited Visiting Fellow, Gender, Culture & Health Research Unit, PsyHealth, University of Western Sydney (April-May 2005). This research fellowship was funded by the University of Western Sydney. During the term of my fellowship I was involved in developing collaborative research in the field of sexuality, aging & gender with Prof. Jane Ussher & Dr Janette Perz (UWS) & Tiina Vares (UC). I also mentored postgraduate students on an individual basis, & presented research workshops/seminars for staff & students

Invited Visiting Fellow, Gender, Culture & Health Research Unit, PsyHealth, University of Western Sydney (April-May 2005). This research fellowship was funded by the University of Western Sydney. During the term of my fellowship I was involved in developing collaborative research in the field of sexuality, aging & gender with Prof. Jane Ussher & Dr Janette Perz (UWS) & Tiina Vares (UC). I also mentored postgraduate students on an individual basis, & presented research workshops/seminars for staff & students

Health Research Council Research Fellow (2001-2003). This position was funded by an HRC project grant called "Sex for life? The sociocultural implications of sexuopharmaceuticals for men and women". I was the sole Principal Investigator on this grant/project, which stemmed from my previous doctoral research on the cultural construction of 'sexual dysfunction' (see NROs 1 & 4).