DoctorTiina Vares

Member of the Women's Studies Journal Editorial Board

Chair of the LSAPS (School of Language, Social and Political Sciences), College of Arts, University of Canterbury

I am an invited member of the Midwifery Professional External Advisory Committee, School of Applied Science, Christchurch Polytechnic Institute of Technology. I am the representative for the Tertiary Education sector.

Sociological Assn of Aotearoa New Zealand (From 1995 Until ongoing)

Women's Studies Assn (From 1992 Until ongoing)

Co-convenor of the ChCh Discourse Research Group. This was est in 2001 as a forum for researchers in ChCh who use discourse analytic methodologies. 40-50 members from a variety of academic institutions. Also a forum for monitoring postgraduate students.

Co-convenor of the Christchurch Discourse Research Group. This was established in 2001 as a forum for researchers in Christchurch who use discourse analytic methodologies. 40-50 members from a variety of academic institutions belong to the group. It is also a forum for monitoring postgraduate students.

I was invited to participate in a Conference Panel Discussion on 'Configuring Gender and Sexuality across the University', at the Sociological Association of Aotearoa New Zealand Conference in 2008.

Invited to present a paper on my research at a one day symposium: 'Sexualities Against the Grain' at the University of Auckland, 19 February 2010. It was hosted by 'The Gender and Critical Psychology Group' and the Journal 'Feminism and Psychology'.

Invited to present a paper on my current research at a one day symposium on 'Researching Digital Audiences' at Waikato University (June 2010).

Invited to be a discussant of a panel at the 4th International Conference on Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Child and Teen Consumption, Linkoping University, Norkoping, Sweden, 21-23 June 2010.

In August 2011 I was invited to present a lecture on the Marsden funded research project (Girls, 'Tween' Popular Culture and Everyday Life) for the University of Canterbury 'Spring Lecture Series'. The series was initiated to raise public awareness of the Universty's research outputs and to enhance the university's connectedness with the central city.