I am an interdisciplinary scholar and creative non-fiction writer who works at the boundary between science and the humanities. I am trained in earth sciences, history of science, and creative writing and have a research focus on science in New Zealand and Antarctica. Before starting my academic career in 2013, I had more than 20 years' experience in science communication in Aotearoa New Zealand.
My books include Fifteen Million Years in Antarctica (VUP, 2019), a personal response to my three visits to Antarctica; Dispatches from Continent Seven (Awa Press, 2016), an anthology of Antarctic science writing; and Mad on Radium: New Zealand in the Atomic Age (AUP, 2012). My essays and articles have been published in Griffith Review, Granta, Turbine, North and South and the New Zealand Listener.
Experience
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2018–presentAssociate professor, Te Herenga Waka
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2013–2017Senior lecturer, Te Herenga Waka
Education
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2018Victoria University of Wellington , MA
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2010University of Canterbury, PhD
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1992Victoria University of Wellington , BSc (hons)
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1990Victoria University of Wellington , BSc
Honours
Prime Ministers Science Prize team member 2019, Prime Ministers Prize for Science Communication 2016, Royal Society of New Zealand Science Book Prize 2009
- Wellington, New Zealand
- Website
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For media enquiries,
Rebecca.Priestley@vuw.ac.nz - ORCID
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