Susan Paulson is currently a visiting lecturer in the Department of Psychology at City University, London. She has recently been awarded a PhD in Psychology, supervised by Dr. Carla Willig. She is conducting ethnographic and narrative research on the meaning of dance, health and growing older. She has been awarded a Distinction for the MSc in Health Psychology at City University in February 2006. As a member of the British Society of Gerontology, she has been involved in research with older people for a number of years.
Recent Publications
- Paulson, S. (2010) An Exploration of How Various ‘Cultures of Dance’ Construct Experiences of Health and Growing Older. PhD Thesis and Appendices.
- Paulson, S. (2008) “Beauty is more than skin-deep.” An ethnographic study of beauty therapists and older women. Journal of Aging Studies 22 (3), 256–265.
- Paulson, S. and Willig, C. (2008) Older Women and Everyday Talk about the Ageing Body. Journal of Health Psychology. 13 (1), 106–120.
- Paulson, S. (2005a) How various ‘cultures of fitness’ shape subjective experiences of growing older. Ageing and Society, 25 (2), 229–244.
- Paulson, S. (2005b) The Social Benefits of Belonging to a ‘Dance Exercise’ Group for Older People. Generations Review, 15 (4), 37–41.
Conference Papers
- Paulson, S. and Willig, C. (2007) How various ‘Cultures of Dance’ construct the Health of the Ageing Body. British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, Sheffield. Abstract, PowerPoint, PDF
- Paulson, S. (2005) How cultural discourses influence older women’s talk about their own and others’ ageing bodies. International Conference of Critical Health Psychology, Sheffield.
- Paulson, S. (2004) “Beauty is more than skin-deep.” An ethnographic study of older women and beauty therapy. British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, Surrey.
- Paulson, S. (2003) The social construction of ageing in a dance/movement group. British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
- Paulson, S. and Hanna, S. (2002) The Role of the Fitness Instructor in Changing the Subjective Experience of Ageing. British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, Birmingham.
- Paulson, S. (2001) Paradoxes of the Ageing Body: Vulnerability versus Resistance. Third Cultural Gerontology Conference, Visby, Sweden.
- Paulson, S. (2001) Case-study of a Seventy-One Year Old Woman Talking About Her Body-Image. Centre for Ageing Conference, Oxford University.
- Paulson, S. (2001) Paradoxes of the Ageing Body: Comparison of Two Women in Their Seventies Talking about Their Own and Others' Body Image. British Society of Gerontology Annual Conference, Stirling.
- Paulson, S. (2000) Women and Ageing in Consumer Culture. ESRC Seminar, Oxford.
Book Reviews
- Ageing and Society 21 (4), 528–529: Latimer, J., (2000), The Conduct of Care; Understanding Nursing Practice, Blackwell Science Ltd., Oxford.
- Aging & Mental Health 5 (4), 395–396: Lawton. J., (2000), The Dying Process; Patients' experiences of palliative care, Routledge, London and New York.
- Sociology of Health & Illness 25 (1), 133–134. Twigg, J., (2000), Bathing — the Body and Community Care, Routledge, London and New York.
Other Publications
- Paulson, S., (2002), "The Concept of Teamwork", chapter 6, pp. 105–118 in Muncey, T., and Parker, A., (eds.), Chronic Disease Management. Palgrave, Basingstoke.
- Paulson, S. (1991) Communication Assignments for Health and Caring. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.