Heather Molyneaux
PhD (UNB), MA (UNB), BA (UPEI)
Heather is a research council officer at the National Research Council (NRC) on the UNB campus. Her research areas are in new media, representation, gender, community, and technology usability. She has also conducted research on the historical representation of women in advertisements. Since 2006 she has taught several courses at UNB including Social History of Medicine in Canada, A History of Women in Canadian Society, History of Sexualities, and The History of the Body.
Selected publications
· Molyneaux, H., O’Donnell, S., Milliken, M. (2012). Staying Socially Connected with Video Communication: A Case Study. Canadian Journal of Communication. V. 37: 421-441.
· Molyneaux, H. (2012). Controlling Conception: Images of Women, Safety, Sexuality and the Pill in the Sixties. Gender, Health and Popular Culture: Historical Perspectives. Ed. Cheryl Warsh. Waterloo: Wilfred Laurier Press.
· Molyneaux, H., O’Donnell, S., Kakekaspan, C., Walmart, B., Budka, P., Gibson, K. (2012). Community Resilience and Social Media: Communication and Cultural Preservation using Social Networking Sites. 2012 International Rural Network Forum, 24-28 September, Whyalla and Upper Spencer Gulf, Australia.
· Munteanu, C., Molyneaux, H., Maitland, J., McDonald, D., Rock, L., (2012). Tale of Two Studies: Challenges in Field Research with Low-Literacy Adult Learners in a Developed Country. CHI 2012.
· Chong, C., Molyneaux, H., and Fournier, H. (2012). Communication As Commodification: Video Technology and the Gendered Gaze. Gender, Sexualities and the Media: Communicating Identity in a Post-Ironic Age. Ed. Karen Ross. Blackwell Publishing.
· Molyneaux, H., O’Donnell, S., Milliken, M., (2011). Video Communication for Maintaining Social Relationships: A Case Study. International Communication Association Boston.
· Molyneaux, H. (2009). Temporary Heroes ‘In the Service of Mars:’ Images of Heroic Canadian Women in Uniform, Factories, and in the Kitchen during the Second World War. Heroes of Film, Comics and American Culture: Essays of Real and Fictional Defenders of Home. Ed. Lisa DeTora. Jefferson, NC: McFarland Press.
· Molyneaux, H, O’Donnell, S., Gibson, K. and Singer, J. (2008). Exploring the Gender Divide on YouTube: An Analysis of the Creation and Reception of Vlogs. American Communication Journal 10 (Spring): 13 pages.
Contact information
http://www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/people/molyneaux_heather_6794.html
Heather.Molyneaux@nrc.gc.ca
