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Susan Crowther
Susan Crowther is a British–New Zealand academic midwife, and is a full professor at the Auckland University of Technology, specialising in midwifery, birthing experiences and employing an hermeneutic phenomenology approach. She was previously a professor at the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen. Academic careerCrowther obtained a Bachelor of Science with honours from King's College London, followed by a Master of Science degree at the University of Surrey. [1] Crowther has worked in healthcare since 1982, and moved into midwifery in the 1990s.[2][3] Moving to New Zealand, Crowther worked as a rural midwife, and then completed a PhD titled Sacred joy at birth: a hermeneutic phenomenology study at the Auckland University of Technology in 2013. Her doctoral research was supervised by Elizabeth Smythe and Deborah Spence.[4] Crowther then joined the faculty of the Auckland University of Technology, rising to full professor. She is also a full professor at Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen, giving her inaugural professorial lecture in June 2018.[5][1] Crowther has published two books on the birthing process and is an editor for four peer-reviewed journals.[5] She has participated in national working groups in the UK aimed at developing standards for midwifery education.[5] Crowther is a member of the International Confederation of Midwives Research Standing Committee.[5] Crowther's research interests focus on childbirth, rural maternity services, sustainable practice, continuity of care, and include cultural and spiritual wellbeing and hermeneutic phenomenology.[1][2] Selected works Scholia has a profile for Susan Crowther (Q64006434).
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