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Dr Megan Young

Lecturer

School of Psychology

Megan's research interests are broadly focussed around disability, chronic illness, and neurodivergence, with a particular interest in how these experiences intersect with our working lives. Having completed an undergraduate degree in English Literature before moving into psychology, Megan brings a distinctive interdisciplinary foundation to her work. This includes utiising storytelling, narrative inquiry, and other creative methodologies to investigate how we make meaning out of our lives, and challenging the ways that research captures — or fails to capture — the complexity of embodied experience.

Research Expertise

Research Interests

Disability, neurodivergence, chronic illness, gender, narrative, storytelling, literature, social media, autoethnography

Thematics

Health and Well-being

Area of Expertise

Field of research codes
Gender Psychology (170105): Health, Clinical and Counselling Psychology (170106): Industrial and Organisational Psychology (170107):
Other Studies in Creative Arts and Writing (199900):
Psychology (170100): Psychology And Cognitive Sciences (170000):
Studies In Creative Arts And Writing (190000): Studies in the Creative Arts and Writing not elsewhere classified (199999)

Research Outputs

Journal

Hopner, V., Carr, S., Young, M., Nelson, N., & Hodgetts, D. (2025). Security Psychology: New Perspectives From the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Social and Political Psychology. 13(2), 368-383
[Journal article]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., Nelson, N., Young, M.
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Book

Carr, SC., Hopner, V., Hodgetts, DJ., & Young, M. (2023). TACKLING WAGE INEQUALITY: The Maximum Wage. In Tackling Precarious Work Toward Sustainable Livelihoods. (pp. 221 - 244).
[Chapter]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., Young, M.Edited by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V.
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Carr, SC., Hodgetts, DJ., Hopner, V., & Young, M. (2023). FROM PRECARIOUS WORK TO SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS: Introduction to the Volume. In Tackling Precarious Work Toward Sustainable Livelihoods. (pp. 1 - 26).
[Chapter]Authored by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V., Young, M.Edited by: Carr, S., Hodgetts, D., Hopner, V.
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Thesis

Young, M. (2024). Merry-Go-Sorry: an autoethnography of chronic illness: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of Philosophy in Psychology at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. (Doctoral Thesis, Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand) Young, M. (2024). Merry-Go-Sorry: an autoethnography of chronic illness: a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of Philosophy in Psychology at Massey University, Auckland, New Zealand. (Doctoral Thesis)
[Doctoral Thesis]Authored by: Young, M.
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Conference

Young, M. (2024, October). “I must not yield”: notes on pain and passion in the diaries of Katherine Mansfield. Presented at Writing the Self in Pain; Historical Perspectives. Helsinki University, Helsinki, Finland.
[Conference Oral Presentation]Authored by: Young, M.

Other

Young, M. (2025). You Look Tired. : Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine
[Internet publication]Authored by: Young, M.
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Young, M. (2024). A Head Above. Pulse Voices
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Teaching and Supervision

Contact Supervisor

Summary of Doctoral Supervision

Position Current Completed
Main Supervisor 1 0
Co-supervisor 3 0

Current Doctoral Supervision

Main Supervisor of:

  • Andie Andersen - Doctor of Clinical Psychology
    Caregivers navigating social services and systems for their autistic children: Narratives from under-served communities in Aotearoa

Co-supervisor of:

  • Franciska Neuhauser - Doctor of Philosophy
    Threads of Exile: An autoethnographic study of storytelling and cultural memory across three generations of Hungarian women
  • Shanti Hamilton - Doctor of Philosophy
    Medically split, Humanly One: an IPA exploration into Women University students navigating ADHD and Immune-mediated illness
  • Courtney Ngata-Turley - Doctor of Philosophy
    Navigating Multiple Whakapapa: Exploring the intersections of Multi-Ethnic identities.