Nicola Gavey

Nicola Gavey (born 1960) is a New Zealand psychology academic. She is currently a full professor at the University of Auckland.

Academic career After a 1985 MA titled 'Depressive self-schemata and gender-schemata in women' and a 1990 PhD titled 'Rape and sexual coercion within heterosexual relationships : an intersection of psychological, feminist, and postmodern inquiries' at the University of Auckland, she joined the staff, rising to full professor.

Selected works Gavey, Nicola. (1989) "Feminist poststructuralism and discourse analysis: Contributions to feminist psychology." Psychology of Women Quarterly 13 (4): 459–475. Gavey, Nicola. (1991) "Sexual victimization prevalence among New Zealand university students." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 59 (3): 464. Gavey, Nicola. (1992) "Technologies and effects of heterosexual coercion." Feminism & Psychology 2 (3): 325–351. McPhillips, Kathryn, Virginia Braun, and Nicola Gavey. (2001) "Defining (hetero) sex: how imperative is the “coital imperative”?." In Women's Studies International Forum, 24 (2): 229–240. Braun, Virginia, Nicola Gavey, and Kathryn McPhillips. (2003) "The fair deal'? Unpacking accounts of reciprocity in heterosex." Sexualities 6 (2): 237–261. Gavey, Nicola. (2013) Just sex?: The cultural scaffolding of rape. Routledge.