Virginia Braun

Virginia Braun
FRSNZ
NationalityNew Zealand
Alma materLoughborough University
Scientific career
Fieldsthematic analysis and gender studies
InstitutionsUniversity of Auckland
ThesisThe vagina: an analysis (2000)
Academic advisorsSue Wilkinson and Celia Kitzinger

Virginia Braun FRSNZ is a New Zealand psychology academic specialising in thematic analysis and gender studies. She is particularly known for her scholarship on the social construction of the vagina[1] and designer vagina cosmetic surgery,[2] body hair[3] and heterosexuality.[4] She is perhaps best known for her collaboration with British psychologist Victoria Clarke around thematic analysis and qualitative research methods. Together they have published numerous papers, chapters, commentaries and editorials on thematic analysis and qualitative research, and an award-winning and best selling qualitative textbook entitled Successful qualitative research. They have a thematic analysis website at The University of Auckland. More recently - with the Story Completion Research Group - they have published around the story completion method.[5]

  1. ^ Braun, Virginia; Kitzinger, Celia (2001). "The perfectible vagina: Size matters". Culture, Health & Sexuality. 3 (3): 263–277. doi:10.1080/13691050152484704. S2CID 143982758.
  2. ^ Braun, Virginia (2010). "Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery: A Critical Review of Current Knowledge and Contemporary Debates". Journal of Women's Health. 19 (7): 1393–1407. doi:10.1089/jwh.2009.1728. PMID 20509791.
  3. ^ Terry, Gareth; Braun, Virginia (2016). ""I think gorilla-like back effusions of hair are rather a turn-off": 'Excessive hair' and male body hair (removal) discourse". Body Image. 17: 14–24. doi:10.1016/j.bodyim.2016.01.006. hdl:10292/12579. PMID 26907912.
  4. ^ Braun, Virginia; Gavey, Nicola (2003). "The fair deal'? Unpacking accounts of reciprocity in heterosex". Sexualities. 6 (2): 237–261. doi:10.1177/1363460703006002005. S2CID 144614304.
  5. ^ Clarke, Victoria; Braun, Virginia (2019). "Using Story Completion Methods in Qualitative Research". Qualitative Research in Psychology. 16 (1). doi:10.1080/14780887.2018.1536378. hdl:2292/49988.