New Zealand information scientist
Rowena Joy Cullen (née Knight; born 1946) is a New Zealand information services academic, and is professor emerita at the Victoria University of Wellington. She has published on e-government in the Pacific and health information on the internet.
Academic career.
Born in 1946, Cullen was educated at Christchurch Girls' High School, and went on to study at the University of Canterbury where she completed a Master of Arts degree in English in 1968. In 1968, she was awarded the Tytheridge travelling scholarship in arts. She then completed a Master of Letters at the University of Edinburgh, returning to New Zealand to complete a Master of Arts in librarianship and a PhD at Victoria University of Wellington (VUW). Cullen then joined the faculty of the School of Government at Victoria University of Wellington, rising to full professor.
Cullen was appointed emeritus professor of the university on her retirement. She is or has been on the editorial board of a number of journals, including as an associate editor for the "Library and Information Science Research Electronic Journal" (LIBRES), and the "Journal of Information Technology &amp; Politics". Cullen co-chaired a session on "The Foundations of Innovation in Government Must Rest on Sound Policies, Governance Principles, Ethics, and Laws" at the 44th Hawaiian International Conference on System Sciences.
Cullen has written or edited several books on e-government, and health information on the internet.
Honours and awards.
Cullen was elected a Fellow of LIANZA in 2007, and in 2012 was made an honorary life member. In 2008, she received a VUW award for research excellence.
Personal life.
Cullen's parents were John and Molly Knight. In 1967, she married Michael Cullen who would later become a member of parliament. The couple had two daughters. They separated in 1987 and divorced in 1989.
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