Rate My Professor Marie Russell

Russell's academic interests center on public health policy, sustainable transport, tobacco control, firearms and environmental health risks, child protection, urban governance, and health inequalities. Her research employs qualitative approaches, including focus groups, policy-maker interviews, and surveys. Key publications encompass 'What Do Passengers Do During Travel Time? Structured Observations on Buses and Trains' (2011), 'Daring to Dream: Reactions to Tobacco Endgame Ideas among New Zealand Policy Makers, Voters and Smokers' (2011), 'Attitudes to Physical Punishment of Children are Changing' (2016), 'Process, Pitfalls and Profits: Lessons from Interviewing New Zealand Policy-Makers' (2016), 'Benchmarking Cycling and Walking in Six New Zealand Cities: Pilot Study 2015' (2017), 'Beyond the Bicycle: Seeing the Context of the Gender Gap in Cycling' (2020), 'Pedaling Towards Equity: Cycling, Gender and Ethnicity in Aotearoa/New Zealand' (2021), and 'Firearms and Lead' (2019). With 34 publications and over 500 citations, her work informs policy on smokefree environments, active transport equity—particularly gender and ethnic disparities—lead poisoning from shooting, gun control post-Christchurch, and public consultation in local government. Russell contributes to public discourse through opinion pieces on defence spending, hunter lobbies, and climate action priorities.