Journal Articles
McGavin, Kirsten (2016) Where do you belong? Identity, New Guinea islanders, and the power of Peles. Oceania, 86 1: 57-74. doi:10.1002/ocea.5112
McGavin, Kirsten (2015) Representations of Pacific Islander identity: ours and theirs. Pacific Studies, 38 272-293.
McGavin, Kirsten (2014) Being "nesian": Pacific islander identity in Australia. Contemporary Pacific, 26 1: 126-154. doi:10.1353/cp.2014.0013
Conference Paper
Johnson, H. and McGavin, K. M. (2004). Constructing and interpreting 'mixed race' and 'mixed parentage' in Papua New Guinea. In: The Second Biennial Conference Indian Association for Asian & Pacific Studies. Second Biennial Conference Indian Association for Asian & Pacific Studies, Sambalpur,, (82-91). 29-31 January, 2004.
Thesis
McGavin, Kirsten (2007). Tourism, Gender and Ethnicity in West New Britain PhD Thesis, School of Social Science, University of Queensland.