[2] In a 2019 Feminism & Psychology interview, Probyn spoke of growing up in an army family and moving frequently.
[citation needed] Probyn's work has helped to establish several new areas of scholarship – from embodied research methods to cultural studies of food.
Explaining her conceptualization of shame as a productive affect, Probyn stated:When one feels shame it is a profound intra-subjective moment that has the capacity to undo something of the person - that provokes a deep psychic emotional disturbance, which is productive in every sense.
[3]Her current research includes questions about the sustainability of food production and consumption from an ethnographic and cultural perspective.
Her exploration of these issues draws from contemporary debates about the more-than-human realm and the power of non-human agents and agencies.