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Dr. Isla Emery-Whittington
Rereahu, Ngāti Kauwhata, Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa
Emery Whittington Consultants Ltd
Occupational Therapist / Researcher / Tiriti antiracism educator / NESP mental health and addictions educator
Isla Emery-Whittington is an occupational therapist and consultant. Her research examines western theories and notions…
Dr. Isla Emery-Whittington
Isla Emery-Whittington is an occupational therapist and consultant. Her research examines western theories and notions of everyday occupations as shaped and produced by colonisation. The research aims to reveal taken for granted colonial notions of daily occupations and privilege exploration of a Kaupapa Māori theory of everyday occupations as accessible spaces of healing and connections to kaitiakitanga. -
Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Central Connecticut State University, USA
Professor of History and African Studies
Dr. Gloria T. Emeagwali is a Professor of History and African Studies, Central Connecticut State University.In…
Professor Gloria Emeagwali
Dr. Gloria T. Emeagwali is a Professor of History and African Studies, Central Connecticut State University.In 'africahistory.net' we present various perspectives on African Indigenous Knowledge Systems(AIK) from a wide range of scholars. We publish brief extracts from scholarly works on the subject and focus on several areas. We are proud to say that this site has been listed by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as one of the top 50 of African websites -
Professor Serafín M. Coronel-Molina
Huanca Quechua
Indiana University, USA
Professor in Curriculum and Instruction
I am an Indigenous scholar from South America and a native speaker of Huanca Quechua, an endangered variety spoken in…
Professor Serafín M. Coronel-Molina
I am an Indigenous scholar from South America and a native speaker of Huanca Quechua, an endangered variety spoken in the central highlands of Peru. My life and work are deeply informed by my cultural and linguistic roots, which ground my scholarship, teaching, and activism. I earned my Ph.D. in Educational Linguistics/Sociolinguistics at the University of Pennsylvania, where I specialized in the study of language, power, and identity in multilingual and multicultural contexts. Before that, I received my M.A. in Hispanic Linguistics from The Ohio State University, an experience that provided… -
Dr. Tania Canas
Salvadoran
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Post Doctoral Fellow
Dr. Tania Cañas is an artist-researcher whose work focuses on the intersection of forced displacement, borders, memory…
Dr. Tania Canas
Dr. Tania Cañas is an artist-researcher whose work focuses on the intersection of forced displacement, borders, memory, and decoloniality through community-led creative and performance practices. Her research is grounded in arts-based, practice-led, and participatory methodologies that foreground lived experience. Her lived experience as a Salvadorian refugee who grew up in Naarm on unceded Kulin Territory informs her scholarship with a deeply personal, ethical, and critical perspective, shaping her commitment to relational and community-embedded modes of knowledge-making. In 2023, the… -
Dr. Joni Angeli-Gordon
Ngā Puhi, Ngāti Whātua, Te Roroa
Te Wānanga o Aotearoa
Director at Te Manawahoukura Rangahau Centre
Dr Joni Angeli-Gordon (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua, Te Roroa) is Te Paemanu | Director at Te Manawahoukura Rangahau Centre at…
Dr. Joni Angeli-Gordon
Dr Joni Angeli-Gordon (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua, Te Roroa) is Te Paemanu | Director at Te Manawahoukura Rangahau Centre at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa. Her research is an invitation to return to aroha as an intellectual discipline, to ancestral intelligence as method, and to gentle insistence as a transformative force. Working across Kaupapa Māori, Indigenous child development, Māori mindfulness (mauritau), educational psychology, and placefulness, Joni explores what it means for mokopuna and whānau to thrive — not in theory alone, but in lived, intergenerational, and embodied ways. Her work centres… -
Dr. Sandra Yellowhorse
Diné/Navajo
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Research Fellow
Shí ié Sandra Yellowhorse yínishií. Kinyaa’aani nishłí adóó Bílligáana báshíchiin. Tachiinii dashichei adóó Kin’łichní…
Dr. Sandra Yellowhorse
Shí ié Sandra Yellowhorse yínishií. Kinyaa’aani nishłí adóó Bílligáana báshíchiin. Tachiinii dashichei adóó Kin’łichní dashináli. Nani’zhoozhí di shiʼdizhch. Tāmaki Makaurau Aotearoa déé naasha.I am a critical Indigenous disability scholar who specialises in Indigenous perspectives of disability and autism. I center first-person experiences and family cultural narratives to reframe understandings of disability to combat social stigma and build nurturing environments of belonging and empowerment. Committed to Diné ancestral, land-based knowledge, my research explores the abundance of many ways… -
Dr Awanui Te Huia
Ngāti Maniapoto
Independent Kaupapa Māori Researcher
Associate Professor Awanui Te Huia (Ngāti Maniapoto) is a recipient of Ako Aotearoa Sustained Excellence in Tertiary…
Dr Awanui Te Huia
Associate Professor Awanui Te Huia (Ngāti Maniapoto) is a recipient of Ako Aotearoa Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching Award (Kaupapa Māori Category), recognising her outstanding contribution to reo Māori education and kaupapa Māori research at Te Herenga Waka; Victoria University of Wellington.Her teaching is known for creating enjoyable, creative, and safe spaces that empower learners. Her teaching approach weaves together psychology, kaupapa Māori methods, and innovative tools to make te reo Māori accessible and inspiring for current and future learners. This nationally recognised… -
Summer Rangimaarie Wright
Ngāti Maniapoto
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Research Fellow
Summer (Ngāti Maniapoto) trained as a dietitian and is a public health researcher focused on climate justice, health…
Summer Rangimaarie Wright
Summer (Ngāti Maniapoto) trained as a dietitian and is a public health researcher focused on climate justice, health equity, and food sovereignty. She has also worked in disability as a youth worker and support worker. Summer has a few creative pursuits and likes to spend time outside and with animals. -
Dr Kiri Dell
Ngāti Porou
University of Auckland
Senior Lecturer
Kiri Dell is a lecturer in property in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. Her…
Dr Kiri Dell
Kiri Dell is a lecturer in property in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. Her teaching focuses on Māori land issues and Māori entrepreneurship and business development. Kiri’s research and areas of expertise focuses on competitive Māori strategy, Māori economics and Māori business. -
Associate Professor Linda Te Aho
Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Waikato-Tainui
University of Waikato
Associate Professor
Linda Te Aho, MNZM, (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Waikato-Tainui) is an Associate Professor in Te Piringa Faculty of Law and…
Associate Professor Linda Te Aho
Linda Te Aho, MNZM, (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Waikato-Tainui) is an Associate Professor in Te Piringa Faculty of Law and in 2025 was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and to Legal Education. Linda has long served as the Associate Dean Māori for the law faculty, and more recently for the newly created Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences. An experienced governor, Linda continues to hold senior governance positions for the large iwi organisation, Waikato-Tainui (Te Arataura) and is a member of the Institute of Directors. As a guardian appointed by…