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Associate Professor David Newhouse
David Newhouse is Onondaga from the Six Nations of the Grand River community near Brantford, Ontario. He was the first Principal of the new Peter Gzowski College at Trent University and Chair of the Department of Indigenous Studies. He is also an Associate Professor in the Business Administration Program. Professor Newhouse is Co-Chair of the Trent Aboriginal Education Council. He was the IMC/U of S Aboriginal Scholar in Residence at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon in 1998/99. He also teaches in the Graduate CED Program at Concordia University.He served as founding editor of the…
Dominic O'Sullivan
Professor Dominic O'Sullivan is a political scientist in the School of Social Work and Arts and Yindymarra Nguluway. He is interested in comparative indigenous politics and public policy and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. He has authored eight books and co-edited one. Dominic has published more than 60 journal articles and book chapters and more than 120 articles for public audiences, including in the Conversation, Open Forum and the New Zealand Herald.Dominic is also an Adjunct Professor at the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies at Victoria University…
Associate Professor Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
I am a Kanaka Maoli wahine mākua, artist, activist, scholar, and storyteller born and raised in Pālolo Valley to my parents, Jonathan and Mary Osorio. I earned my PhD in English (Hawaiian literature) in 2018 from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, where I currently work as an Associate Professor of Indigenous and Native Hawaiian Politics. In 2020, my poetry and activism were the subject of an award-winning film, This is the Way We Rise, which premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2021. In 2022, I was a lead artist and co-writer of the VR documentary On the Morning You Wake (To the End of…
Robin Quigg
I have a wide range of research interests with experience in physical activity and playgrounds (with accelerometers and GPS units), smokefree environment policy evaluation, and equity in tertiary education.I am particularly interested in decolonising spaces, such as parks, as they are largely westernised concept, reflecting the industrial revolution distinction between work and leisure, with the parks the result of colonisation, space taken from indigenous cultures. They are not innocuous features of the landscape especially in cities, but result from colonialist intervention, and have…
Dr. Marama Salsano
Dr Marama Salsano joined Te Manawahoukura in 2025. She has extensive high school English teaching experience in Aotearoa New Zealand. Her PhD project explored multigenre as an Indigenous form and contemplated the relationship between visual creativity and writing. As a collaborative and interdisciplinary researcher, Marama works at the intersection of Māori literary studies, toi Māori (Māori art), creative writing, and iwi Rangahau. Her current research interests reflect the contours, dynamism and scope of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki archival writing and publishing.
Dr. Wasiq Silan
Lokah simu kwara! I am Wasiq Silan (I-An Gao 高怡安). I am a Tayal woman from the Mstaranan known as the Nanshi River valley in the northern part of Taiwan. I received my Ph.D. from the University of Helsinki in 2021. My work engages with Taiwan's social policy and the Tayal elders, grounded in interpretive policy analysis and critical ethnography while drawing from Indigenous methodologies. Doing Indigenous methodologies heal self-doubt and colonial wounds. You can listen to a short poem reflecting on my self-doubt about not being Indigenous here. I was a core fellow at the prestigious Helsinki…
Associate Professor Ánde Somby
Ánde Somby is a Sami scholar, musician, and writer renowned for his lifelong work in bridging indigenous culture and legal academia. As an associate professor specializing in Indigenous Rights Law at the University of Tromsø and a celebrated traditional joik artist, Somby embodies a unique synthesis of intellectual rigor and deep cultural practice. His career is characterized by a profound commitment to articulating and defending Sami worldview and rights through both scholarly discourse and artistic expression.Ánde Somby was born and raised in Buolbmat, Norway, within a culturally rich Sami…
Professor Shannon Speed
Dr. Shannon Speed is a tribal citizen of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. She is Director of the American Indian Studies Center (AISC) and Professor of Gender Studies and Anthropology at UCLA. Dr. Speed has worked for the last two decades in Mexico and in the United States on issues of indigenous autonomy, sovereignty, gender, neoliberalism, violence, migration, social justice, and activist research. She has published numerous journal articles and book chapters in English and Spanish, and has published seven books and edited volumes, including her most recent, Incarcerated Stories…
Professor Troy Storfjell
Troy Storfjell (Sámi) specializes in Sámi and Indigenous studies, where his work is largely guided by Indigenist criticism and decolonize methodologies. In his scholarship Troy works to create a place for Indigenous intellectual and philosophical traditions within the academy, bringing Sámi ways of knowing to bear on such topics as settler colonial literature, multicultural diversity and trans-Indigenous film studies. In his teaching Troy strives for a student-centered approach and for classrooms that can become collaborative learning communities. He teaches in Norwegian and Scandinavian Area…
Professor Elizabeth Sumida Huaman
Situated in the Mantaro Valley of Junín, Peru is an autochthonous Quechua Indigenous community that I call home. My mother and her siblings were born and raised in an adobe family house built by my grandparents, Antonieta Jesusa Carhuamaca and Antonio Huaman. Two floors of small rooms are linked by a wooden ladder that leads up to a balcony where a view of the entire valley includes one of our sacred mountain glaciers, Waytapallana—source of epistemic and ontological affirmation and renewal for the Indigenous people of this region. I am an educational researcher because of my connections to…
Kanako Uzawa
Dr. Kanako Uzawa is an Ainu scholar, artist, museum curator, and advocate dedicated to amplifying Indigenous voices worldwide. As the founder of AinuToday and CEO of K. Uzawa Consult, she bridges academic and public platforms to celebrate Indigenous identity. She is also an Assistant Professor at the Global Station for Indigenous Studies and Cultural Diversity at Hokkaido University and an affiliated researcher at the Historical Museum of the University of Oslo, Norway.Dr. Uzawa holds an MA in Indigenous Studies and a PhD in Community Planning and Cultural Understanding from UiT Arctic…
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…
Professor Peter Adds
Peter Adds is an Associate Professor at Te Kawa a Maui - the School of Māori Studies at Victoria University of Wellington. He is from the Otaraua Hapu of Te Ātiawa in Taranaki. His academic training is in archaeology but he has extensive experience in Treaty Settlements and is also an accomplished Treaty trainer. He was the claimant researcher for the Taranaki Land Claim and subsequently the claim negotiator for Te Ātiawa. He is also the inaugural and current Chairperson of the Māori Association of Social Science.
Associate Professor Jade Le Grice
Tēnā koutou kātoa, he uri ahau o Ngāpuhi me Te Rarawa. Ko Ngai Tupoto, Ngati Korokoro, Ngati Wharara, Te Pouka ngā hapū. Nō Motukaraka me Pakanae ahau. I am an Associate Professor of Psychology in the Faculty of Science at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland, where I am also Co‑Director of Te Pūtahi o Pūtaiao, The Centre for Kaupapa Māori Science. I teach into three undergraduate and postgraduate courses that support foundational skills in Indigenous, kaupapa Māori & critical psychology. I have supervised over 15 doctoral, masters, honours, and clinical psychology students to…
Associate Professor Hiria McRae
Hiria Mcrae (Te Arawa,Tūhoe,Ngāti Kahungunu) is an Associate Professor in the School of Education and Associate Dean Māori for the Faculty of Education, Health & Psychological Sciences. She has extensive experience in working with practicing teachers and teaching postgraduate students and teacher trainees in the areas of mātauranga Māori, te reo Māori, science and technology, critical pedagogies, education for sustainability. Her research focuses broadly on Māori education in areas ranging from iwi Māori student success models, kaiako Māori leadership and computational thinking.
Dr Annie Te One
Annie Te One (Te Ātiawa, Ngāti Mutunga) is the current tumuaki of Te Kawa a Māui. Annie’s PhD is from the Australian National University and focussed on iwi and local government relationships in Wellington and the Hutt Valley. She worked on the Mana Wāhine Inquiry (WAI2700) for the Waitangi Tribunal, is a key researcher on 'Generation Kainga' a rangatahi-centred MBIE funded research project focussing on rangatahi experiences and aspirations for kainga in Aotearoa, and was awarded a Fulbright Scholar award in 2023 to teach and research at the University of Hawaii and the Univerersity of…
Dr. Chelsea Grootveld
Chelsea is a respected wāhine Māori leader in education, kaupapa Māori research and governance. She holds a PhD in Education from Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington and is the founder of an indigenous research and evaluation company dedicated to advancing Māori aspirations.Chelsea brings deep governance expertise, currently serving on the boards of High Performance Sport NZ, Taumata - Ihi Aotearoa Sport NZ, Tātai Aho Rau - CORE Education, International Funders For Indigenous Peoples; as Chair of the JR McKenzie Trust, Deputy Chair of Ngāitai Iwi Authority and Iti Kōpara…
Professor Sarah-Jane Paine
Professor Sarah-Jane Paine (Tūhoe) is a leading Māori health researcher and internationally respected authority on Indigenous child wellbeing. She is Research Director and Principal Investigator of Growing Up in New Zealand, Aotearoa’s flagship longitudinal study of child development, and a Professor at Te Kupenga Hauora Māori, Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland.Her work in Kaupapa Māori epidemiology has influenced national policy in maternal and child health, racism and child wellbeing, food security, and youth wellbeing. Known for combining scientific rigour with strong community…
Professor Hona Black
Hona Black (Tūhoe, Te Whānau a Apanui, Te Whakatōhea, Ngāti Tūwharetoa) works in te reo Māori revitalisation and has a particular interest in language acquisition and the restoration and expansion of te reo Māori domains within everyday life. Hona is the author of several te reo Māori publications, including He Iti Te Kupu, Ngā Hapa Reo, and Te Reo Kapekape. His work frequently bridges academic research and community practice, reflecting a commitment to strengthening Māori language futures and supporting the normalisation of te reo Māori across homes, communities, and institutions.
Honorary Associate Professor Meika Foster
Dr Meika Foster has a background in Law and Nutrition Science. Her research interests include the development of food and ingredient solutions that are beneficial for health and the environment, regulatory science, consumer science, Indigenous organisms research, the roles of micronutrients and phytochemicals in health and disease, and the protection of Indigenous cultural and intellectual property. Meika is the Founding Director of Edible Research Ltd., which provides translational research services to the science sector, government organisations, and food and beverage businesses (including…
Dr Sonia Garcia
Sonia Garcia grew up in Spain with Catalan, Galician and Spanish as her family languages. Her career has largely focused on policy and programme management.In the Catalan public service, Sonia designed and managed grants and programmes to support the internationalisation of Catalan literature. She later pursued her interest in fisheries, earning a PhD from the University of Technology Sydney for research on Australian fisheries policy.Sonia moved to Aotearoa in 2020 and worked as a Senior Policy Analyst and Programme Manager in the international fisheries team at the Ministry for Primary…
Professor Simon Holdaway
I research how to interpret the past using the material remains found by archaeologists. This has involved field work in a number of regions of the world including southwest France, semi-arid and tropical regions of Australia, the north of Egypt, and northern parts of Aotearoa | New Zealand. I have an interest in stone artefacts particularly their interpretation as surface deposits at a landscape scale. I continue to have active fieldwork programmes as well as laboratory-based studies of material remains.After receiving a BA(Hons) and MA degree in Anthropology from the University of Otago I…
Dr Daniel Wilson
Daniel Wilson (Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Pikiao) is a lecturer in Computer Science at Waipapa Taumata Rau | University of Auckland. His teaching and research are in the areas of AI, Māori Data Sovereignty, Māori Algorithmic Sovereignty, and AI ethics. Daniel is a member of Te Pokapū in The Māori Data Sovereignty Network Te Mana Raraunga, Co-Director of the Centre of Machine Learning for Social Good, member of the Kāhui Māori for the AI Forum, treasurer of the AI Researchers Association, and an establishment member of the AI in Health Research Network. Daniel has a PhD in Philosophy and a Master of…