Linda Waimarie Nikora FRSNZ is a New Zealand psychology academic. She is Māori, of Te Aitanga a Hauiti and Ngāi Tūhoe descent.[1] She is currently professor of Indigenous Studies and co-director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga at the University of Auckland, having moved in 2017 from the University of Waikato where she had been a professor of psychology and the founding Director of the Maori & Psychology Research Unit in the School of Psychology.[1]
Linda Waimarie Nikora | |
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.jpg) At 2019 Research Honours Aotearoa | |
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Alma mater | University of Waikato |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Indigenous, Community and Social psychology; Kaupapa Maori Psychology |
| Institutions | University of Waikato, University of Auckland |
| Thesis | |
| Doctoral students | Kiri Edge, Byron Seiuli, Saburo Omura |
Nikora attended Hukarere Girls College in Napier, New Zealand before moving to the University of Waikato for both her undergraduate and PhD work.[1] Her 2007 PhD thesis was entitled "Māori social identities in New Zealand and Hawai'i."[2]
In 2018, Nikora was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand,[3] while in 2021 she was awarded their Te Rangi Hiroa Medal.[4]
Notable students of Nikora include Bridgette Masters-Awatere.[5]
Selected works
edit- Lapsley, Hilary, Linda Waimarie Nikora, and Rosanne Marjory Black. " Kia Mauri Tau!" Narratives of recovery from disabling mental health problems. Mental Health Commission, 2002.
- Hodgetts, D., Drew, N., Sonn, C., Stolte, O., Nikora, L. W., & Curtis, C. (2010). Social psychology and everyday life. Palgrave Macmillan.
- Loto, R., Hodgetts, D., Chamberlain, K., Nikora, L. W., Karapu, R., & Barnett, A. (2006). Pasifika in the news: The portrayal of Pacific peoples in the New Zealand press. Journal of community & applied social psychology, 16(2), 100–118.
- Nikora, L. W., Karapu, R., Hickey, H., & Te Awekotuku, N. (2004). Disabled Māori and disability support options.
- Nikora, Linda Waimarie, Mohi Rua, and Ngahuia Te Awekotuku. "Wearing moko: Maori facial marking in today's world." (2004): 191–203.
- Ruru, Jacinta, and Linda Waimarie Nikora, eds. (2021). Ngā Kete Mātauranga: Māori scholars at the research interface. Otago University Press. ISBN 978-1-988592-55-8
References
edit- ^ a b c "Large pōwhiri expected for new professor - The University of Auckland". University of Auckland. Retrieved 26 October 2017.
- ^ Nikora, Linda (2007). Māori social identities in New Zealand and Hawai'i (Doctoral thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato. hdl:10289/2574.
- ^ "Centenary cohort of Fellows announced". Royal Society of New Zealand. 1 November 2018. Retrieved 21 November 2018.
- ^ "Influential healthy homes research recognised with top honour". NZ Herald. 18 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
- ^ Masters-Awatere, Bridgette (2015). "That's the price we pay": Kaupapa Māori Programme stakeholder experiences of external evaluation (PhD thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato.
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