Damon Salesa Explained

Damon Salesa
Honorific Suffix:FRSNZ
3rd Vice-Chancellor of Auckland University of Technology
Term Start:1 April 2022
Chancellor:Rob Campbell
Predecessor:Derek McCormack
Native Name:Toeolesulusulu Ieremia Salesa
Birth Name:Damon Ieremia Salesa
Birth Date:30 December 1972
Spouse:Jenny Salesa
Module:
Child:yes
Alma Mater:University of Auckland (MA)
Oriel College, Oxford (PhD)
Thesis1 Title:"Troublesome half-castes" : tales of a Samoan borderland
Thesis1 Url:https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/handle/2292/10510
Thesis1 Year:1997
Thesis2 Title:Race mixing: a Victorian problem in Britain and New Zealand, 1830s–1870
Thesis2 Url:https://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/44OXF_INST/35n82s/alma990155129060107026
Thesis2 Year:2001
Discipline:Pacific History

Damon Ieremia Salesa (born 30 December 1972) is a New Zealand academic. Of Samoan descent, he is the first Pacific person to hold the position of vice-chancellor at a New Zealand university.

Education

Raised in Glen Innes, Salesa attended Selwyn College and then the University of Auckland.[1] He graduated in 1997 with a master's of arts and the title of his thesis was "Troublesome half-castes" : tales of a Samoan borderland.[2] Salesa was the first Rhodes Scholar of Pacific descent, obtaining his PhD from the University of Oxford.[3] The title of his doctoral thesis was Race mixing: a Victorian problem in Britain and New Zealand, 1830s–1870.[4]

Academic career

He was an associate professor of history at the University of Michigan, before returning to Auckland where he has been co-head of Te Wānanga o Waipapa (School of Māori Studies and Pacific Studies) and pro vice-chancellor (Pacific) at the University of Auckland.[5] [6]

Salesa is a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.[7]

In 2017, Salesa attracted significant press both with claims that Auckland has "residential segregation",[8] [9] and that Pacific Island sports stars are denied governance roles.[10] [11] [12]

In November 2021, Salesa was appointed as Vice-Chancellor of Auckland University of Technology (AUT).[13] In late October 2022, Salesa confirmed that AUT was proceeding with plans to make 250 full-time staff including 170 academic staff redundant. In justifying the redundancies, Salesa cited rising salary costs, declining government funding, and a projected decline in the number of student enrollments for 2023.[14] In response, the Tertiary Education Union announced that it would take legal action against AUT in an attempt to halt the 170 academic staff redundancies.[15] In early January 2023, the Employment Relations Authority (ERA) ruled that AUT had violated its collective employment agreement with academic staff and ordered the University to rescind the 170 severance notices it had issued in December 2022.[16]

Awards

In 2021, Salesa was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, in recognition of "his outstanding interdisciplinary contribution to Pacific Studies".

He won the General non-fiction award at the 2024 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards for An Indigenous Ocean.[17]

Personal life

Salesa is married to Jenny Salesa, a lawyer and member of the New Zealand parliament for the Labour Party.[18] [19] They have two children.

Selected works

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Damon Salesa – The University of Auckland . Auckland.ac.nz . 11 June 2014 . 9 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140709112957/https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/for/the-media/ourstories/damon-salesa.html . dead .
  2. Master's thesis.
  3. Web site: Damon Salesa – Samoans – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand . Teara.govt.nz . 17 March 2001 . 11 June 2014.
  4. Salesa . Damon . 1997 . Masters thesis . "Troublesome half-castes" : tales of a Samoan borderland . ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland . 2292/10510.
  5. Web site: Mr Damon Salesa . The University of Auckland. 10.1002/9781118305492.ch26. 11 June 2014.
  6. Web site: 15 November 2021. Damon Salesa confirmed as new Vice-Chancellor of AUT - The University of Auckland. live. 2021-11-28. www.auckland.ac.nz. https://web.archive.org/web/20211114221929/https://www.auckland.ac.nz/en/news/2021/11/15/damon-salesa-confirmed-as-new-vice-chancellor-of-aut.html . 14 November 2021 .
  7. Web site: Researchers and scholars elected to Academy. 2021-03-11. Royal Society Te Apārangi.
  8. Web site: Auckland: city of cultural segregation . 8 May 2017 . Newsroom.co.nz . 29 January 2018.
  9. Web site: Auckland: A city of cultural segregation . Stuff.co.nz . 9 May 2017 . 29 January 2018.
  10. Web site: Rugby could become 'weaker code' among Pacific players if league opens up eligibility . Stuff.co.nz . 10 December 2017 . 29 January 2018.
  11. Web site: League: Polynesian stars just 'labourers' . The New Zealand Herald. 29 January 2018.
  12. Web site: Pacific support for league could outstrip that for rugby | Radio New Zealand News . 10 December 2017 . Radionz.co.nz . 29 January 2018.
  13. Web site: 15 November 2021. AUT Council Appoints Dr Damon Salesa Next Vice-Chancellor. live. 2021-11-28. Scoop. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20211128041759/https://auckland.scoop.co.nz/2021/11/aut-council-appoints-dr-damon-salesa-next-vice-chancellor/ . 28 November 2021 .
  14. News: Ham . Katie . Number of redundancies expected at AUT increases to 250, 9% more than forecast . 28 November 2022 . . 31 October 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221124165525/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education/300727009/number-of-redundancies-expected-at-aut-increases-to-250-9-more-than-forecast . 24 November 2022. live.
  15. News: TEU takes legal action against AUT over 170 job cut . 28 November 2022 . . 24 November 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221124041923/https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/education/teu-takes-legal-action-against-aut-over-170-job-cuts/JYDGQYRWEBHL7D4GY73AN6BDRA/ . 24 November 2022. live.
  16. News: Ruru . Karanama . Employment court orders Auckland University of Technology to scrap redundancies . 6 January 2023 . . 5 January 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230105105139/https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/300778740/employment-court-orders-auckland-university-of-technology-to-scrap-redundancies . 5 January 2023. live.
  17. Web site: 2024-05-16 . Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2024 Winners' Announcement . 2024-05-15 . Scoop News.
  18. News: 24 February 2014. Jenny Salesa to stand for Labour in Manukau East. Pacific Guardians. dead. 12 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006085029/http://pacificguardians.org/2014/02/24/jenny-salesa-to-stand-for-labour-in-manukau-east/.html. 6 October 2014.
  19. Web site: Tokalau. Torika. 2021-11-26. First Pasifika vice-chancellor Dr Damon Salesa on the decisions that define you. live. 2021-11-28. Stuff. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20211126165242/https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/127043411/first-pasifika-vicechancellor-dr-damon-salesa-on-the-decisions-that-define-you . 26 November 2021 .
  20. 10.2979/victorianstudies.55.2.363. Racial Crossings: Race, Intermarriage, and the Victorian British Empire, by Damon Ieremia Salesa. Durba. Ghosh. 1 January 2013. Victorian Studies. 55. 2. 363–365. 10.2979/victorianstudies.55.2.363.
  21. Web site: H-Net Reviews . February 2012 . H-net.org . 11 June 2014.
  22. 10.1093/ehr/cet061. Racial Crossings: Race, Intermarriage, and the Victorian British Empire, by Damon Ieremia Salesa. The English Historical Review. 128. 532. 705. 2013. Bueltmann. T..
  23. Racial Crossings: Race, intermarriage, and the Victorian British Empire by Damon Ieremia Salesa (review) . Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History. 14 . 10.1353/cch.2013.0015 . 25 February 2014 . 11 June 2014. Carter . Sarah .
  24. Web site: Damon Ieremia Salesa wins $12000 Ernest Scott Prize for History. | Articulation . Articulation.arts.unimelb.edu.au . 16 July 2012 . 11 June 2014.
  25. Web site: Damon Salesa wins elite award . Spasifikmag.com . 11 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714210350/http://www.spasifikmag.com/communityhealth/11novdamon/ . 14 July 2014 .

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