Esther Tumama Cowley-Malcolm Explained

Esther Tumama Cowley-Malcolm
Alma Mater:	Victoria University of Wellington
Thesis Title:	Perceptions of Samoan Parents from a Small Town in New Zealand on Parenting, Childhood Aggression, and the CD-ROM Play Nicely
Thesis Url:	http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/2815
Thesis Year:	2013
Doctoral Advisor:	Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop, Stephanie Doyle

Esther Tumama Cowley-Malcolm is a Samoan-New Zealand health researcher and practitioner. Cowley-Malcolm completed a Masters degree at Auckland University of Technology in 2005. Her masters thesis was titled Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting.^[1] She did her PhD in Pacific Cultural Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington, she was the first women graduate of the Pacific studies programme.^{[2] [3]} Her doctoral thesis was titled Perceptions of Samoan Parents from a Small Town in New Zealand on Parenting, Childhood Aggression, and the CD-ROM 'Play Nicely' .^[4]

Offices

• Board member of the Health Research Council of New Zealand^[5]
• Chair of the Health Research Council of New Zealand Pacific Research Advisory Committee^[5]
• Director at Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
• Member of the Parenting Council of New Zealand^[5]
• Member of the New Zealand Medical Laboratory Science Board^[5]

Awards

• Loxley Award 2015, Quaker Peace and Service Aotearoa New Zealand

External links

• google scholar
• linked-in
• brainwave
• Friends Peace Teams letter

Notes and References

1. Cowley-Malcolm . Esther . 2005 . Masters thesis . Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting . Tuwhera Open Access, Auckland University of Technology . 10292/11445 .
2. Web site: Ohope grandmother bringing peace by degrees - Whakatane News - Rotorua Daily Post News . Nzherald.co.nz . 2014-07-15.
3. Web site: Samoan grandmother Vic's first Pacific Studies PhD graduate . 20 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140727040600/http://spasifikmag.com/publiceducationpage/18decsamoangrandmother/ . 27 July 2014 . dead .
4. Cowley-Malcolm . Esther . 2013 . Doctoral thesis . Perceptions of Samoan Parents from a Small Town in New Zealand on Parenting, Childhood Aggression, and the CD-ROM 'Play Nicely' . Open Access Repository Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington . 10.26686/wgtn.17004934 . free .
5. Web site: Archived copy . 15 July 2014 . 23 July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140723133141/http://www.beehive.govt.nz/sites/all/files/HRC_BIM.pdf . dead .