| Jodie Hunter | |
| Workplaces: | Massey University |
| Alma Mater: | Massey University University of Plymouth |
| Thesis1 Title: | Developing early algebraic reasoning in a mathematical community of inquiry |
| Thesis1 Url: | http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/2921 |
| Thesis1 Year: | 2013 |
| Doctoral Advisor: | David Burghes |
| Academic Advisors: | Glenda Anthony Ngaire Davies |
| Awards: | Fulbright Scholarship Rutherford Discovery Fellowship |
Jodie Margaret Roberta Hunter is a New Zealand academic, of Cook Island Māori descent, and is a full professor at Massey University. Hunter researches mathematics pedagogy, with a particular interest in culturally responsive teaching of mathematics to Pasifika students. She is a Rutherford Discovery Fellow and has been a Fulbright Scholar.
Hunter's mother is education researcher Bobbie Hunter.[1] Hunter began her career as a primary school teacher, and completed a Master of Education at Massey University in 2007, on algebraic understanding in inquiry classrooms, supervised by Glenda Anthony and Ngaire Davies.[2] She then gained a PhD at the University of Plymouth, supervised by Professor David Burghes.[3] Hunter's interests are in early algebraic reasoning, funds of knowledge, and equity in education.[4]
Hunter was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study equity in mathematics education at the University of Arizona.[5] In 2019 she was awarded a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship to research culturally responsive mathematics education in New Zealand, Cook Islands and Niuean schools.[6] She is a principal investigator of the Te Pūnaha Matatini Centre of Research Excellence.[7] Hunter was appointed by the Minister of Education to the board of the New Zealand Council for Educational Research in 2018 for a four-year term.[8]
Hunter received a Massey University Defining Excellence Early Career Researcher award in 2016 and Mathematics Education Research Group of Australasia Research Team Award in 2018.[9] She was promoted to full professor from 1 January 2023.