Linda Waimarie Nikora Explained

Linda Waimarie Nikora
Nationality:New Zealand
Fields:Indigenous, Community and Social psychology; Kaupapa Maori Psychology
Workplaces:University of Waikato, University of Auckland
Alma Mater:University of Waikato
Thesis1 Title:Māori social identities in New Zealand and Hawai'i
Thesis1 Url:http://researchcommons.waikato.ac.nz/handle/10289/2574
Doctoral Students:Bridgette Masters-Awatere

Linda Waimarie Nikora 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]

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Large pōwhiri expected for new professor - The University of Auckland . University of Auckland . 2017-10-26.
  2. Nikora . Linda . 2007 . Doctoral thesis . Māori social identities in New Zealand and Hawai'i . Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato . 10289/2574 .
  3. Web site: Centenary cohort of Fellows announced . 1 November 2018 . Royal Society of New Zealand . 21 November 2018.
  4. Web site: 2021-11-18. Influential healthy homes research recognised with top honour. 2021-11-17. NZ Herald. en-NZ.
  5. "That's the price we pay": Kaupapa Māori Programme stakeholder experiences of external evaluation . Masters-Awatere . Bridgette . PhD thesis . . 2015.