Professor Selina Tusitala Marsh is a Pacific poet and scholar based in Auckland, with ancestral roots in Samoan, Tuvaluan, English, Scottish, and French heritage. She holds the position of Professor in the Faculty of Arts, specializing in English and Drama….Continue Reading Professor Selina Marsh, ONZM
Jemaima Tiatia-Siau is a Professor in Pacific Studies, Te Wānanga o Waipapa, School of Māori Studies and Pacific Studies, and Pro-Vice Chancellor Pacific at Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland. She is of Samoan descent and specialises in the study, research, and teaching of suicide prevention and postvention, mental health and wellbeing, youth development, Pacific Studies, health inequities and climate change and mental wellbeing.
Professor Jemaima Tiatia-Siau is responsible for implementing the University’s strategy regarding Pacific staff, students and communities. She plays a critical role in advising the Vice-Chancellor and the senior leadership team on matters concerning Pacific peoples, communities, and the broader Pacific region.
In addition, Jemaima leads and supports the development of relationships between the University and Pacific staff, students, communities, and organizations. She also oversees the University’s engagement and relationships with predominantly Pacific high schools, with support from the Schools and Community Engagement team.
Furthermore, Jemaima is tasked with managing the Fale Pasifika complex, ensuring it serves the needs of the Pacific community within the University….Continue Reading Professor Jemaima Tiatia-Siau
Dr. Melenaite Lolohea Taumoefolau is a Senior Lecturer in Pacific Studies within the Faculty of Arts. She is a distinguished Tongan linguist at the University of Auckland and holds the notable achievement of being the first Pasifika woman to earn a PhD from Waipapa Taumata Rau…Continue Reading Dr Melenaite Lolohea Taumoefolau
Dr Charmaine ‘Ilaiū Talei is an architect, researcher and educator. Charmaine has a wide appreciation of early and contemporary Indigenous architectural research and practice. Her interests include how Indigenous people form values about their lived spaces and understanding their cultural aspirations about the built environment. Investigating co-design methods, storytelling and cultural narrative processes, participant-based research methods, alongside examining how designers translate, invent and embed such meaning to form culturally responsive architecture are current research interests…Continue Reading Dr Charmaine ‘Ilaiū Talei
With 11 years of experience in primary teaching as both a classroom educator and professional development advisor, Dr. Alexis Siteine transitioned to become a teacher educator at the Auckland College of Education, now part of the Faculty of Education and Social Work at The University of Auckland. Dr. Siteine’s academic pursuits and teaching interests encompass identity formation, social studies and citizenship education, and social realism within the sociology of education. …Continue Reading Dr Alexis Siteine
