Victoria University of Wellington
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Media Guide
How to Use this Guide
Victoria University of Wellington is a community of scholars with a comprehensive and diverse
offering of areas of research excellence. This Media Guide has been designed to provide speedy
media contact with our academic staff who are able to provide expert independent comment on topical
issues.
This is a hard copy of the primary source of media information that is the online Media Guide.
Keep an eye on the online version because it is regularly updated with new staff and new areas of
research excellence. The online version can be found at: www.victoria.ac.nz/mediaguide.
This Media Guide is organised in subject areas with listings of staff who are experts in that
area.
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Ken Bates - Lecturer in Accounting School of Accounting and Commercial Law Cost Management Systems, Customer Profitability Analysis, Performance Measurement, Accounting Education
Prof Brigitte Bonisch-Brednich - Professor School of Social and Cultural Studies Migration studies, history of travel, popular culture, visual anthropology
Dr Elaine Vine - Senior Lecturer School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Classroom interaction, discourse analysis, applications of corpus linguistics to language teaching and learning, pedagogical grammar, sociocultural theories of language teaching and learning.
Dr Jonathan Newton - Senior Lecturer School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies 1. Teaching and learning in the second/foreign language classroom (task-based language teaching; communicative language teaching; language acquisition through speaking and listening);
2. Intercultural language learning & teaching;
3. Language (ESOL) and communication training for the workplace.
AProf Andrew Charleson - Associate Professor School of Architecture Earthquake damage to buildings, Earthquake restraint of chattels, Earthquake design in developing countries, Building structures, Earthquake architecture
Christina Mackay - Senior Lecturer - Interior School of Architecture Sun-shading for UVR protection and skin cancer prevention. Design of NZ outdoor living spaces. Environmentally sensitive visitor accommodation.
Dr Geoff Thomas - Programme Director - GDBM School of Architecture Fire Safety in Buildings,
Fires after earthquakes,
Earthquake resistance of domestic dwelling foundations
Building Codes
AProf Jules Moloney - Head of School ARCH School of Architecture Affordable and desirable housing, Sustainable building, Wellington's waterfront design, Building Performance, Architectural drawing
Michael Donn - Senior Lecturer - Architecture School of Architecture Solar buildings, energy use, city wind environments, use of the internet in checking computer simulations of building aerodynamics, heating, cooling, acoustic and lighting performance.
Dr Peter Wood - Senior Lecturer - Architecture School of Architecture Architectural theory, visual literacy and architecture, New Zealand architecture, architectural education, architectural drawing, the house.
David Maskill - Programme Director School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies History of French art, History of prints, Art of voyages and exploration to the Pacific
Roger Blackley - Senior Lecturer School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies New Zealand colonial art, History of museums and art galleries, Theories and practice of collecting, Art forgery
Dr Limin Bai - Programme Director School of Languages and Cultures History of Chinese education, Chinese attitudes to children, Intellectual history in Ming and Qing periods, Women in diaspora
AProf Stephen Epstein - Programme Director School of Languages and Cultures Korean society, literature and culture, contemporary Asian popular culture, literary translation, the ancient Greek and Roman novel.
Prof Charles Daugherty - AVC Research Vice-Chancellor's Office Conservation biology, Biology of reptiles birds and mammals, Tuatara, Genetics, Evolution
Dr Ken Ryan - Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences Ecophysiolgy, Antarctic algae, marine ecology, plant secondary metabolites, electron microscopy, light microscopy
Dr Stephen Hartley - Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences Spatial patterns of biodiversity Survey design & analysis
Bioclimatic modelling
Invasive species
Sand dune ecology & restoration
Ecology and conservation biology of plants & insects
Dr Alan Clark - Research Fellow School of Biological Sciences Detoxication of compounds, insecticide resistance, enzymes, protein structure and function, glutathione
Dr Geoff Chambers - Snr Research & Teaching Fellow School of Biological Sciences DNA Sequencing and Genotyping, Molecular Biology, Evolution and Conservation, Albatrosses and Parrots, NZ Spiders, Human Evolution and Health, Science Policy and Science Publishing, Science and Religion, Forensic Scince, Microbial Ecology of Soil and Groundwater.
Prof John H Miller - Professor School of Biological Sciences Cell biology, Physiology, Cancer research, Neuroscience, Drug abuse and addiction, Animal welfare
EProf Brian Halton - Emeritus Professor - Chemistry School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Organic chemistry, Synthetic molecules, Hydrocarbon chemistry
Dr David Weatherburn - Senior Lecturer School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Inorganic Chemistry, Diesel particulates and polycyclic aromatic compounds, Bioinorganic chemistry, Oxygen concentration in atmosphere and global warming, cyanide
Prof Jim Johnston - Professor - Chemistry School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Industrial chemistry, High tech materials, Technology development, Geothermal resource utilisation, Paper
AProf Kathryn McGrath - Assoc Professor - Chemistry School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Emulsions, biomineralisation, inorganic and organic composites, materials science, soft condensed matter
Prof Kenneth MacKenzie - Professor School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Ceramics, High technology engineering materials, Nuclear magnetic resonance
Dr Richard Tilley - Associate Professor - Chemistry School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Inorganic and physical chemistry, nanoparticle synthesis and applications, and electron microscopy
Prof Arthur Pomeroy - Programme Director Classics School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies Ancient History especially Roman society and history, the ancient world as depicted on television and in the cinema, chess in New Zealand and internationally
Dr Diana Burton - Senior Lecturer School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies Ancient Greek art, Death in antiquity, Greek myth, The black market trade in antiquities women and sexuality in antiquity
Dr Matthew Trundle - Associate Dean Humanities and Social Sciences Faculty Office History of the Ancient World the Near East Greece and Rome, War and society, Mercenary service, Ancient athletic games/festivals
Dr Simon Perris - Lecturer School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies Ancient Greek democracy and politics, ancient Olympic Games, ancient Greek theatre, clash of western and eastern cultures
Dr Wayne Linklater - Senior Lecturer School of Biological Sciences Conservation, Wildlife behaviour, Ecology, Conservation and Management, Animal translocation, large mammals, urban ecology
AProf Jan Jordan - Associate Professor School of Social and Cultural Studies Police responses to sexual violation, false rape complaints, sexual violence, prostitution law reform
Dr David McKee - Senior Lecturer and Director School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies New Zealand Sign Language, deaf culture, sign language teaching, New Zealand Deaf Community.
AProf Jean Anderson - Associate Professor School of Languages and Cultures French language, Late 19th century French women writers, French rap music, French cinema, Contemporary Quebec Francophone women writers
Dr Margaret Sutherland - Programme Director School of Languages and Cultures 19th and 20th century German literature, German film, German woman writers, Weimar Republic, German Democratic Republic, German contributions to New Zealand
Dr Myreille Pawliez - Senior Lecturer School of Languages and Cultures NZ English / French lexicography; Michele Mailhot's Novels and Published Journals (contemporary Quebec literature); Genette's narratological theory (literary theory); Teaching of French
Dr Philippe Martin-Horie - Programme Director School of Languages and Cultures 20th Century French literature, French Christian literature and philosophy, French classical cinema, Sport in France
Dr Rachel McKee - Senior Lecturer School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Sign language, Deaf community, Deaf culture, Deaf education, Interpreting
Dr Richard Millington - Lecturer School of Languages and Cultures 18th-20th century German literature; comparative literature; the European Avant-Garde; translation studies
Anne Niemetz - Senior Lecturer - Media School of Design Audio-visual work, interactive installation, interdisciplinary collaboration, the convergence of design and technology, art and science.
Doug Easterly - Programme Director - Media School of Design Interaction Design, Serious Games, A-Life, Tangible Media, Ubiquitous Computing, Social Transduction, Metahuman Studies, Inverse Biotelemetry
John Lewis - Senior Lecturer (Part-Time) - Media, School of Design School of Design Interactive Narrative, Expanded Cinema, Data Visualization, Live Visual Performance
Tim Miller - Senior Lecturer - Industrial School of Design Furniture design, Industrial design, computer aided design, digital manufacturing, rapid prototyping
Dr Jessica Hutchings - Lecturer School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Flooding, Natural hazards, Landforms, Landslides, Hydrology, Geography
Prof Joel Baker - Professor Antarctic Research Centre Volcanoes, cosmochemistry and Solar System formation, meteorites, geochemistry, environmental chemistry, paleo-oceanography and -climatology.
Dr Tim Little - Associate Professor/Reader School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Earth Deformation, Paleoseismology, Active faulting in NE Island, Mountain-building in Southern Alps
Dr Brandon Chen - Lecturer School of Economics and Finance NZ's modern international economic relations, Modern British economic history, history of the NZ Reserve Bank
Prof Viv Hall - Professor of Economics School of Economics and Finance Monetary and fiscal policy, inflation, business cycles, central bank governance, currency and macroeconomic issues
Barbara Craig - Lecturer School of Education Policy and Implementation Information Communication Technologies(ICT) and schools, Children and the Internet, Internet safety and families, Information Communication Technologies and communities, Providing access to ICT in rural and low income communities, ICT and teaching an d learning
Dr Barrie Gordon - Senior Lecturer School of Education Policy and Implementation Sport and physical education pedagogy
Sport in society
Teaching personal and social responsibility through sport and physical education
Teaching Games for Understanding (TGFU)as a pedagogical approach to teaching physical education and sport
The influences of sport on affective development
Dr Lex McDonald - Head of School School of Educational Psychology and Pedagogy Special education, Training for impact, Human development and behaviour issues for police, Cross-cultural training impact, Primary teacher training
Dr Louise Starkey - Assoc Dean Primary & Secondary School of Education Policy and Implementation Teaching and learning in the digital age. Beginning teachers and professional learning.
Dr Mark Sheehan - Senior Lecturer School of Education Policy and Implementation Teaching and learning history
Secondary Curriculum
Internal assessment
History of education
Citizenship education
Dr Michael Drake - Senior Lecturer School of Education Policy and Implementation Developing mathematical understanding of students in the middle years of schooling (Years 5 to 11) - numeracy, scale, measurement, algebra, statistics, probability.
Effective pedagogy in mathematics education.
English Tutor's - School of English Film Theatre and Media Studies Literature and new technologies, knowledge society, cultural policy, future of the humanities
Phone: 04 4636812 | Home: 04 971 6016
Dr Alice Te Punga Somerville - Senior Lecturer in English School of English Film Theatre and Media Studies Maori, Pacific, Indigenous Literature
Prof Harry Ricketts - Professor School of English Film Theatre and Media Studies Creative non-fiction, eg memoirs, travel, biography writing, modern poetry in English, reviewing and editing
AProf Heidi Thomson - Associate Professor School of English Film Theatre and Media Studies Eighteenth century and Romantic English literature, Thomas Gray, William Wordsworth, S T Coleridge, John Keats, Maria Edgeworth, Belgian native speaker of Flemish
Prof Kathryn Walls - Professor School of English Film Theatre and Media Studies Edmund Spenser, Religious Allergory, Margaret Mahy and Maurice Gee's writing for children
Prof Philip Morrison - Professor School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Urban geography, Human geography, Spatial analysis, Regional and community development, Local labour and housing markets
Prof Rewi Newnham - Professor School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Natural hazards, natural risk, landslides, hillslope and river systems, soil erosion, geomorphology
Sara Kindon - Senior Lecturer School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Feminist geography, Community development, Participatory research, Community video, Gender analysis, Collaborative cross-cultural research particularly with iwi, Southeast Asia
Prof Warwick Murray - Professor School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Chile, Latin America (all countries and general), NZ and Chile relations, human geography, globalisation, international development, Third World, rural development, Global fruit trade, Pacific Islands geography and economics, Fiji, Niue, Asia Pacific geography and economics, Nature of geography and its history
Dr John Collen - Associate Professor School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Oil exploration, coral reefs, Pacific Is geology and erosion , Tuvalu, Kiribati, Marshall Is, East Coast NZ geology
Dr Malcolm Ingham - Senior Lecturer - Physics School of Chemical and Physical Sciences The Earth's magnetic field, environmental physics, groundwater exploration
Prof Martha Savage - Professor School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Earthquakes, foreshocks, Earthquakes on volcanoes, eruption forecasting, Earth structure, tectonic plate movements
Prof Tim Stern - Professor School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Geothermal, Crustal structure of New Zealand, Antarctica, Taupo Volcanic Zone
Prof Charlotte Macdonald - Professor School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Women's history, New Zealand social and cultural history, The history of sport and spectatorship
Dr Conal McCarthy - Programme Director School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies Museum and heritage studies, art and visual culture, architectural history, historic places, art galleries, history of Maori exhibitions
AProf Dolores Janiewski - Associate Professor School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations US history, Gender, Culture, Media, New Right, Race, Southern history
Dr Giacomo Lichtner - Senior Lecturer School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Jewish history, 20th century Italian and French history, the use of history in film and using film in history teaching
Dr Glyn Parry - Senior Lecturer School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Renaissance and Reformation history, history of witchcraft, magic and science, Empires, pre 1800 comparative history
Dr Pauline Keating - Senior Lecturer School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Chinese history, Western missionaries traders travellers and diplomats in 19th and 20th century China, The Chinese Communist Party, Rural history in the Republican period, Chinese democracy, Chinese women, Comparative peasant studies, Historiograph ical issues related to rural China; Democracy and revolution
Prof Richard Hill - Professor of New Zealand Studies Treaty of Waitangi Research Unit New Zealand policing and social control history, New Zealand race relations history, Treaty of Waitangi
Prof Sekhar Bandyopadhyay - Professor School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations India, South Asia, Politics, Nationalism, Society, Social change
Dr Steve Behrendt - Senior Lecturer School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Atlantic world history 1492-1850, Transatlantic slave trade
Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations
AProf Jane Bryson - Associate Professor Victoria Management School Human Resource management, Workplace issues, Management of professionals, Managerial & professional ethics
Dr David Mason - Undergrad Programme Director School of Information Management IT management its use in hospitality and tourism, research methods, hypnosis, hypnotherapy
AProf Hans Lehmann - BBIS Programme Director School of Information Management Strategic management of global and local electronic business , application of mobile and wireless technology in ebusiness
Prof John Hine - Professor School of Engineering and Computer Science Distributed and grid computing, Middleware, Advanced networks, escience, ubiquitous computing
Dr Marcus Frean - Programme Director - COMP School of Engineering and Computer Science AI, Artificial Intelligence, Robots, Robotics, Computer models of evolution, Evolution, Machine learning, Neural networks, Computer models of brains
Dr Peter Komisarczuk - Senior Lecturer School of Engineering and Computer Science Computer network and protocols, Next Generation Networks (NGN), wireless networks, telecommunications, utility computing, distributed systems and Grid computing
Prof Sid Huff - Prof of Information Systems School of Information Management Information systems management, Information systems strategy, Case method teaching, Information technology
AProf Alberto Costi - Associate Professor School of Law International law, Armed conflicts, International criminal law, International environmental law, European Union law, Public law
Catherine Iorns - Senior Lecturer School of Law Treaty of Waitangi, Maori parliamentary seats, Comparative indigenous legal issues, Self-determination, Affirmative action programs, International law
Claudia Geiringer - Senior Lecturer School of Law Bill of Rights law, Constitutional law, Electoral law, Immigration law, International human rights law
Dr David White - Associate Professor School of Accounting and Commercial Law Tax policy, tax policy and law reform process, goods and services tax, international income taxation, and tax, trade and investment law in the Asia-Pacific region
Dean Knight - Senior Lecturer School of Law Public law (incl constitutional law, administrative law and judicial review); local government, and resource management
Dr Grant Morris - Senior Lecturer School of Law Legal history, Treaty of Waitangi issues, Jurisprudence esp law and literature, Dispute Resolution, Legal Education
Dr Dan Dorner - Senior Lecturer School of Information Management Information policy, Intellectual access to information, Metadata, Digitisation of information, Knowledge management
Dr Derek Wallace - Senior Lecturer School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Rhetoric, Academic writing, Professional writing, Policy writing, Linguistic style conventions, Literacy, Electronic communication, Culture and technology
Dr Dianne Bardsley - Lexicographer and Director NZ Dictionary Centre, School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies New Zealand English, lexicography
Dr Elizabeth Pearce - Senior Lecturer School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Syntax, syntax of Maori, oceanic languages, romance languages.
Prof Janet Holmes - Professor of Linguistics School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Sociolinguistics, Language and Gender, Language in the Workplace, Politeness, NZ English
AProf Paul Warren - Associate Professor School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Speech science ie phonetics and phonology, Speech perception and understanding, Psychology of language, New Zealand English
Bronwyn Howell - Acting Director ISCR Victoria Management School Institutional design and governance, competition, regulation , information markets, telecommunications, health sector
AProf Dai Gilbertson - Associate Professor Victoria Management School Organisation development and change, strategic thinking and futures research, innovation, consultancy processes
Prof John Brocklesby - Professor Management Studies Victoria Management School Organisational structure, Organisational design, Systems thinking, Emotion in organisations, Organisation-environment relations, Cognition in organisations, Organisational decision-making, Organisational politics, Australian and NZ business schools PBRF, Australian and NZ business schools
Prof Lawrence Corbett - Professor of Management Victoria Management School Manufacturing, Competitive capability, Quality management, Business excellence, Operations management
AProf Robert Cavana - Reader in Decision Sciences Victoria Management School Systems thinking, System dynamics, Policy modelling, Business research methods, Business economics, Resources management and policy, Transport & shipping management, Economics and policy
Dr Sally Riad - Senior Lecturer/PhD Director Victoria Management School Merger integration, Strategic management, Organisation design, Organisation culture, Strategic planning
AProf Urs Daellenbach - Reader in Management Victoria Management School Strategic management, Competitive advantage, Resource-based View, Planning and control systems, Corporate governance, R&D Management
Dr Val Hooper - Head of School School of Information Management Strategic information systems management, Strategic alignment of information systems with business and functional areas, Strategic use of information systems in marketing, E-commerce strategy, Branding, Research methodology
AProf Vicky Mabin - Associate Professor Commerce and Administration Faculty Office Problem solving, methods for strategic and operational decision-making, priority setting, theory of constraints
Prof Kim Fam - Head of School School of Marketing and International Business Faith and value based marketing communications, marketing of education, SMEs promotion management.
Prof Estate Khmaladze - Professor School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research Theory of probability, Mathematical statistics, Insurance mathematics, Statistical analysis of rare events, Methods of model checking, Extremes, Statistical analysis of texts, Analysis of economic time series, Spatial statistic
Prof Geoff Whittle - Professor School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research Mathematics, Discrete mathematics with applications to computer science
Dr Jacek Krawczyk - Reader School of Economics and Finance Mathematical economics, Mathematical modelling, Optimisation, Conflict resolution, Environmental management, Computational methods game theory
Dr John Haywood - Senior Lecturer School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research Forecasting, Seasonal adjustment, Seasonal patterns, Time series modelling, CPI variation over time
AProf Megan Clark - Head of School School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research Mathematics education with a special interest in Maori and Pacific Islands students
EProf Tony Vignaux - Emeritus Professor School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research Computer simulation models of industrial systems, Evidence interpretation, Bayesian methods of data analysis
Dr April K Henderson - Lecturer Pacific Studies Va'aomanu Pasifika Pacific popular cultures, history of hip hop in the Pacific and New Zealand, globalisation and popular culture
Dr Geoff Stahl - Lecturer School of English Film Theatre and Media Studies subcultures, scenes, art worlds, bohemias, popular music, cities, cultural spaces, semiotics, advertising, cultural economies, cultural geography, popular culture, creative/cultural labour
Dr Joost de Bruin - Senior Lecturer School of English Film Theatre and Media Studies Popular Culture, television, media audiences, young people and media.
Dr Peter Thompson - Senior Lecturer School of English Film Theatre and Media Studies Political Economy & Cultural Economy of Media; Broadcasting Policy, Public Funding Mechanisms, Public Service, TVNZ Charter; Media/Communication/Information in Financial Markets. Media and Globalisation.
AProf Tony Schirato - Associate Professor School of English Film Theatre and Media Studies Globalisaton, sport and the media, media literacy communication and cultural theory, cultural politics
Dr Lee Davidson - Senior Lecturer School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies Leisure theory and behaviour, outdoor adventure recreation, mountaineering, tourism in protected areas, museum visiting
Prof Edwin Mares - Professor School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Logic, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics
Dr Nick Agar - Associate Professor School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Ethics, including the ethics of cloning and genetics
Dr Ramon Das - Senior Lecturer School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, International Relations
Prof Denis Sullivan - Professor - Physics School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Astronomy, Astrophysics, Physics of stars, Extrasolar planets, Nuclear physics, Instrumentation
Prof Matt Visser - Professor School of Mathematics, Statistics and Operations Research Relativity, Einstein's theory of gravity, Black holes, Quantum field theory, Particle physics, Cosmology, Mathematical Physics
Prof Sir Paul Callaghan - Professor School of Chemical and Physical Sciences Soft materials, Complex fluids, Polymers, Liquid crystals, Colloids, Emulsions, Flow, Magnetic resonance, MRI, NMR, Nanotechnology
Dr Uwe Rieser - Senior Research Fellow, Optically Stimulated luminescence School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Environmental radioactivity, radiation measurement, geochronology
Dr David Capie - Senior Lecturer School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Asian security and defence issues, armed conflict
Dr John Wilson - Visiting Lecturer School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Political Economy, Peak Oil, Globalisation, Environmental Politics, Resource Depletion, Climate Change
Dr Marc Lanteigne - Senior Lecturer School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Chinese politics and foreign policy; East and Central Asian politics; international regimes and cooperation.
EProf Margaret Clark - Emeritus Professor School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations New Zealand and Southeast Asian politics
Prof Nigel Roberts - Professorial Fellow School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations New Zealand politics, Voting behaviour, Voting systems, MMP, Scandinavian politics
Prof Robert Ayson - Director CSS Strategic Studies (Centre for), School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Strategic and Security Studies, Maritime Strategy, Oceans Policy, Chinese Maritime Development Defence and International Relations
Prof Stephen Levine - Professor School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Voting behaviour, Electoral systems, Comparative politics
Prof Xiaoming Huang - Professor School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Asian politics, China, Taiwan, East Asia, Korea, Japan, Politics and Economy in East Asia
Dr Ann Weatherall - Associate Professor School of Psychology Conversation Analysis, Discursive Psychology, Feminist Psychology, Gender and sexuality, Language and social psychology
Dr Carolyn Wilshire - Senior Lecturer School of Psychology Neuropsychology, brain damage, language disorders, cognitive psychology and mental processes, esp related to language
Prof Colleen Ward - Professor Administration, School of Psychology Acculturation, Migrants, international students, culture shock, cultural identity, communication across cultures, cross-cultural psychology, intercultural relations, intercultural training, attitudes towards immigrants.
Dr James Vess - Senior Lecturer School of Psychology Assessment of forensic psychiatric paients, risk assessment of violent and sexual offenders, psychology and the law
AProf Jan Pryor - Director Roy McKenzie Centre for the Study of Families, School of Government Families, family change, divorce, stepfamilies, conflict, child and adolescent well being child and adolescent well being
Prof John McClure - Professor School of Psychology Fatalism and risk perception, especially in relation to natural hazards and disasters such as earthquakes
AProf Marc Wilson - Academic Staff School of Psychology New Zealand politics and political psychology, voting, public opinion. Psychology of meat-eating, food, drinking (particularly coffee and caffeine), and dietary behaviour, vegetarianism. Parapsychology, conspiracy theories, paranormal beliefs and religion. Personality, psychopathy, narcissism, profiling, lies/deeption and general evil-ness. Musical tastes, reality television, hunting, rugby and other leisure activities. Consumer psychology – why people buy the stuff they do.
Prof Maryanne Garry - Deputy Dean Faculty of Graduate Research Memory, False memories, Memories of sexual abuse, Eyewitness memory, Eyewitness identification, Lineups, Multiple personalities, Imagination, Leading questions, Jury instructions, Psychology and the law, repression, repressed memories, juries, suggestibility
Dr Ronald Fischer - Senior Lecturer School of Psychology Organizational justice, Cross-cultural psychology, Values and behaviour, Culture and Ritual, Intergroup relations, Research methodology and statistics, Group processes, Group climate, Culture and innovation
AProf Bill Ryan - Associate Professor School of Government Public sector reform in NZ, Australia, UK, People, organisations and practices in the public sector, Public servants, ministers and parliaments, civil society and government, government and governance
AProf Jackie Cumming - Director Health Services Research Centre, School of Government Health sector policy and reform, health services evaluation, health economics
Prof John Overton - Professor School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Poverty in the Asia Pacific region, Millennium Development Goals, South Pacific issues including the role of governments, ethnic issues, land issues, environmental issues, security issues, educational issues, Pacific cultures, International migration Higher education in the Pacific, Government role in development in the South Pacific
Prof Jonathan Boston - Professor of Public Policy Policy Studies (Institute of), School of Government Public Sector management, New Zealand politics, Tertiary education policy, Aspects of social policy
Dr Ralph Chapman - Associate Professor School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences Climate change policy, environment, transport, energy, urban design, environmental health, comparative environmental policy
Dr Valentina Dinica - Senior Lecturer School of Government Policy analysis, federalism, public management reform, philosophical bases of public policy traditions
Dr Art Buehler - Senior Lecturer School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies Middle Eastern and South Asian Islamic religion, culture and history, mysticism, Sufism, contemplative practices
Jocelyn Woodley - Executive Director, CSCAP-NZ School of History Philosophy Political Science and International Relations Religion, terrorism and political violence (especially with reference to Islam and Christianity), Islam in the Middle East and Southeast Asia especially Indonesia, the history of early Christianity, religion in New Zealand and the Pacific.
Dr Joseph Bulbulia - Senior Lecturer School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies The biology of religion, evolutionary psychology, the evolution of culture
Prof Paul Morris - Professor School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies Religion and politics, Religion in the Middle East, Spirituality and religion in New Zealand, New religious movements (cults) and new age spirituality, Religions and human rights, Religions and the law, Religion and death, Jews and Judaism, Religion
Dr Rick Weiss - Senior Lecturer School of Art History, Classics and Religious Studies Religion in India, Hinduism, colonialism and religion, religion and healing, South Asian culture and society, Tamil language and culture
Dr Angela Joe - Senior ELI Teacher & Director School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Second language vocabulary acquisition, English for academic purposes and workplace communication for second language speakers
AProf David Crabbe - AVC Academic Academic Office, AVC (Academic) Office English as a second language, International students, second or foreign language education
Prof Paul Nation - Professor School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies Teaching and learning vocabulary, Language teaching methodology, Language curriculum design
Dr David Pearson - Reader School of Social and Cultural Studies Citizenship and ethnicity, settler societies (esp Australia, NZ and Canada), ethnic politics, nationalism
Prof David Carnegie - Professor School of English Film Theatre and Media Studies Shakespeare, Renaissance drama and theatre, NZ drama and theatre, Globe Playhouse, dramaturgy
David O'Donnell - Senior Lecturer School of English Film Theatre and Media Studies New Zealand and Pacific theatre, Post-colonial theatre, Theories of acting and directing, Community theatre, Shakespeare
John Downie - Senior Lecturer School of English Film Theatre and Media Studies Contemporary performance arts, Theatre, Human performance, Dramaturgy and scriptwriting, Film and Theatre directing, creativity
Dr Christian Schott - Senior Lecturer Victoria Management School Youth travel/tourism, travel motivation, travel and self development, backpacking, sustainable tourism, tourism impacts, climate change and tourism
AProf Ian Yeoman - Associate Professor Victoria Management School Futurology, Scenario Planning, Trends, Consumers, Revenue Management, Pricing and Forecasting
