Faculty of Arts
Dates given are those of taking up employment. Where degrees and diplomas are shown without the name of the awarding university, the university is Auckland.◇Denotes a part-time, permanent appointment.
Faculty Management Team
Dean
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Deputy Dean
Gregory D. Booth, BMusEd Temple, MMus PhD Kent State
Associate Dean (Research)
Andreas Neef, MSc PhD Hohenheim
Associate Dean (Postgraduate)
Neal Curtis, BA(Hons) E.Lond., MA Nott., PhD Nott.Trent
Associate Dean (International)
Erin Griffey, MA PhD Courtauld Inst.
Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning)
Lindsay Diggelmann, MA PhD
Associate Dean (Matauranga Māori)
Aroha Harris, MPhil Massey, PhD
Associate Dean (Academic)
Jason Brown, MA Calif. State (Fresno), PhD Br.Col.
Associate Dean (PBRF)
Thegn N. Ladefoged, BA UCSB, MA PhD Hawaii
Associate Dean (Students and Equity)
Maxine Lewis, BA(Hons) Newcastle(NSW), PhD Syd.
Assistant Dean (Teaching and Learning)
Stephen Noakes, BA(Hons) Qu., MA Br.Col., PhD Qu.
Assistant Dean (Academic)
Rebecca Phillipps, MA PhD
Assistant Dean (Postgraduate)
Ronald Kramer, BA La Trobe, MA MPhil PhD Yale
Assistant Dean (Transdisciplinary)
Matheson Russell, BA Syd., PhD NSW, DipTh Oxf.
Kaiārahi
Leanne Tamaki, MA
Director of Faculty Operations
Vandana Minhas-Taneja, BCIS Auck.UT, MBA
Director of Faculty Finance
Gary Patterson, BCom
Executive Assistant to Dean
Nadia Le, LLM MGIMO
University Research Centre
James Henare Māori Research Centre
Director
Marama Muru-Lanning, DipTchg Waik., MA PhD
Centre of Research Excellence
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga
Pou Matarua (Co-Directors)
Tahu Kukutai, BA(Hons) MSocSci Waik., MA PhD Stan. (The University of Waikato)
Linda Waimarie Nikora, MSocSci DPhil Waik. (The University of Auckland)
Research Units, Centres and Institutes
Auckland History Initiative
Director
Linda Bryder, DPhil Oxf., MA
Koi Tū: The Centre for Informed Futures
Director
Peter D. Gluckman, ONZ, KNZM, MBChB HonDSc Otago, MMedSc DSc; FRACP FRCPCH FMedSci FRS FRSNZ HonFRANZCOG
Centre of Methods and Policy Application in the Social Sciences (COMPASS)
Director
Barry Milne, BA(Hons) MSc Otago, PhD King’s Coll. Lond.
The Europe Institute
Director
Tatjana Buklijas, MD Zagreb, MPhil PhD Camb.
New Zealand Centre for Latin American Studies
Director
Walescka Pino-Ojeda, MA PhD Wash. (Seattle)
Public Policy Institute
Director
Jennifer Curtin, MA Waik., PhD ANU
Research Centre for Germanic Connections with New Zealand and the Pacific
Directors
James J. D. N. Bade, MA Well., DrPhil Zurich
Nicole Perry, MA McG., PhD Tor.
Honorary Research Fellow
James Braund, MA PhD
Schools
School of Cultures, Languages and Linguistics
Head of School
Martin East, MA Lond., PGCE W.Lond. IHE, PhD
Deputy Head of School (Academic)
Stephan Resch, MA PhD
Deputy Head of School (Postgraduate)
Louisa Buckingham, MA Macq., MA Salamanca, PhD Granada, PGDipTranslation Valladolid
Deputy Head of School (Research)
Christine R. Arkinstall, MA Oviedo, BA PhD
Deputy Head of School (Teaching and Learning)
Deborah Walker-Morrison, DU Paris VIII, MA PhD
Associate Head of School (Teaching and Learning)
Viviane Lopes, MA Denis Diderot Paris VII
Applied Language Studies and Linguistics
Professors of Applied Language Studies
2001 Gary Barkhuizen, BA(Hons) HDE Rhodes, MA Essex, EdD Col.
1998 Helen Basturkmen, BA Lond., MSc METU, Dip Tefla PhD Aston
2008 Martin East, BA(Hons) MA Lond., PGCE W.Lond. IHE, PhD
Associate Professors in Applied Language Studies
◇2004 Michael Barlow, BSc Liv., MSc Salf., PhD Stan.
2014 Louisa Buckingham, MA Macq., MA Salamanca, PhD Granada, PGDipTranslation Valladolid
2004 Tan Bee Tin, MA Lond., PhD Chichester
2000 Rosemary Wette, DipTchg DipSLT Massey, MA PhD
Senior Lecturer in Applied Language Studies
2020 Norbert Vanek, MA UKF, MPhil PhD Camb.
Professional Teaching Fellows
2007 Neil Matheson, MAT SIT, BA
2023 Maria Treadaway, MA PhD
2021 Dave Walker, BA(Hons) Kent
Associate Professor in Linguistics
2010 Jason Brown, MA Calif. State (Fresno), PhD Br.Col.
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics
2018 Saurov Syed, MA MPhil Hyd., MA PhD Calif.
Professional Teaching Fellow
2007 Keith Montgomery, MA PhD
Asian Studies
Lecturer
2021 Ian Fookes, MA PhD
Senior Lecturers in Chinese
2013 Karen Huang, BSc Nat. Taiwan, MA PhD Hawaii
2017 Danping Wang, MA Renmin, EdD EdUHK
Professor of Japanese
◇2013 Mark R. Mullins, BA Alabama, MCS Regent Coll., PhD McM.
Senior Lecturers in Japanese
2001 Harumi Minagawa, BA Tsuda, MA PhD ANU
2002 Ellen Nakamura, BA(Hons) ANU, MEd Tokyo Gakugei, PhD ANU
1998 Rumi Sakamoto, MA PhD Essex
Professional Teaching Fellow in Japanese
◇2011 Michiyo Mori, BA Tsuda, MA
Senior Tutor in Japanese
◇1998 Reiko Kondo, BEd Shinshu, MA
Associate Professor in Korean
2002 Changzoo Song, BA Kookmin U., MA Hankuk UFS, PhD Hawaii
Senior Lecturers in Korean
1989 Inshil Choe Yoon, MA Seoul NU, PhD
2014 Mi Yung Park, MA PhD Hawaii
Lecturer in Korean
2022 Irene Lee, BA(Hons) PhD
Communication
Professor
1993 Annie Goldson, ONZM, BSc Otago, MA NYU, DipJ Cant., PhD
Associate Professors
2021 Bridget Conor, MA Auck.UT, PhD Goldsmiths
2001 Luke Goode, BA(Hons) PhD Nott.Trent
2024 Ian Goodwin, BCom Well., MA PhD Birm.
Senior Lecturers
2024 Leon Salter, BA Birm., MSC Open(UK), PhD Massey
2020 Bingjuan Xiong, BA Henan, MA Zhejiang, PhD Colorado
Lecturers
2017 Ethan Plaut, BA MSJ Northwestern, MA PhD Stan.
2022 Kiri West, MA PhD
European Languages and Literatures
Professor in French
2001 T. M. Adams, BA Minn., MA Texas, PhD Johns Hopkins
Associate Professor in French
2002 Deborah Walker-Morrison, DU Paris VIII, MA PhD
Senior Lecturer in French
2005 Trudy Agar, MA Waik., PhD/DNR Auck./Paris Nord
Professional Teaching Fellow in French
2012 Viviane Lopes, MA Denis Diderot Paris VII
Associate Professor in German
2005 Stephan Resch, MA PhD
Senior Lecturers in German
2017 Diana Feick MA, PhD Leipzig
2016 Nicole Perry, MA McG., PhD Tor.
Professional Teaching Fellow in German
◇2021 Mareike Schmidt, MA Jena
Professor in Italian
1994 Bernadette Luciano, MA Stan., PhD Col.
Prince of Asturias Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies
◇2010 José Colmeiro, MA SUNY Stony Brook, PhD UC Berk.
Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies
1987 Christine R. Arkinstall, MA Oviedo, BA PhD
Associate Professors in Spanish and Latin American Studies
2009 Carlos Eduardo Piñeros, MA PhD Ohio State
1996 Walescka Pino-Ojeda, MA PhD Wash. (Seattle)
Global Studies
Associate Professor
2020 Jamie Gillen, BS Virginia Tech., MA Kentucky, PhD Colorado
Senior Lecturer
2019 Patrick Saulmatino Thomsen, MA Seoul NU, PhD Wash. (Seattle)
Lecturer
2023 Linetto Basilone, MA Naples, PhD
School of Humanities
Head of School
Kim Phillips, BA(Hons) Melb., DPhil York(UK)
Deputy Head of School (Academic)
Jeremy Armstrong, BA New Mexico, MLitt PhD St And.
Deputy Head of School (Postgraduate)
Sophie E. Tomlinson, BA(Hons) Well., PhD Camb.
Deputy Head of School (Research)
Lisa Bailey, PhD Prin., MA
Deputy Head of School (Teaching and Learning)
Andrew Withy, MA PhD
Art History
Professor
2010 Gregory Minissale, MSc City(UK), MA PhD Lond.
Associate Professors
1997 Ngarino Ellis, LLB MA PhD
2002 Erin Griffey, MA PhD Courtauld Inst.
1997 Caroline Vercoe, MA PhD
Classical Studies and Ancient History
Associate Professors
2008 Jeremy Armstrong, BA New Mexico, MLitt PhD St And.
◇2004 Lisa Bailey, PhD Prin., MA
Senior Lecturers
2003 Jennifer Hellum, MA PhD Tor.
2012 Maxine Lewis, BA(Hons) Newcastle(NSW), PhD Syd.
Lecturer
2023 Alex McAuley, BA(Hons) PhD McG., MSc Edin.
English and Drama
Professors
1988 Alex Calder, MA PhD
2014 Erin G. Carlston, AB Harv., DEA Jussieu Paris VII, MA PhD Stan.
2005 Selina Tusitala Marsh, ONZM, MA PhD
2006 Lisa Samuels, BA N.Carolina, MA PhD Virginia
Associate Professors
2005 Jan Cronin, BA(Hons) Trinity(Dub.), PhD Leeds
◇2015 Paula Morris, MNZM, MA Well., MFA Iowa, DPhil York(UK)
2014 Emma Willis, MA PhD
Senior Lecturers
2010 Rina Kim, MA UC Dublin, PhD Warw.
1991 Sophie E. Tomlinson, BA(Hons) Well., PhD Camb.
Professional Teaching Fellows
2021 Andrew Dawson, MA
◇2018 Sparkle Gibbs, MA PhD
1993 Stephanie Wyatt, MA DipTchg
2015 Agnieszka Zabicka, MA Jagiellonian, PGDipArts PhD
History
Professors
2003 Maartje M. Abbenhuis, BA(Hons) PhD Cant.
1988 Linda Bryder, DPhil Oxf., MA
1992 Malcolm Campbell, BA(Hons) PhD NSW
1993 Caroline Daley, BA(Hons) PhD Well.
1997 Kim Phillips, BA(Hons) Melb., DPhil York(UK)
2009 Jonathan Scott, BA(Hons) Well., PhD Camb.
Associate Professors
◇2004 Lisa Bailey, PhD Prin., MA
2003 Jennifer Frost, BA Calif., MA UC Davis, PhD Wisconsin-Madison
2006 Aroha Harris, MNZM, MPhil Massey, PhD
Senior Lecturers
◇2008 Felicity Barnes, BA PhD DipMgt
2007 Lindsay Diggelmann, MA PhD
1999 Paul Taillon, BA Northwestern, PhD Wisc.
1999 Joseph Zizek, BA BSc Alberta, MA PhD UC Berk.
Lecturer
2021 Rowan Light, BA(Hons) Syd., PhD
Senior Tutor
◇2004 Sara Buttsworth, BA(Hons) PhD W.Aust.
Media and Screen
Professor
2012 Neal Curtis, BA(Hons) E.Lond., MA Nott., PhD Nott.Trent
1992 Laurence Simmons, PhD Well., MA
Associate Professors
2010 Allan Cameron, BA(Hons) MA Otago, PhD Melb.
1998 Shuchi Kothari, MA Pune, MA PhD Texas-Austin
2001 Sarina Pearson, BA Calif., MAVA S.Calif., PhD
2003 Xuelin Zhou, MA Guangzhou, MA Warw., PhD
1997 Nabeel Zuberi, BA(Hons) Nott., MA Mich., PhD Texas-Austin
Senior Lecturers
◇2012 Brendan Donovan, BA BCom Otago, MA
Professional Teaching Fellow
2007 Peter Simpson, MA
Museums and Cultural Heritage
David and Corina Silich Associate Professor
2006 Linda Tyler, MA Cant.
Philosophy
Professors
1994 Christopher J. Martin, MA Sus., PhD Prin.
2012 Timothy P. Mulgan, BA(Hons) Otago, DPhil Oxf.
1995 Robert L. Wicks, BA Michigan State, MA PhD Wisconsin-Madison
Associate Professor
2008 Matheson Russell, BA Syd., PhD NSW, DipTh Oxf.
Peter Kraus Associate Professor in Philosophy
2023 Krushil Watene, PhD St And., MA
Senior Lecturers
2008 Patrick Girard, BA McG., PhD Stan.
2015 Emily C. Parke, BA Reed, PhD Penn.
1999 Jeremy M. Seligman, BA Oxf., PhD Edin.
Professional Teaching Fellow
2018 Andrew Withy, MA PhD
Theological and Religious Studies
Professor
◇2013 Mark R. Mullins, BA Alabama, MCS Regent Coll., PhD McM.
Maclaurin Goodfellow Associate Professor in Theological and Religious Studies
2023 Michael Mawson, MA Well., PhD Notre Dame
Senior Lecturer
2009 Nicholas J. Thompson, BA(Hons) MTh Otago, MA Br.Col., PhD Glas., DipLib Well., DipGrad Otago
Mildred Weissman Professional Teaching Fellow
◇2018 Orna Weinroth, BA Sarah Lawrence, PhD George Wash.
Post Doctoral Research Fellow
2022 Therese Lautua, BA BTheol(Hons) PhD
School of Māori Studies and Pacific Studies (Te Wānanga o Waipapa)
Heads of School
Tiopira McDowell, MA PhD
Lisa Uperesa, BA UC Berk., MA MPhil PhD Columbia
Māori Studies
Professors
1999 Tracey McIntosh, MNZM, MA PhD
1988 Margaret S. Mutu, BSc MPhil PhD
2017 Linda Waimarie Nikora, MSocSci DPhil Waik.
Associate Professors
2017 Daniel Hikuroa, MA PhD
2022 Mohi Rua, MSocSc PhD PGDipPsyc Waik.
Senior Lecturers
2023 Erana Louise Foster, MA
2013 Tiopira McDowell, MA PhD
2023 Sally Akevai Te Namu Nicholas, MA PhD
Lecturer
2023 Kapua O’Connor, MTchg(Primary)
Professional Teaching Fellows
◇2012 Paora Sharples, BA
2020 Makere Muriwhenua Thompson, BA(Hons)
Pacific Studies
Professors in Pacific Studies
2017 Jemaima Tiatia-Siau, MA DPH PhD
2004 Yvonne J. Underhill-Sem, MNZM, MA Hawaii, PhD Waik.
Associate Professor in Pacific Studies
2016 Lisa Uperesa, BA UC Berk., MA MPhil PhD Columbia
Senior Lecturers in Pacific Studies
2023 Emalani Case, MA Hawaii, PhD Well.
2018 Marcia Paula Leenen-Young, MA PhD
2022 Caleb Marsters, MA PhD
1996 Melenaite Taumoefolau, BA GCEd S.Pac., MA Wales, PhD
Lecturer
2023 Sarah McLean-Orsborn, MA PhD
Professional Teaching Fellows
2020 Henry Sevesi Fesuluai, BA Auck.UT
2022 Julia Mageau Gray, BA(Hons) Adel.
School of Social Sciences
Head of School
Katherine Smits, BA(Hons) BJur W.Aust., MPhil Camb., PhD Cornell
Deputy Head of School (Academic)
Alice Mills, BA(Hons) MSc PhD Cardiff
Deputy Head of School (Postgraduate)
Judith H. Littleton, BA(Hons) Syd., MA PhD ANU
Deputy Head of School (Research)
Nicholas Malone, BA Colorado, PhD Oregon
Deputy Head of School (Teaching and Learning)
Martin Wilkinson, MA DPhil Oxf.
Anthropology
Professors
1996 Melinda S. Allen, BA Arizona, MA Hawaii, PhD Wash. (Seattle)
1993 Gregory D. Booth, BMusEd Temple, MMus PhD Kent State
1999 Simon Holdaway, MA Otago, PhD Penn.
1993 Thegn N. Ladefoged, BA UCSB, MA PhD Hawaii
1998 Judith H. Littleton, BA(Hons) Syd., MA PhD ANU
2003 Susanna Trnka, BA UC Berk., PhD Prin.
Associate Professors
2012 Ethan Cochrane, MA PhD Hawaii
2010 Nicholas Malone, BA Colorado, PhD Oregon
2018 Marama Muru-Lanning, DipTchg Waik., MA PhD
Senior Lecturers
2014 Heather Battles, BA Well., MA PhD McM.
2002 Mark Busse, MA Chicago, PhD Calif.
1995 Christine Dureau, MA Monash, PhD Macq.
2011 Sun Hee Koo, MA NYU, PhD Hawaii
2016 Rebecca Phillipps, MA PhD
2000 Kirsten Zemke, MA PhD
Lecturer
2020 Callie Vandewiele, BA(Hons) Pacific, PhD Camb.
Senior Research Fellow
Dilys A. Johns, MA; CCI ICCROM NZCCM
Criminology
Associate Professors of Criminology
2012 Alice Mills, BA(Hons) MSc PhD Cardiff
2010 James Oleson, MPhil PhD Camb., JD UC Berk.
2016 Tamasailau Suaalii-Sauni, MNZM, LLB MA PhD
Senior Lecturers in Criminology
2013 Ronald Kramer, BA La Trobe, MA MPhil PhD Yale
2015 Claire Meehan, BSc(Hons) PhD Ulster, MSSc PGCE Belf.
2013 Robert Webb, MA PhD
2020 Susann Wiedlitzka, BS Cal. Polytech., MA Hamburg, PhD Qld.
Development Studies
Professor
2014 Andreas Neef, MSc PhD Hohenheim
Senior Lecturer
2015 Jesse Hession Grayman, MA MPH Mich., PhD Harv.
Senior Research Fellow
Chapika Sangkapitux, MSc NIDA, PhD Monash
Politics and International Relations
Professors
2006 Jennifer Curtin, MA Waik., PhD ANU
1992 Martin Wilkinson, MA DPhil Oxf.
Associate Professors
2006 Jennifer Lees-Marshment, MA Manc., PhD Keele
2013 Stephen Noakes, BA(Hons) Qu., MA Br.Col., PhD Qu.
2004 Katherine Smits, BA(Hons) BJur W.Aust., MPhil Camb., PhD Cornell
2007 Stephen Winter, BA Br.Col., MA Dal., DPhil Oxf.
Senior Lecturers
2014 Maria Armoudian, BA SW Oklahoma State, PhD S.Calif.
2018 Timothy Fadgen, BA Mass., MA Syracuse, JD Maine, PhD
2013 Thomas Gregory, BA(Hons) Sheff., MSc Aberystwyth, PhD Manc.
2002 Geoffrey Kemp, MA MPhil PhD Camb.
2019 Fabio Scarpello, MA PhD Murd.
2012 Christopher Wilson, MA PhD ANU
Lecturers
2023 Nicole Wegner, MA PhD McM.
2024 Victoria Woodman, MA
Public Policy
Professor
2006 Jennifer Curtin, MA Waik., PhD ANU
Senior Lecturer
2018 Timothy Fadgen, BA Mass., MA Syracuse, JD Maine, PhD
Lecturers
2021 Sarah Bickerton, MA Cant.
2021 Mohammad Salimifar, MA Ferdowsi, PhD
Quantitative Social Sciences
Associate Professor
2008 Barry Milne, BA(Hons) MSc Otago, PhD King’s Coll. Lond.
Senior Lecturer
2015 Stephanie D’Souza, BSc(Hons) PhD
Sociology
Professors of Sociology
2022 Francis Collins, MA PhD
2000 Steve Matthewman, MA PhD
Associate Professors in Sociology
2008 Bruce M. Z. Cohen, BSc(Hons) Tees., MSc Hudd., PhD Brad.
2000 Vivienne Elizabeth, BA PhD Cant.
2011 Campbell Jones, BA MCom Otago, PhD Keele
Senior Lecturers in Sociology
2009 Ciara Cremin, MA PhD Leeds
2011 Manuel Vallee, MA PhD UC Berk.
Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Gender Studies
2015 Carisa R. Showden, AB Syracuse, MA PhD N.Carolina
Lecturers in Sociology
2022 Karly Burch, PhD Otago
2020 Moeata Keil, MA PhD
2020 Sereana Naepi, PhD Br.Col., MA