Sereana Elina Naepi (née Patterson) is a New Zealand academic[1] and works at the University of Auckland.[2] She is of Fijian and Pākehā descent.
Sereana Naepi | |
|---|---|
 Naepi in November 2020 | |
| Born | Sereana Elina Patterson |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Sociology, equity in higher education |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia, University of Auckland |
| Theses | |
| Doctoral advisor | Vanessa Andreotti |
Academic career
editNaepi completed undergraduate study at the University of Auckland. Her 2012 master of arts thesis was titled: The Voices of Taciqu. Teaching and Learning Practices in Non-Lecture Settings for Māori and Pasifika Success in the First Year of a Bachelor of Arts.[3] She moved to Canada for a 2018 PhD titled 'Beyond the Dusky Maiden : Pasifika women's experiences working in higher education' at the University of British Columbia,[4] before returning to the University of Auckland.[1][2]
In 2021 Naepi received a Royal Society Te Apārangi Rutherford Discovery Fellowship award for 'Planning for Change: An analysis of neoliberalism, equity and change in higher education'.[5]
Naepi is currently co-chair of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's Early Career Researcher Forum[6] and on the MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship Panel.[7]
Naepi is one of the University of Auckland interdisciplinary team of Māori and Pacific researchers of the Māpihi: Māori and Pacific Housing Research Centre set up in 2022. Other members include Charmaine 'Ilaiū Talei (Architecture), Sam Manuela (Psychology), Kilisimasi Latu (Engineering), Lena Henry (Urban Planning), Claire Charters (Law) and Tia Reihana (Dance Studies), it is co-directed by Deidre Brown and Karamia Müller.[8]
Selected works
edit- Naepi, Sereana (2019). "Why isn't my professor Pasifika". MAI Journal. 8 (2): 219–234.
- Naepi, Sereana (2015). "Navigating the currents of kaupapa Māori and pan-Pacific research methodologies in Aotearoa New Zealand". MAI Journal. 4 (1): 71–84.
- Ahenakew, Cash; Naepi, Sereana (2015). "The difficult task of turning walls into tables". In Macfarlane, Angus; Macfarlane, Sonja; Webber, Melinda (eds.). Sociocultural realities: Exploring new horizons. pp. 181–194.
- Naepi, Sereana; McAllister, Tara G.; Thomsen, Patrick; Leenen-Young, Marcia; Walker, Leilani A.; McAllister, Anna L.; Theodore, Reremoana; Kidman, Joanna; Suaaliia, Tamasailau (2020). "The pakaru 'pipeline': Māori and Pasifika pathways within the academy". New Zealand Annual Review of Education. 24: 142–159. doi:10.26686/nzaroe.v24i0.6338. hdl:2292/50610. S2CID 216350886.
References
edit- ^ a b "Sereana Naepi: Facing up to inequity in our universities". E-Tangata. 12 June 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Dr Sereana Naepi – The University of Auckland". Unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Naepi, Sereana (2012). The Voices of Taciqu. Teaching and Learning Practices in Non-Lecture Settings for Māori and Pasifika Success in the First Year of a Bachelor of Arts (Masters thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland. hdl:2292/19914.
- ^ Patterson, Sereana Elina (2018), Beyond the Dusky Maiden : Pasifika women's experiences working in higher education, doi:10.14288/1.0370998, hdl:2429/66770, Wikidata Q112027957
- ^ "Sereana Naepi". Royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ Sereana Naepi. "Dr Sereana Naepi". Royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship Panel". Royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- ^ "MĀPIHI Māori and Pacific Housing Research Centre |". MĀPIHI. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
External links
edit- Sereana Naepi on Twitter
- Sereana Naepi publications indexed by Google Scholar
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