A new joint director for Maori Centre of Research Excellence

Nga Pae o te Maramatanga, the Maori Centre of Research Excellence, has appointed Dr Tracey McIntosh, a University of Auckland researcher with leading international and NZ experience, as its new joint director.

“Tracey brings outstanding credentials from within NZ and across several countries and we are delighted to welcome her to this role,” her fellow director, Prof. Michael Walker, said.

“She joins us at a time of strong growth. Both her expertise and her commitment to expanding the Maori contribution to research will be real assets as we expand our programme and develop closer links with the communities with which we work.”

Of Tuhoe descent, Dr McIntosh is a senior lecturer and researcher in sociology at The University of Auckland. She has been a researcher in France and Burundi, and a lecturer in sociology at the University of the South Pacific in Fiji.

Completing her doctorate in sociology in 2002, she has lectured at the University since 1999, and in 2004-2005 was a Fulbright Visiting Lecturer in NZ Studies at Georgetown, Washington D.C. From 2004-2006 she was the Associate Dean (Equity) in the Faculty of Arts and she has been Deputy Pro Vice-Chancellor (EO) since 2005.

Dr McIntosh is active in numerous roles promoting and supporting Maori research and educational achievement, and in 2003 she was awarded a National Maori Academic Excellence Award. Specialising in the sociology of death, criminology and incarceration, Dr McIntosh is also leading a research project in France.

“I’m honoured to be joining Nga Pae o te Maramatanga at this time,” Dr McIntosh said.

“The centre has a genuinely unique role and vision, and my aim will be to contribute to building on the impressive gains it has made in recent years. Already Nga Pae o te Maramatanga has established a reputation as a leader internationally in indigenous studies.”