Sereana Elina Naepi () is a New Zealand academic and works at the

University of Auckland , mottoeng = By natural ability and hard work , established = 1883; years ago , endowment = NZD $293 million (31 December 2021) , budget = NZD $1.281 billion (31 December 2021) , chancellor = Cecilia Tarrant , vice_chancellor = Dawn F ...

. She is of Fijian and

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descent.

Academic career

Naepi 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''. She moved to Canada for a 2018

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titled '' 'Beyond the Dusky Maiden : Pasifika women's experiences working in higher education' '' at the

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, before returning to the University of Auckland. In 2021 Naepi received a

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award for 'Planning for Change: An analysis of neoliberalism, equity and change in higher education'. Naepi is currently co-chair of the

's Early Career Researcher Forum and on the MBIE Science Whitinga Fellowship Panel. Naepi is one of the University of Auckland interdisciplinary team of Māori and

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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.

Selected works

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* * Living people New Zealand women academics Year of birth missing (living people) University of Auckland alumni Academic staff of the University of Auckland University of British Columbia alumni Academic staff of the University of British Columbia Fijian academics New Zealand sociologists Fijian women academics {{NewZealand-academic-bio-stub