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Serafín M. Coronel-Molina
Huanca Quechua
Indiana University, USA
Serafín M. Coronel-Molina
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Dr Kiri Dell
Ngāti Porou
University of Auckland
Kiri Dell is a lecturer in property in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. Her…
Dr Kiri Dell
Kiri Dell is a lecturer in property in the Faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Auckland. Her teaching focuses on Māori land issues and Māori entrepreneurship and business development. Kiri’s research and areas of expertise focuses on competitive Māori strategy, Māori economics and Māori business. -
Professor Ayano Gizano
University of the Ryukyus, Japan
Ayano Ginoza is a Professor in the Research Institute for Islands and Sustainability at the University of the Ryukyus…
Professor Ayano Gizano
Ayano Ginoza is a Professor in the Research Institute for Islands and Sustainability at the University of the Ryukyus. Her work looks at cultures of militarism and feminist decolonial work in Okinawa. She currently focuses on issues of performativity and indigeneities of militarized islands cultures as articulated in Okinawan diasporic communities in California. -
Elizabeth Sumida Huaman
Quechua
University of Minnesota, USA
Elizabeth Sumida Huaman
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Professor Ana Magdalena Hurtado
Arizona State University, USA
Ana Magdalena Hurtado is a professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, and Affiliate Faculty member…
Professor Ana Magdalena Hurtado
Ana Magdalena Hurtado is a professor in the School of Human Evolution and Social Change, and Affiliate Faculty member of the Global Institute of Sustainability and Innovation. In 1991, with funding from William T Grant career, she completed career development training in epidemiology at the School of Public Health, University of Michigan. After fifteen years of postdoctoral fieldwork, and faculty appointments at Emory University and the University of New Mexico, Hurtado moved to ASU to help build the first anthropology-based Global Health program. In 2012, Hurtado was inducted as fellow of… -
Bradley Moggridge
Kamilaroi , Murri
University of Technology Sydney
Prof Bradley Moggridge is a proud Kamilaroi man (North-West NSW) living on Ngunnawal Country. He is currently Professor…
Bradley Moggridge
Prof Bradley Moggridge is a proud Kamilaroi man (North-West NSW) living on Ngunnawal Country. He is currently Professor (Science) and Associate Dean (Indigenous Leadership and Engagement) at the University of Technology Sydney, previously was an Associate Professor in Indigenous Water Science at the University of Canberra and in 2023 was conferred with a PhD (Science). Between 2017-22 he was the Indigenous Liaison Officer for the Threatened Species Hub under NESP.He was appointed by IPCC as Lead Author for Assessment Report 7 WG1 Chapter 10 and is a Board Member with the NSW EPA and… -
Professor Awi Mona
Seediq Nation, Indigenous Taiwanese
National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan
Awi Mona is a member of the Seediq Indigenous Nation of Taiwan and serves as Professor of Law and Dean of the College…
Professor Awi Mona
Awi Mona is a member of the Seediq Indigenous Nation of Taiwan and serves as Professor of Law and Dean of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at National Dong Hwa University, Taiwan’s leading university for Indigenous studies. One of the first Indigenous scholars in Taiwan to earn a Ph.D. in Law, his research focuses on Indigenous legal orders, Indigenous self-determination, legal pluralism, and the revitalization of Indigenous governance. Through comparative and community-engaged research across Taiwan, Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada, Japan, and the Pacific, he works collaboratively… -
Associate Professor David Newhouse
Onondaga
Trent University, Canada
David Newhouse is Onondaga from the Six Nations of the Grand River community near Brantford, Ontario. He was the first…
Associate Professor David Newhouse
David Newhouse is Onondaga from the Six Nations of the Grand River community near Brantford, Ontario. He was the first Principal of the new Peter Gzowski College at Trent University and Chair of the Department of Indigenous Studies. He is also an Associate Professor in the Business Administration Program. Professor Newhouse is Co-Chair of the Trent Aboriginal Education Council. He was the IMC/U of S Aboriginal Scholar in Residence at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon in 1998/99. He also teaches in the Graduate CED Program at Concordia University.He served as founding editor of the… -
Dominic O'Sullivan
Te Rarawa, Ngāti Kahu
Charles Sturt University, Australia
Professor Dominic O'Sullivan is a political scientist in the School of Social Work and Arts and Yindymarra Nguluway. He…
Dominic O'Sullivan
Professor Dominic O'Sullivan is a political scientist in the School of Social Work and Arts and Yindymarra Nguluway. He is interested in comparative indigenous politics and public policy and is an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand. He has authored eight books and co-edited one. Dominic has published more than 60 journal articles and book chapters and more than 120 articles for public audiences, including in the Conversation, Open Forum and the New Zealand Herald.Dominic is also an Adjunct Professor at the Stout Research Centre for New Zealand Studies at Victoria University… -
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
Kanaka Maoli
University of Hawaii at Manoa, USA
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio
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Dolores Figueroa Romero
CIESAS, Mexico
Dr. Dolores Figueroa Romero is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center of Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology and…
Dolores Figueroa Romero
Dr. Dolores Figueroa Romero is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center of Advanced Studies in Social Anthropology and Ethnology (CIESAS) in Mexico City, and Associate Fellow of the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean (CERLAC) at York University, Toronto, Canada. She received a PhD in Sociology from York University in 2011. She is a young scholar with extensive involvement in academia, activism and policy advocacy in the fields of politics, gender, and ethnicity in Latin America. Dolores’s research work focuses on the intersections of transnational feminism, Indigenous women’s… -
Professor Jacinta Ruru FRSNZ
Raukawa, Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Maniapoto
Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, University of Otago
Jacinta Ruru is a Professor of Law at the University of Otago. Her research has focused on exploring Indigenous…
Professor Jacinta Ruru FRSNZ
Jacinta Ruru is a Professor of Law at the University of Otago. Her research has focused on exploring Indigenous peoples' legal rights to own, manage and govern land and water including national parks and minerals in Aotearoa New Zealand, Canada, United States, Australia and the Scandinavia countries. She has led, or co-led, several national and international research projects including on the Common Law Doctrine of Discovery, Indigenous peoples’ rights to freshwater and multidisciplinary understandings of landscapes and writes for several legal publishers including Adams’ Land Transfer and… -
Associate Professor Ánde Somby
Sámi
UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Norway
Ánde Somby is a Sami scholar, musician, and writer renowned for his lifelong work in bridging indigenous culture and…
Associate Professor Ánde Somby
Ánde Somby is a Sami scholar, musician, and writer renowned for his lifelong work in bridging indigenous culture and legal academia. As an associate professor specializing in Indigenous Rights Law at the University of Tromsø and a celebrated traditional joik artist, Somby embodies a unique synthesis of intellectual rigor and deep cultural practice. His career is characterized by a profound commitment to articulating and defending Sami worldview and rights through both scholarly discourse and artistic expression.Ánde Somby was born and raised in Buolbmat, Norway, within a culturally rich Sami… -
Associate Professor Linda Te Aho
Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Waikato-Tainui
University of Waikato
Linda Te Aho, MNZM, (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Waikato-Tainui) is an Associate Professor in Te Piringa Faculty of Law and…
Associate Professor Linda Te Aho
Linda Te Aho, MNZM, (Ngāti Koroki Kahukura, Waikato-Tainui) is an Associate Professor in Te Piringa Faculty of Law and in 2025 was awarded the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to Māori and to Legal Education. Linda has long served as the Associate Dean Māori for the law faculty, and more recently for the newly created Division of Arts, Law, Psychology and Social Sciences. An experienced governor, Linda continues to hold senior governance positions for the large iwi organisation, Waikato-Tainui (Te Arataura) and is a member of the Institute of Directors. As a guardian appointed by… -
Dr Awanui Te Huia
Ngāti Maniapoto
Associate Professor Awanui Te Huia (Ngāti Maniapoto) is a recipient of Ako Aotearoa Sustained Excellence in Tertiary…
Dr Awanui Te Huia
Associate Professor Awanui Te Huia (Ngāti Maniapoto) is a recipient of Ako Aotearoa Sustained Excellence in Tertiary Teaching Award (Kaupapa Māori Category), recognising her outstanding contribution to reo Māori education and kaupapa Māori research at Te Herenga Waka; Victoria University of Wellington.Her teaching is known for creating enjoyable, creative, and safe spaces that empower learners. Her teaching approach weaves together psychology, kaupapa Māori methods, and innovative tools to make te reo Māori accessible and inspiring for current and future learners. This nationally recognised…
Kōrero-tā · Editorial board
AlterNative Journal
AlterNative — an international journal of indigenous scholarship.
Contact: editors@alternative.ac.nz
Kaitiaki · Patron
Distinguished Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou
Te Whare Wānanga o Awanuiārangi
Ngāti Awa Representative, Co-Deputy Chairperson
Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou) is one of the most influential and internationally recognised…
Distinguished Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith
Professor Linda Tuhiwai Smith (Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou) is one of the most influential and internationally recognised Māori scholars and researchers of the 21st Century. Her book “Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples” has been translated into five languages (Spanish, Chinese, Arabic, Italian, and Bhasa Indonesian). She has written numerous books, articles, lectures, and research which are cited by academics worldwide, and is one of the most renowned indigenous thinkers of our time.In the 1970’s, Professor Smith was a founding member of Ngā Tamatoa which opposed racial…
Kaiwhakahaere Matua · Editors-in-Chief
Associate Professor Meegan Hall
Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāti Tūwharetoa, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Apakura
Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington
Toi Matauranga Maori - Assistant Vice-Chancellor, Mātauranga Māori
Meegan Hall (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Apakura) is Assistant Vice-Chancellor…
Associate Professor Meegan Hall
Meegan Hall (Ngāti Ranginui, Ngāi Te Rangi, Ngāti Tūwharetoa and Ngāti Apakura) is Assistant Vice-Chancellor (Mātauranga Māori) in the Office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Māori). She provides strategic leadership to grow engagement with Māori knowledge and people in learning, teaching and research contexts, and supports Māori staff and Māori student achievement.Meegan's research focuses on Māori in higher education, which combines her interest in tertiary learning and teaching with her disciplinary background in Māori studies. She is co-Chair of the Ako Aotearoa Establishment Board, a…
Emalani Case
Kanaka Maoli
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Emalani Case is a lecturer in Pacific Studies in Te Wānanga o Waipapa, the School of Māori and Pacific Studies at…
Emalani Case
Emalani Case is a lecturer in Pacific Studies in Te Wānanga o Waipapa, the School of Māori and Pacific Studies at Waipapa Taumata Rau, The University of Auckland. As a Kanaka Maoli activist, teacher, and writer, she is deeply engaged in issues of Indigenous rights and representation, settler colonialism and decolonisation, militarism and demilitarisation, and environmental and social justice. Her work, including her teaching, is motivated by a desire to draw on Pacific and Indigenous knowledges and histories to reflect upon the past, promote action and solidarity in the present, and envision…
Kaiwhakahaere Whakaputa · Publications Manager
Marie-Chanel Berghan
Te Rarawa, Ngāti Wai, Ngāti Maniapoto, Ngāti Tarāwhai, Te Arawa
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Pouhere Matua
Marie-Chanel Berghan looks after the financial, contract and operations (physical resources and infrastructure)…
Marie-Chanel Berghan
Marie-Chanel Berghan looks after the financial, contract and operations (physical resources and infrastructure) management of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga. As well as managing the publications, specifically the two NPM Journals; AlterNative and MAI Journal. Marie-Chanel has a Postgraduate Diploma in Business Administration and in Business, Māori Development. Before joining the centre, she was the Whakapiki Ake Project Manager at The University of Auckland’s Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences for five years and prior to that, a Project Administration Manager at Hewlett Packard.
Kaiwhakahaere Whakahaere · Managing Editor
Daniel Patrick
Ngāti Pākehā, Irish, Danish
Waipapa Taumata Rau, University of Auckland
Kaiwhakahaere Matua: Executive Director
Daniel is the Executive Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, and has been since 2011. He directs and plans the entire…
Daniel Patrick
Daniel is the Executive Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga, and has been since 2011. He directs and plans the entire Centre’s business activities, including contracting, financial operations, resources planning, risk management, systems and performance measures and manages the Centre's investment portfolios. Daniel holds two degrees, a Bachelor's degree in Applied Sciences and a Master's degree in Health Sciences with honours, and is a member of the Project Management Institute and PM practitioner. He came to the Centre having been the Research Programme Manager for the Social Statistics…