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Community Psychology staff

Core university teaching, research and supervisory staff who co-ordinate the MAppPsyc(Comm) and PGDipPracPsych(Comm) are Bridgette Masters-Awatere (Programme Convenor) and Dr Neville Robertson. Other staff in the Department contribute to papers and are available for thesis supervision.

Bridgette Masters-Awatere obtained her MSocSc and PGDipPsych(Comm) at the University of Waikato and joined the Psychology staff in 2001. Bridgette is of Te Rarawa and Ngai te Rangi descent with connections to Ngati Porou through marriage. During 1998 and 2001 she worked as a health promotion evaluation researcher/trainer while setting up her own private research contracting business in Gisborne. Her interests are in Māori health, health promotion, community development, evaluation research and kaupapa Māori methodologies. Bridgette completed her masters degree on the social support networks of Māori graduate students and is exploring the ways in which evaluation models are applied to Kaupapa Māori programmes for her doctoral thesis. Bridgette is a registered psychologist. (bridge@waikato.ac.nz)

Dr Neville Robertson is a Pakeha New Zealander with a B.A. from Canterbury University, and a MSocSc, PhD and DipPsych(Comm) from the University of Waikato. He joined the Department in December 1986. Previous experience includes teaching in secondary schools and working in the Probation Service. He has interests in family violence and programme evaluation. He teaches in the core papers in community psychology and supervises thesis and intern students. Neville is a registered psychologist. (scorpio@waikato.ac.nz)

Other staff who contribute to the community psychology teaching and research programme are:

• Associate Professor Linda Waimarie Nikora
• Associate Professor Darrin Hodgetts
• Dr Cate Curtis
• Mohi Rua
• Dr Ottilie Stolte

Programme Associates

The programme has a number of Associates, experienced practitioners of community psychology who contribute to the community psychology programme. As of September 2009, the Community Psychology programme associates are:

• Michael B. Blewden BSocSc MSocSc PGDipPsych(Com) Waikato
• Dr Ingrid Huygens MA Auck PGDipPsych(Com), PhD Waikato
• Beth Neill BSocSc MSocSc PGDipPsych(Com) Waikato
• Jacob M. Read BSocSc(Hons) MSocSc PGDipPsych(Com) Waikato
• Patricia Te Wairere Ahiahi Young BSocSc MSocSc PGDipPsych(Com) Waikato
• Rosanne Black, BSci Massey, MSocSc(Hons) PGDipPsych(Com) Waikato
• Jacqueline Henry, MSocSc(Hons) PGDipPsych(Com) Waikato
• Ruth Buckingham, BA Massey, MSocSc PGDipPsych(Com) Waikato