WMIER Staff
WMIER staff and associates have a wide range of experience and expertise in specialist areas. The links below will direct you to profile pages for each member of staff where you can find information about their teaching and research areas, and their contact details. The University’s Experts’ Files offer assistance in finding WMIER and Faculty of Education staff who have expertise in particular areas.
Director
Bronwen Cowie BSc MSc (Hons) PhD Waik Dip T
Research Manager
Carolyn Jones BSocSc(Hons) Waik NZRN
Professors
Noeline Alcorn QSO BA Well MA Cant PhD Calif Dip Ed Massey Dip T FNZEAS
Russell Bishop BA(Hons) Well MA PhD Otago DipEd Massey Dip T
Margaret A. Carr BA MA Well PhD DipEdSt Waik DipNZFKU
Brian Findsen BSocSc MA Waik EdD NCSU Dip T Chch
Ted L. Glynn BA MA Auck PhD Tor DipGrad Otago FNZPsS FRSNZ
Bevan Grant BEd MA VicBC PhD Otago
Alister Jones BSc Otago MSc PhD Waik DipT MRSNZ
Terry Locke BA MA PhD Auck
Clive McGee BA MA DPhil Waik DipT
Sue C. Middleton BA MA BEdST Well DipEd Massey DPhil Waik DipT
Roger Moltzen BEd MEd PhD Waik DipT
Dawn Penney BA(Hons) CNAA PhD Southampton
Martin Thrupp BA Cant MEd PhD Well DipT
Associate Professors
Lise Bird Claiborne BA BA(Hons) Macquarie, PhD ANU
Margie Hohepa PhD MA(Hons) BA TCollDip
Senior Research Fellows
Anne McKim MA Dund MA Manit PhD Edin
Judy Moreland BEd MEd PHD Waik DipT
Mira Peter BA(Hons) Belgrade PhD UConn
Postdoctoral Fellows
Junjun Chen BA MEd (Hons) Gron PhD Auck
Research Fellows
Elaine Khoo PhD Waik MA Vanderbilt BEd(Hons)
Senior Research Officers
Diane Dinnis PhD Edin
Di Hartwell BSc Otago DipT
Noeline Wright BA MA Auck DipEL EdD Waik DipT
Catherine Buntting BSc MSc PhD Waik
Ann Harlow DipED DipHSc DipGrad(Com Nutrition) Otago MEd Waik
Research Officers
Ariana Donaghy BSocSc MSocSc PGDip(SocScRes) Waik
Research Assistants
Gayle Eyers BTchg(Hons) Waik MEd(Hons) Auck
Communications Coordinator
Sarah McAnallen BA(Hons) Strath MA Leic
Administrators
Jane Burnett MA Natal DipT
Denyse Graham BA Massey
Rosanna Luoni DipBusAdmin with Distinction Wintec
Learning Hubs Content Developers
Cath Battersby BSc Vic MEnvEd Griffith
Steven Chrystall BSc DipTch
Paula Lourie BSc DPhil Sydney Grad Cert Management New South Wales
Jenny Mangan TTC MEd(Hons) Waik
Colin Milne BSc Glasgow DipT
Meredith Ross BSC(Hons) Otago PhD Cantab
Barbara Ryan BEd DipT PG Dip Science & Education Waik
Angela Schipper BS Chadron, DipEdStud Waik
WMIER Associates
The following University of Waikato, Faculty of Education staff members are currently engaged in research projects with the Wilf Malcolm Institute of Educational Research:
Viv Aitken BA(Hons) MPhil Wales, PhD Waik
Mike Brown BTheol BPhEd Otago PhD Qld
Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips BSc Sci Waik, Dip Tchg Chch, MEd(Hons) Waik
Beverley Cooper BSc MSc(Hons) Waik, Dip T
Margaret Franken BA MA(Hons) PhD Dip TESL Vic, Dip T North Shore Teachers' College
Deborah Fraser DipT, AdvDipT BEd(Hons) Massey, PhD Waik
Ngārewa Hāwera BSocSc MEd DipT
Judith Hunter BA MA UMich PhD Toronto
Marcia Johnson BA MA PhD Toronto
Helena Kara BTchg Waik
Paul Keown BA MA(Hons) Cant, PhD Waik
Linda Mitchell BA Vic, MA Lanc, PhD Vic
Michele Morrison BA BA(Hons) Massey, MEdL(Hons) Waik, Dip T
Kathrin Otrel-Cass Mag.rer.nat Salzburg, PhD Waik
Vanessa Paki DipT BEd PostGrad MEd
Graham Price BA Otago, MEd(Hons) Waik, DipT Dn Col Ed
Sashi Sharma BEd DipT USP, MEd Waik, PhD Waik
Merilyn Taylor BEd Waik, DipT
Bill Ussher BEd MEd GradDipEL Waik, DipT
Barbara Whyte BEd MEd Waik, DipT RSA/Cambridge CTEFLA
Jenny Young-Loveridge BA(Hons) Otago, PhD Toronto, DipT Well
