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Ms

Katie Arihia Virtue

Teaching Fellow

Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education

  • Teaching Fellow
    Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education
  • +64 7 838 4491 (Work)
  • University of Waikato, HAMILTON, New Zealand

BIO

I am of Māori (Te Arawa) Tongan (Mo'unga'one) and Pākehā (Scottish, Danish) heritage with a strong affinity to Fiji through ancestral migration from Tonga to the Islands of Lau (Sawana).

 

I am a former primary school teacher currently working as a Teaching Fellow at the University of Waikato. My current PhD studies explore the identity construction of people of mixed Māori/Pacific heritage and the impacts of Education. My other research interests include intersectionality, Māori and Pacific Education, Indigenous studies, Pacific studies and the Arts with a particular focus on Drama. 

 

My teaching is centred predominantly within Māori and Pacific Education  andthe Arts (Drama) within the Initial Teacher Education (ITE) Programs in Te Kura Toi Tangata- School of Education. 

 

UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO APPOINTMENTS

  • Teaching Fellow
    University of Waikato, Te Kura Toi Tangata School of Education

DEGREES

  • PhD in Education (currently working towards)
    University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand1 Jun 2021 - present
  • Master of Education (first class honors)
    University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand1 Jul 2019 - 1 Jul 2021
  • Bachelor of Teaching
    University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand1 Mar 2007 - 16 Oct 2009