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Associate Professor

Fiona McCormack

Associate Professor

Anthropology

Orcid identifier0000-0002-7421-3653
  • Associate Professor
    Anthropology
  • +64 7 837 9317 (Work)
  • University of Waikato

TEACHING AND SUPERVISION INTERESTS

I teach a first year introduction to cultural anthropology course and a third year course which explores the intersection of culture and power in the Pacific. At the graduate level, I teach a critical environmental anthropology course.

TEACHING & SUPERVISION

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COURSE TAUGHT
2 Mar 2026 - 28 Jun 2026
An introduction to sociocultural anthropology and the comparative study of human societies and cultures, in all their various forms. An examination of social, political and economic organisation, beliefs, values and ideologies.
COURSE TAUGHT
7 Jul 2025 - 2 Nov 2025
This paper examines the cultural logics of different systems of political action, leadership and ideology in Pacific Island societies.
COURSE TAUGHT
24 Feb 2025 - 22 Jun 2025
An introduction to sociocultural anthropology and the comparative study of human societies and cultures, in all their various forms. An examination of social, political and economic organisation, beliefs, values and ideologies.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This paper examines the cultural logics of different systems of political action, leadership and ideology in Pacific Island societies.
COURSE TAUGHT
8 Jul 2024 - 3 Nov 2024
This paper uses an anthropological lens to understand human-environment relations and critically engages with current environmental concerns, beliefs, practices and ideologies.
COURSE TAUGHT
26 Feb 2024 - 23 Jun 2024
An introduction to sociocultural anthropology and the comparative study of human societies and cultures, in all their various forms. An examination of social, political and economic organisation, beliefs, values and ideologies.
COURSE TAUGHT
27 Feb 2023 - 25 Jun 2023
An introduction to sociocultural anthropology and the comparative study of human societies and cultures, in all their various forms. An examination of social, political and economic organisation, beliefs, values and ideologies.
COURSE TAUGHT
27 Feb 2023 - 25 Jun 2023
This paper examines the cultural logics of different systems of political action, leadership and ideology in Pacific Island societies.
COURSE TAUGHT
27 Feb 2023 - 25 Jun 2023
This paper uses an anthropological lens to understand human-environment relations and critically engages with current environmental concerns, beliefs, practices and ideologies.
COURSE TAUGHT
18 Jul 2022 - 13 Nov 2022
An introduction to sociocultural anthropology and the comparative study of human societies and cultures, in all their various forms. An examination of social, political and economic organisation, beliefs, values and ideologies.
COURSE TAUGHT
18 Jul 2022 - 13 Nov 2022
This paper examines the cultural logics of different systems of political action, leadership and ideology in Pacific Island societies.
COURSE TAUGHT
18 Jul 2022 - 13 Nov 2022
This paper uses an anthropological lens to understand human-environment relations and critically engages with current environmental concerns, beliefs, practices and ideologies.
COURSE TAUGHT
12 Jul 2021 - 7 Nov 2021
This paper examines the cultural logics of different systems of political action, leadership and ideology in Pacific Island societies.
COURSE TAUGHT
12 Jul 2021 - 7 Nov 2021
This paper uses an anthropological lens to understand human-environment relations and critically engages with current environmental concerns, beliefs, practices and ideologies.
COURSE TAUGHT
1 Mar 2021 - 27 Jun 2021
An introduction to sociocultural anthropology and the comparative study of human societies and cultures, in all their various forms. An examination of social, political and economic organisation, beliefs, values and ideologies.
COURSE TAUGHT
2 Mar 2020 - 28 Jun 2020
An introduction to sociocultural anthropology and the comparative study of human societies and cultures, in all their various forms. An examination of social, political and economic organisation, beliefs, values and ideologies.
COURSE TAUGHT
2 Mar 2020 - 28 Jun 2020
This paper examines the cultural logics of different systems of political action, leadership and ideology in Pacific Island societies.
COURSE TAUGHT
2 Mar 2020 - 28 Jun 2020
This paper uses an anthropological lens to understand human-environment relations and critically engages with current environmental concerns, beliefs, practices and ideologies.
COURSE TAUGHT
2 Mar 2020 - 28 Jun 2020
An anthropological overview of the indigenous cultures of the vast ‘Polynesian triangle’, from their ancient explorations and settlements, through their engagements with Christianity, colonialism and capitalism, to their contemporary societies and diasporas.
COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
Sharayne Bennett: Building beyond formality: Navigating Jamaica’s informal construction sector through class, culture and economic resilience (SGR Chief Supervisor)
1 Aug 2019 - 28 Nov 2024
University of Waikato
COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
James FAIAU: Oli Aenaguri’ai: An ethnography of socio-ecological relations and contemporary change in Baelelea, Solomon Islands. (SGR Supervisor)
1 Jul 2019 - 19 Jun 2025
University of Waikato
COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
Dung NGUYEN: The Role of Local Communities in Community-based Tourism Development in Traditional Tea Production Areas in Thai Nguyen Province, Vietnam (SGR Supervisor)
13 Jul 2018 - 8 Jan 2019
University of Waikato
COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
Paul Hubble: Extended Identities The Reducibility of Non-categorical Properties and their Bearers (SGR Supervisor)
7 Nov 2016 - 26 Apr 2018
University of Waikato
COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
David Foote: Laowai: Contested Identity and Imagined Community among Shanghai's Expatriates (SGR Supervisor)
2 Sep 2015 - 22 Jun 2017
University of Waikato
COMPLETED DOCTORAL SUPERVISION
Mohseen Riaz-Ud-Dean: Smallholder Sugarcane Growers, Indigenous Technical Knowledge, and the Sugar Industry Crisis in Fiji (SGR Supervisor)
1 Jun 2014 - 15 Aug 2019
University of Waikato