Elizabeth McKinley

Elizabeth McKinley
ONZM
McKinley in 2015
Alma materUniversity of Waikato
Scientific career
FieldsEducational research
WorkplacesUniversity of Auckland
University of Melbourne
Thesis
Sue Middleton
Doctoral students
Melinda Webber,[1] Georgina Stewart[2]

Elizabeth Ann McKinley ONZM CRSNZ is a New Zealand academic and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Melbourne.[3]

Academic career

After a 2003 PhD titled Brown Bodies, White Coats: Postcolonialism, Māori Women and Science at the University of Waikato,[4] McKinley moved to the University of Auckland, rising to full professor and moving to the University of Melbourne.[3][5][6]

In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, McKinley was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education and Māori.[7] In 2026, she was elected a Companion of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, for "her sustained and outstanding leadership in Māori and indigenous education".[8]

Notable doctoral students include Melinda Webber and Georgina Stewart.[9][10]

Selected works

  • McKinley, Elizabeth. "Locating the global: Culture, language and science education for indigenous students." International journal of science Education 27, no. 2 (2005): 227–241.
  • Mckinley, Elizabeth. "Postcolonialism, indigenous students, and science education." In Handbook of research on science education, pp. 213–240. Routledge, 2013.
  • Carr, Malcolm, Clive McGee, Alister Jones, Elizabeth McKinley, Beverley Bell, Hugh Barr, and Tina Simpson. "The effects of curricula and assessment on pedagogical approaches and on educational outcomes." (2005).
  • McKinley, Elizabeth, Pauline McPherson Waiti, and Beverley Bell. "Language, culture and science education." International Journal of Science Education 14, no. 5 (1992): 579–595.
  • McKinley, Elizabeth. "Brown bodies, white coats: Postcolonialism, Maori women and science." Discourse: studies in the cultural politics of education 26, no. 4 (2005): 481–496.

Personal life

McKinley is Māori of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa and Ngāi Tahu descent.

References

  1. ↑ Webber, Melinda (2011). Identity matters: Racial-ethnic representations among adolescents attending multi-ethnic high schools (PhD thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland.
  2. ↑ Stewart, G. M. (2007). Kaupapa Māori Science (PhD thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato.
  3. 1 2 "News and opinion - the University of Auckland".
  4. ↑ McKinley, Elizabeth (2003). Brown bodies, white coats: Postcolonialism, Māori women, and science (Doctoral thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato. hdl:10289/13238.
  5. ↑ "Elizabeth McKinley". The Conversation.
  6. ↑ "Farewell to long-standing Director - The University of Auckland". www.education.auckland.ac.nz. Archived from the original on 23 January 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  7. ↑ "Professor Elizabeth McKinley, ONZM | The Governor-General of New Zealand". gg.govt.nz.
  8. ↑ "New Companions recognised for leadership and innovation". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 31 July 2026.
  9. ↑ Webber, Melinda (2011). Identity matters: Racial-ethnic representations among adolescents attending multi-ethnic high schools (PhD thesis). ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland.
  10. ↑ Stewart, G. M. (2007). Kaupapa Māori Science (PhD thesis). Waikato Research Commons, University of Waikato.


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