Linda Waimarie Nikora | |
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Nationality | New Zealand |
Alma mater | University of Waikato |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Indigenous, Community and Social psychology; Kaupapa Maori Psychology |
Institutions | University of Waikato, University of Auckland |
Thesis | |
Doctoral students | Kiri Edge, Byron Seiuli, Saburo Omura |
Linda Waimarie Nikora FRSNZ is a New Zealand psychology academic. She is Māori, of Te Aitanga a Hauiti and Ngāi Tūhoe descent.[1] She is currently professor of Indigenous Studies and co-director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga at the University of Auckland, having moved in 2017 from the University of Waikato where she had been a professor of psychology and the founding Director of the Maori & Psychology Research Unit in the School of Psychology.[1]
Nikora attended Hukarere Girls College in Napier, New Zealand before moving to the University of Waikato for both her undergraduate and PhD work.[1] Her 2007 PhD thesis was entitled "Māori social identities in New Zealand and Hawai'i."[2]
In 2018, Nikora was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of New Zealand,[3] while in 2021 she was awarded their Te Rangi Hiroa Medal.[4]
Notable students of Nikora include Bridgette Masters-Awatere.[5]