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Dr Gina Maree Colvin

School of Educational Studies and Leadership

Fields of Research

  • Mormon Studies
  • Whiteness Studies
  • Anti-racist Pedagogies

Researcher Summary

I am particularly interested in anti-racist pedagogies and in exploring best practice in the facilitation  of transformative education experiences that work to de-centre  Western hegemonies.

I also have a developing interest in Mormon Studies and am working on several publications which address the dilemma of situating an American religion in non-American cultural contexts.

My work thus far has largely been in the field of Whiteness studies and  I have sought to translate this largely US conversation into a dialogue which addresses whiteness in colonial contexts.

Subject Area: Disciplines

Key Methodologies

  • Grounded Theory
  • Cultural analysis
  • Crticial Discourse Analysis

Research Service

  • Member of University of Canterbury Education College Ethics Committee (2008)

Publications


  • Colvin, G., Dachyshyn, D.M. and Togiaso, J. (2012) Speaking from the margins to the centre in early childhood teacher education. In D. Gordon-Burns, A.C. Gunn, K. Purdue and N. Surtees (Ed.), Te Aotūroa Tātaki: Inclusive early childhood education: Perspectives on inclusion, social justice and equity from Aotearoa New Zealand: 95-114. Wellington: NZCER Press. (Chapter in Book)
  • Ritchie, J., Rau, C., Skerrett, M. and Colvin, G. (2011) Kei tua i te awe māpara. Urbana-Champaign, IL, USA: 7th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, 18-21 May 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Colvin, G., Torepe, T. and Manning, R. (2011) White teachers in brown spaces: Transformative education for white teachers in New Zealand: What works? Surfers Paradise, Australia: Australian Critical Race and Whiteness Studies Association (ACRAWSA) Conference, 7-9 Dec 2011. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Colvin, G.M. (2010) The soliloquy of whiteness: colonial discourse and New Zealand's settler press 1839-1873. PhD, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3689. (Thesis - Doctor of Philosophy)
  • Colvin-McCluskey, G. (2008) The soliloquy of Whiteness: New Zealand settler journalism and the sub-altern. A case of Pakeha news stories about Maori 1840-1845, University of Canterbury. Christchurch, New Zealand: Journalism Education Association of New Zealand (JEANZ) Conference 2008, 8-9 Dec 2008. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Colvin-McCluskey, G. (2008) The Soliloquy of Whiteness: New Zealand Settler Journalism and the Sub-Altern. A Case-Study of Pakeha News Stories about Maori 1840-1845. Melbourne, Australia: Re-Orienting Whiteness Conference 2008, 3-5 Dec 2008. (Conference Contribution - Full conference paper)
  • Colvin, G.M. (2008) The Soliloquy of Whiteness: The Place of the Native in the Constitution of White Supremacy in New Zealand: A Case Study of the Settler Press News Stories of Māori. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand: Ngā Kete a Rēhua: Inaugural Māori Research Symposium - Te Waipounamu, 4-5 Sep 2008. In Ngā Kete a Rēhua: Inaugural Māori Research Symposium Te Waipounamu - Proceedings Book 292-299. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)