Our people

Founding Director

Gail Gillon

Director of the UC Child Well-being Research Institute
Professor
Manawa, Level 4, 276 Antigua Street

Co-Director

Sacha McMeeking

Co-Director
Co-Director Child Well-being Research Institute
Manawa, Level 4, 276 Antigua Street

Institute Kaihautu

Angus Macfarlane

Co-Director of the UC Child Well-being Research Institute
Professor - Māori Research

Advisory Team

Dr Cathy Andrew

Associate Professor
Executive Dean
Rehua 322
Internal Phone: 90345

Don Hine

Head of School
Professor
Psychology Building 221
Internal Phone: 90179

Misty Sato

Acting Executive Dean – Education
Rehua 522

Sarah Young

Executive Dean - Science
Internal Phone: 92697

Tufulasi Taleni

Senior Lecturer
Rehual 517
Internal Phone: 93389

Research Theme Leaders

Brigid McNeill

Associate Dean
Rehua Level 5

Professor Laurie McLay

Associate Dean
Associate Dean – Research
Rehua 319

Philip Schluter

Professor
Leader of the Child Population Health Theme
Rehua 321
Internal Phone: 93523

E. Jayne White

Professor
Rehua 512
Internal Phone: 91473

Julia Rucklidge

Professor of Clinical Psychology
Psychology 465
Internal Phone: 94398

Yvonne Crichton-Hill

Associate Professor
Head of Department - Social Work
Elsie Locke Building 320

Team Members

Core Staff

Sally Hundleby

Institute Manager
Level 4, Manawa 276 Antigua Street
Internal Phone: 91471

Lisa Mills

Finance Manager
Internal Phone: 90940

Megan Gath

Senior Data Manager
Internal Phone: 91054

Jason Motha

Senior Data Manager
Manawa, Level 4, 276 Antigua Street
Internal Phone: 92283

Dr Amy Scott

Senior Lecturer
Manawa, Level 4, 276 Antigua Street
Internal Phone: 93980

Dr Susannah Stevens

Senior Lecturer
Manawa Level 4

Jude Cañero Bautista

Senior Lecturer
Level 4, Manawa 276 Antigua Street
Internal Phone: 93018

Jen Smith

Senior Lecturer
Rehua 502

Rachel Maitland

Senior Lecturer
Programme Coordinator GradDip/PGDip/MTchgLn (Secondary)
Rehua 513
Internal Phone: 91461

Andrea Vosslamber

Lecturer
Internal Phone: 90928

Angela Swan

Senior Research Fellow
Based in Wellington
Internal Phone: 91253
Mobile: 021 274 8951

Amy Fleming

Teacher Practitioner
Based in Wellington
Internal Phone: 91378
Mobile: 022 406 9260

Jo Walker

BSLA Lead Facilitator
Senior Research Fellow
Internal Phone: 91108

Nicole Plummer

BSLA Lead Facilitator
Internal Phone: 91584

Catherine Fairhall

BSLA Teacher Practitioner
Internal Phone: 91572

Rebecca Macbeth

Language Sampling Manager
Internal Phone: 92203

Charlotte Endres

Administrator
Level 4, Manawa 276 Antigua Street
Internal Phone: 92351

Nikki Turpie

Research Assistant
Internal Phone: 90025

Paddy McNicholl

Research Assistant
Internal Phone: 91692

Lisa Mills

Finance Manager
Internal Phone: 90940

Charlotte Endres

Administrator
Internal Phone: 92351

Kaiārahi

Mel Tainui

Kaiārahi | Education, Health and Human Development
Te Ao Marama Rm 104
Internal Phone: 91083

Tufulasi Taleni

Kaiārahi Pasifika
Rehual 517
Internal Phone: 93389

Liz Brown

Ngāi Tahu

Amokapua Pākākano Tuarua | Deputy Assistant Vice Chancellor Māori
Kaiārahi Māori – Education
Room 511, Jane Soons Building
Internal Phone: 94319

Jeanine Tamati-Elliffe

Kāi Tahu, Te Ātiawa

Kaiārahi Māori – Health
Te Ao Mārama Level 2, Room 241

Mary Boyce

Kaihautū Ako Māori | Director Māori Teaching and Learning
Te Ao Marama Rm 114

Researchers

Dr Susannah Stevens

Senior Lecturer
Manawa Level 4

Te Hurinui Clarke

Head of School
Deputy Head of School Programme Coordinator: Hoaka Pounamu
Rehua 522

Dr Shanee Barraclough

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar
Rehua 312

Dr Matiu Ratima

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar
Programme Coordinator: Te Reo Māori
Rehua 502
Internal Phone: 90708

Lisa Emerson

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar
Rehua 305
Internal Phone: 90175

Mairin Taylor

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar
Programme Coordinator - Counselling
Rehua 317

Dr Amy Scott

Senior Lecturer
Manawa, Level 4, 276 Antigua Street
Internal Phone: 93980

Jo Fletcher

Associate Dean
PhD Coordinator
Rehua 409

Julie Mackey

Dean (Academic Success)
Matariki Level 5, Nth
Internal Phone: 93419

Jayne Newbury

Senior Lecturer
Internal Phone: 95798

David Pomeroy

Senior Lecturer
Masters Coordinator
Rehua 401

Alison Arrow

Associate Professor
Rehua 409
Internal Phone: 93169

Benita Rarere-Briggs

Lecturer (Teaching and Admin Only)
Programme Coordinator: BTchLn ECE
Rehua Level 5

Cheryl Brown

Associate Professor
Rehua 521

Dr Myron Friesen

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar
Rehua 412

Dr Veronica O'Toole

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar
Rehua Level 5

Dr Christoph Teschers

Senior Lecturer
Sabbatical S1 2023
Rehua Level 4

Sarah-Kate Millar

Associate Dean
Rehua 321
Internal Phone: 91758

Dr Annabel Ahuriri-Driscoll

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar
BHSc Programme Coordinator
Rehua 208

Kaaren Mathias

Senior Lecturer Above the Bar
Rehua Level 3
Internal Phone: 91664

Nick Draper

Professor
Physiology Lab G140 Kirkwood
Internal Phone: 93878

Sarah Whitcombe-Dobbs

Senior Lecturer
Rehua 305
Phone: +64336
Internal Phone: 90122

 

Emeritus and Adjunct Staff

Professor Emeritus

Professor Emeritus

Sally Clendon

Adjunct Associate Professor