Education
PhD Project
(Inter)national interfaith: Global peacebuilding networks in local communities
UQ Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship
Advisors: Assoc. Prof. Gerhard Hoffstaedter and Dr Ryan Williams
University of Auckland
2016-2017 Master of Arts in Anthropology, with First Class Honours, University of Auckland Research Master’s Scholarship
2014 Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Anthropology, with First Class Honours
2011-2013 Bachelor of Arts, Major in Anthropology and Minor in Film, Television, and Media Studies
Research interests
Religion and Society: interfaith, religious diversity, hope, peacebuilding, peace and conflict
Social Politics: social movements, ethics and morality, religion and the state
Global Politics: transnational/international relations, organisational politics, anthropology of politics
Identity Politics: multiculturalism, social diversity and cohesion, decolonisation and colonialism, race, ethnicity
Experience
Tutoring and Marking
University of Queensland
2020-22
ANTH1030: Anthropology of Current World Issues (Internal & External; External)
RELN1000: World Religions and Spiritualities (External)
ANTH1008: Being Human, Cultural Diversity and Experience
University of Auckland
2015-17
ANTHRO104/G: Peoples and Cultures of the Pacific
ANTHRO250/319: Worldview and Religion
ANTHRO203: Thinking like a Social Anthropologist
ANTHRO100: Human Cultures, Introduction to Social Anthropology
Research Assistant
2016 Dr Christine Dureau, University of Auckland: Microfilm archival research
2015 Dr Mark Busse, University of Auckland: Literature/theory research
2015 Professor Julie Park, University of Auckland: Archival research
2014-15 Professor Cris Shore, University of Auckland: Transcribing interviews, book editing
2014 Professor Julie Park, University of Auckland: Summer Research Scholarship (Award)
Additional
2021-22 Moderation of World101x open anthropology course on UQx/edX platform
2021 Secretary of Australian Network of Student Anthropologists (ANSA)
2018 Copyediting book for publication: Park, J., Scott, K.M., York, D., Carnahan, M., de la Porte, J.W.A. and
Berry, E., 2019. Haemophilia in Aotearoa New Zealand: More Than a Bleeding Nuisance. Routledge.
2015-21 Copyediting for SITES: A Journal of Social Anthropology and Cultural Studies
2017 Anthropology Consultant, Waikato Institute of Technology, project on the role of technology in the
classroom, running Design Thinking workshops
Publications
Shore, C. and Haggar, S. (eds), 2015. Mundane events, big issues: Exploring everyday life in Auckland. Research in Anthropology and Linguistics.
Presentations
2018 Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand, Wellington
Paper: The Capacity to Hope: Interfaith Efforts for Creating Peace and a “Good” World
2017 New Zealand Tertiary Chaplaincy Conference, the University of Waikato
Presentation: Interfaith work and practical applications for the future.
Topics: interfaith, diversity, and religious identity; challenges for young adults/students, community in a global movement; justice issues; and partnership with tangata whenua, Māori.
2016 THEOREL 201: Religions in New Zealand, the University of Auckland
Guest presentation: Interfaith in Auckland: Pluralism and Tolerance.
Topic: Overview of MA research, reflections on interfaith in a New Zealand context.
2016 ANTHRO 250/319: Worldview and Religion, the University of Auckland
Guest discussion: Postgraduate experiences in the Anthropology of Religion
2015 Association of Social Anthropologists of Aotearoa/New Zealand, Palmerston North
Plenary panel presentation: Experiences of graduate students within ASAA/NZ in the past, present, and looking towards the future