Khyla Russell

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Khyla Russell
Academic background
EducationMassey University
Alma materUniversity of Otago
ThesisLandscape: Perceptions of Kai Tahu I Mua, Āianei, Ā Muri Ake (2001)
Doctoral advisorJacqui Leckie, Jim Williams and Ian Barber
Academic work
InstitutionsOtago Polytechnic

Khyla J. Russell is a New Zealand academic. She was appointed full professor at Otago Polytechnic on 1 February 2012[1] and emeritus professor at the same institution in March 2016.[2]

Academic career[edit]

Russell has a BA from Massey University[3] and graduated in 2001 from the University of Otago with a PhD in Anthropology, Landscape: perceptions of Kai Tahu I Mua, Āianei, Ā Muri Ake.[4]

She was appointed Kaitohutohu (Deputy Chief Executive Māori Development) at Otago Polytechnic in 2005 and in 2012 she became only the second person to be named full professor of that institution, the first being Leoni Schmidt.[1] In 2016 she was the first academic to be named an emeritus professor there.[2]

Russell was selected as one of ten Māori women leaders interviewed for the 2011 New Zealand Families Commission report, Mātiro whakamua: Looking over the horizon: Interviews with 10 Māori leaders.[5]

Public outreach[edit]

Russell gave a keynote address in September 2020 at a symposium on the ways art reflects how people learn to live and act in the changing environment.[6]

Personal life[edit]

Russell is Māori of Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha, Rapuwai descent.[2] She received her tā moko, Māori tattoo in 2001.[7][8]

Selected works[edit]

Book[edit]

  • Bennett, Judith A.; Russell, Khyla J. (2003), Journeys In A Small Canoe: The Life And Times Of Lloyd Maepeza Gina, Pandanus Books, ISBN 978-1-74076-064-5

Journal articles[edit]

  • Hudson, M. & Russell, K. (2009). "The Treaty of Waitangi and Research Ethics in Aotearoa." Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, Vol. 6., No. 1. 61–68.
  • Russell, K. (2006). "Landscape: Perceptions of Kai Tahu I mua, aianei, a muri ake." Spasifika, Issue 12. 72–73.
  • Russell, K. (2005). "Movements. Junctures: The Journal for Thematic Dialogue," ISBN 1-877139-65-3. 04: Movement, June. 11–12.

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Haggart, Matthew (17 January 2012). "Kaitohutohu becomes polytechnic's second full professor". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Prestigious title for Khyla Russell". Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Professor Khyla Russell". Centre for Sustainability, University of Otago. Retrieved 23 December 2020.
  4. ^ Russell, Khyla (2001). Landscape : perceptions of Kai Tahu I Mua, Āianei, Ā Muri Ake (Doctoral thesis). OUR Archive, University of Otago. hdl:10523/8261.
  5. ^ Tuuta, Colleen; Irwin, Kathie; Maclean, Sarah (2011), Mātiro whakamua: Looking over the horizon: Interviews with 10 Māori leaders, Families Commission, ISBN 978-0-478-36910-6
  6. ^ Fox, Rebecca (24 September 2020). "Back to the future". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 7 October 2022.
  7. ^ McNeilly, Hamish (4 September 2014). "Symposium on art of ta moko". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
  8. ^ McNeilly, Hamish (10 October 2014). "Meeuws' ta moko tells his stories". Otago Daily Times Online News. Retrieved 8 May 2021.

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