Damon Salesa

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Damon Salesa

FRSNZ
Toeolesulusulu Ieremia Salesa
Born
Damon Ieremia Salesa

(1972-12-30) 30 December 1972 (age 50)
SpouseJenny Salesa
Academic background
Alma materOriel College, Oxford
Theses
Academic work
DisciplinePacific History
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
University of Auckland
Auckland University of Technology

Damon Ieremia Salesa (born 30 December 1972) is a New Zealand academic. Of Samoan descent, he is the first Pacific person to hold the position of vice-chancellor at a New Zealand university.[1]

Career

Raised in Glen Innes, Salesa attended Selwyn College and then the University of Auckland.[2] He graduated in 1997 with a master's of arts and the title of his thesis was "Troublesome half-castes" : tales of a Samoan borderland.[3][4] Salesa was the first Rhodes Scholar of Pacific descent, obtaining his PhD from the University of Oxford.[5][6] The title of his doctoral thesis was Race mixing: a Victorian problem in Britain and New Zealand, 1830s–1870.[7] He was an associate professor of history at the University of Michigan,[6] before returning to Auckland where he has been co-head of Te Wānanga o Waipapa (School of Māori Studies and Pacific Studies) and pro vice-chancellor (Pacific) at the University of Auckland.[8][3] In 2021, Salesa was appointed vice-chancellor of Auckland University of Technology.[3][6]

Salesa is a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi.[9]

In 2017, Salesa attracted significant press both with claims that Auckland has "residential segregation",[10][11] and that Pacific Island sports stars are denied governance roles.[12][13][14]

Awards

In 2021, Salesa was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi, in recognition of "his outstanding interdisciplinary contribution to Pacific Studies".[9]

Personal life

Salesa is married to Jenny Salesa, a lawyer and member of the New Zealand parliament for the Labour Party.[15][1] They have two children.[1]

Selected works

  • Racial Crossings: Race, Intermarriage, and the Victorian British Empire. 2012. ISBN 978-0-19-960415-9.[16][17][18][19] (Won the Ernest Scott Prize for History.[20][21])
  • Island time : New Zealand's Pacific futures. 2017. ISBN 978-1-98-853353-7

References

  1. ^ a b c Tokalau, Torika (26 November 2021). "First Pasifika vice-chancellor Dr Damon Salesa on the decisions that define you". Stuff. Archived from the original on 26 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Damon Salesa – The University of Auckland". Auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  3. ^ a b c "Damon Salesa confirmed as new Vice-Chancellor of AUT - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. 15 November 2021. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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  5. ^ "Damon Salesa – Samoans – Te Ara Encyclopedia of New Zealand". Teara.govt.nz. 17 March 2001. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  6. ^ a b c "AUT Council Appoints Dr Damon Salesa Next Vice-Chancellor". Scoop.co.nz. 15 November 2021. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
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  8. ^ "Mr Damon Salesa – The University of Auckland". Arts.auckland.ac.nz. doi:10.1002/9781118305492.ch26. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  9. ^ a b "Researchers and scholars elected to Academy". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  10. ^ "Auckland: city of cultural segregation". Newsroom.co.nz. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  11. ^ "Auckland: A city of cultural segregation". Stuff.co.nz. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  12. ^ "Rugby could become 'weaker code' among Pacific players if league opens up eligibility". Stuff.co.nz. 10 December 2017. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  13. ^ "League: Polynesian stars just 'labourers'". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  14. ^ "Pacific support for league could outstrip that for rugby | Radio New Zealand News". Radionz.co.nz. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
  15. ^ "Jenny Salesa to stand for Labour in Manukau East". Pacific Guardians. 24 February 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2014.
  16. ^ Ghosh, Durba (1 January 2013). "Racial Crossings: Race, Intermarriage, and the Victorian British Empire, by Damon Ieremia Salesa". Victorian Studies. 55 (2): 363–365. doi:10.2979/victorianstudies.55.2.363. JSTOR 10.2979/victorianstudies.55.2.363.
  17. ^ "H-Net Reviews". H-net.org. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  18. ^ Bueltmann, T. (2013). "Racial Crossings: Race, Intermarriage, and the Victorian British Empire, by Damon Ieremia Salesa". The English Historical Review. 128 (532): 705. doi:10.1093/ehr/cet061.
  19. ^ Carter, Sarah (25 February 2014). "Racial Crossings: Race, intermarriage, and the Victorian British Empire by Damon Ieremia Salesa (review)". Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History. 14. doi:10.1353/cch.2013.0015. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  20. ^ "Damon Ieremia Salesa wins $12000 Ernest Scott Prize for History. | Articulation". Articulation.arts.unimelb.edu.au. 16 July 2012. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
  21. ^ "Damon Salesa wins elite award". Spasifikmag.com. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 June 2014.

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