Tracey McIntosh explained

Tracey Kathleen Dorothy McIntosh is a New Zealand sociology and criminology academic. She is of Māori descent (Ngāi Tūhoe) and is currently a Professor of Indigenous Studies and Co-Head of Te Wānanga o Waipapa at the University of Auckland.

Academic career

After a 2002 PhD titled Death in the Margins: Riding the Periphery at the University of Auckland,^[1] she rose to full professor at the same institution.^[2] McIntosh is one of two editors of AlterNative.^[3]

In 2017, she won the Te Rangi Hiroa Medal.^{[4] [5] [6] [7]} The same year McIntosh was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's "150 women in 150 words", celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.^[8]

In 2018, McIntosh was appointed to the New Zealand Government's Welfare Expert Advisory Group and the Safe and Effective Justice Advisory Group.^{[9] [10]}

In the 2019 New Year Honours, McIntosh was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education and social science.^[11]

As of October 2022 McIntosh is Head of Te Wānanga o Waipapa at the University of Auckland where her research has included how to stop the intergenerational transfer of inequality.^[12]

Selected works

• McIntosh, Tracey. "Māori identities: Fixed, fluid, forced." New Zealand Identities: Departures and Destinations (2005): 38–51.
• Liu, James H., Tim McCreanor, Tracey McIntosh, and Teresia Teaiwa. "Introduction: Constructing New Zealand Identities." New Zealand Identities: Departures and Destinations (2005): 11–20.
• McIntosh, Tracey, and Malcolm Mulholland. Maori and Social Issues. Huia Publishers, 2011.
• McIntosh, Tracey. "Hibiscus in the flax bush: The Maori-Pacific island interface." Tangata O Te Moana Nui: The Evolving Identities of Pacific Peoples in Aotearoa/New Zealand (2001): 141–159.
• none. 10.1177/117718010600200103. Theorising Marginality and the Processes of Marginalisation. AlterNative . 2. 44–65. 2006. McIntosh. Tracey. 142449770.

Notes and References

1. McIntosh . Tracey . 2002 . Doctoral thesis . Death in the margins : riding the periphery . ResearchSpace@Auckland, University of Auckland . 2292/52040.
2. Web site: Professor Tracey McIntosh - The University of Auckland . www.arts.auckland.ac.nz.
3. Web site: AlterNative Editor - AlterNative. www.alternative.ac.nz.
4. Web site: Royal Society Te Apārangi - 2017 Te Rangi Hiroa Medal: Collective solutions for sociocultural cohesion and diversity. royalsociety.org.nz.
5. Web site: Royal Society Te Apārangi - Recipients. royalsociety.org.nz.
6. Web site: Professor Tracey McIntosh awarded Te Rangi Hīroa Medal - New Zealand Family Violence Clearinghouse. nzfvc.org.nz.
7. Web site: Awards honour top NZ researchers. 11 October 2017.
8. Web site: Tracey McIntosh. 2021-05-10. Royal Society Te Apārangi.
9. News: Fixing our broken justice system: first steps. The Beehive. 2018-10-15. en.
10. News: Expert Group established to provide independent advice on welfare system improvements. The Beehive. 2018-10-15. en.
11. Web site: New Year honours list 2019 . 31 December 2018 . Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet . 10 January 2019.
12. Web site: Dimitrof . Stefan . 10 September 2022 . Report highlights police misconduct toward Māori . 2022-10-08 . NZ Herald . en-NZ.