University of California, Riverside
Post-Doc, Women's Studies
UC Office of the President's Postdoctoral Fellow 2008-10
About
Originally from Whangarei, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Michelle Erai graduated Victoria University, Wellington, with a BA in Sociology and Women’s Studies, and an MA (Applied) in Social Science Research. After several years working as a contract researcher, Michelle relocated to the United States where she completed a PhD in the History of Consciousness (with a parenthetical notation in Feminist Studies), University of California, Santa Cruz. Currently writing her first book, Civilizing Images: Violence and the Visual Interpellation of Māori Women, Michelle holds a University of California Office of the President’s Post-doctoral Fellowship at UC Riverside.
In addition to her academic work Michelle is a co-founder of Incite! Women of Color Against Violence, and was a Research Coordinator for Amokura, a Family Violence Prevention Initiative governed by the seven northernmost Māori tribes in Aotearoa.
Michelle’s tribal affiliations are Ngāpuhi, Ngāti Whātua, and Ngāti Porou.
Her current research interests include: postcolonial feminist theories, visual culture, indigenous feminisms, violence, historiography and the Pacific.
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