Jenny Ritchie

(she/her)

Professor Jenny Ritchie, Te Puna Akopai | School of Education, Te Herenga Waka Victoria University of Wellington, Aotearoa New Zealand has research interests in social, cultural, and ecological justice; pedagogies that support children’s cultural, spiritual, and emotional wellbeing along with their citizenship enactment; and applying Māori conceptualisations in sustainability and climate education.

Experience

  • –present
    Associate Professor, School of Education, Victoria University of Wellington

Education

  • 2003 
    University of Waikato, PhD, School of Maori and Pacific Development

Honours

New Zealand Association for Research in Education McKenzie Award 2022; Reconceptualising Early Childhood Education Bloch Award 2016

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