I’m a senior lecturer in history at the University of Waikato.
My research focuses on connected and comparative histories of cultural, environmental, and economic exchange in the colonial and postcolonial Pacific.
I teach courses on Pacific history, global food and commodity history, histories of the ocean, and environmental history.
My first book Gender, Violence and Criminal Justice in the colonial Pacific 1880-1920 is forthcoming in January 2023 with Bloomsbury.
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Research
Current and past research projects, including cross-cultural histories of smell, a commodity history of coconuts, colonial criminal justice in the Pacific, and intimate economies in New Zealand whaling
Publications
Details and links to my academic publications
Teaching
Information about my current teaching and courses at the University of Waikato, including global oceanic histories, Pacific history and food and commodity history
Image credits (L-R): Pape’ete market - fieldwork photo; Huggins, William John, 1781-1845. Huggins, William John 1781-1845 :South Sea whale fishery / painted by W.J.Huggins ; engraved by T.Sutherland. London, published January 1, 1825, by W.J.Huggins, Marine Painter .... Ref: D-002-036. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22704110; Pape’ete habour - fieldwork photo