Centering the Pacific in global conversations

SEUTA'AFILI
PATRICK THOMSEN (PHD)
Queer Pacific Academic, Scholar-Activist, Writer and Social Commentator
Committed to the development of collaborative Pacific voices across multiple fields of academic scholarship and public discourse.

ABOUT
Born and raised in South Auckland, Seuta‘afili Dr Patrick Thomsen is of Samoan descent and a Senior Lecturer in Global Studies at the University of Auckland in New Zealand. He is also a well-known social commentator, researcher, freelance writer concerned with SOGI Rights across the Pacific and in New Zealand.
Patrick is currently the Principal Investigator for the Manalagi Project, New Zealand's first Pasifika Rainbow Health and Wellbeing Project to be funded by the Health Research Council of NZ, and is the Queer and LGBT+ Collection Editor for Lived Places Publishing.
He is currently supervising a number of UoA graduate students working on these areas (he is not taking on any new supervisions at this stage):
* Gender and Sexuality
* Transnational Pacific Studies
* Critical Race Theory
* New Zealand Politics
* Queer Pacific Studies
* Korean Studies
JOURNAL ARTICLES


Journal of New Zealand Studies
December 2021

Journal of New Zealand Studies
December 2021

Journal of New Zealand Studies
December 2021

Journal of New Zealand Studies
December 2021

Pacific Health Dialog
June 2021

Journal of Regional Studies and Development
May 2021


Waikato Journal of Education
July 2021

Higher Education Research and Development
January 2021

Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race, November 2020

The New Zealand Annual Review of Education, March 2020

The Journal of New Zealand Studies, December 2019

Journal of Homosexuality. December 2019

Journal of Regional Studies and Development. December 2018
NEWSPAPER PUBLICATIONS
CURRENT RESEARCH AND COLLABORATION

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR - MANALAGI: AOTEAROA PACIFIC RAINBOW LGBTIQA+ MVPFAFF HEALTH AND WELLBEING PROJECT
DECEMBER 1ST 2020 - NOVEMBER 30TH 2023

CURRENT AND DEVELOPING RESEARCH PROJECTS
* ASSOCIATE INVESTIGATOR - RAINBOW, INTERSEX AND TAKATĀPUI YOUTH SURVEY DR JOHN FENAUGHTY PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR.
* PACIFIC PEOPLES IN SOUTH KOREA
TEACHING
Current Courses Taught at The University of Auckland

GUEST LECTURES AND TALKS IN 2021
Semester 1, 2022
This is the Stage III core course for all Bachelor of Global Studies majors.
In this course students write up research projects developed from research proposals completed in GLOBAL 200.
Students meet with supervisors and the cohort throughout the semester to report on progress and provide peer review. Step-by-step assignments are designed to guide projects to completion at the end of the semester.
Semester 2, 2022
An advanced examination of research design approaches with an emphasis on Global Studies methods and research design pathways. Explores methods required for advanced studies in the field and critiques the inherent Western hegemony of the field by spolighting methods and methodologies that are generated from outside the "West."
Semester 1 and 2, 2022
List still being updated:
Semester 1
Gender 101
Global 102
Global 701
Semester 2
Asian 140
GET IN TOUCH
Contact Seuta'afili Patrick Thomsen (PhD) to discuss their published work, teaching, collaboration opportunities or for any other inquiries.
Room 431 Te Puna Reo School of Cultures Languages and Linguistics (CLL) Building - 18 Symonds Street, Auckland Central
+6499236757