With Whaea Lynda Toki (right) - Wharenui, Unitec
mentoring
for social
change communication
A globally engaged, interdisciplinary scholar, educator, storycatcher, and published author with over three decades of international experience spanning research, education, and practice—particularly across the Asia Pacific. Demonstrated leadership in research, teaching, editorship, and academic governance, with a strong commitment to mentoring emerging scholars and advancing social justice. Holds an extensive publication record and a proven history of successful project leadership and international collaboration.
Witnessing and solidarity without action is spectatorship"
Dr Evangelia Papoutsaki
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Research Training
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Research Ethics
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Research Design & Evaluation
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Advocacy Research
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Project Design & Evaluation
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Curriculum Development & Evaluation
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Proposal & Report writing
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Communication for Development & Social Change
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Communication Campaign Design & Evaluation
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Editorial & Publishing work
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Digital Storytelling
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Civic Education
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Coaching & Mentoring
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Building Networks Facilitator
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Co-Convenor - Small Island Cultures Research Initiative (SICRI) International Network
Research Fellow - Japan Foundation 2025
Book - Mapping the Media and Communication Landscape of Central Asia
Book - Island Cultures and Festivals: a Creative Ecosystem
Guest Editor - Amami Islands in Context: Interdisciplinary Insights and Approaches,
South Pacific Studies Journal, March 2026.
Guest Editor: The Present and Future of Island Cultural Diversity, Journal of Marine and Island Cultures, 2026
Deep Ecology Facilitator - The Work That Reconnects
Industry Mentor - ACP-EU Enhancing capacity for the sustainability of Cultural & Creative Industries in the Pacific
Lead Researcher - Aotearoa New Zealand Government Evacuation and Resettlement Support for the 2021 Afghanistan crisis
Certificate of Prof. Dev. - Stepping Into Governance Workshop for Ethnic Communities - Governance NZ
Certificate of Prof Dev. - Research Ethics Course - Monash University, Centre for Ethics in Medicine & Society, PRAXIS Australia, Macquarie University & Sydney Health Ethics
“Papoutsaki goes further than theory: she gives us the root and branch mechanisms for how to turn this into action...the 'tweezers and microscope'” - J.C
Your course is really powerful and impressive, but what is more important for me is your passionate personality. You are a great example of what a real Teacher should be - open-minded, sincere, charismatic, experienced and warm-hearted. I have began to look at the world from another perspective. Thank you very much! -A.D. CSC 2017
MEDIA COVER:
"Documenting the Transformation of Amami Society: A Study of the Islands’ Social and Cultural Dynamics", NankaiNichiNichi
FAVORITE QUOTE
"As long as societies distribute needs and power unequally between populations, it is unethical for communications and human service professionals to help solve minor and/or immediate problems while ignoring the systemic barriers created by societies that permit or perpetuate inequalities among citizens. Real change is not possible unless we deal with the crucial problem in human societies: lack of economic and social power among individuals at the grassroots"
- Melkote, 2000, p.46
NEW TRAVELOGUES:
The Yaeyama Trilogy:
"In the deep south of the Japanese archipelago"
"The Woman that builds boats" "Understanding the meaning of sacred"
"Mapping the communicative ecology of small tourist island communities: a comparative ethnographic study of three Japanese islands" ---Japan Foundation Research Fellowship
This comparative ethnographic research examines the communicative ecology of tourism in small island communities, with a focus on Amami Oshima's World Natural Heritage Site, Okinawa's public markets, and Hokkaido's indigenous Ainu communities.
Host institutions: Center for Advanced Toursim Studies, Hokkaido University and Kagoshima University Amami Research Station.
NEW PODCAST - Island Conversation Series: hosting Jarcinda Stowers-Ama on Pacific diaspora and art
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