Teaching:

2026

Course Director

- EDUCN 701 Language policy

- EDUC 787  Māori and Indigenous research methods

2025

Course Director

- EDUC 787  Māori and Indigenous research methods

- EDUC 716 Education and Diversity

- EDUC 211 Schooling Ethnic Diversity

2024
Program Director, Master of Regional Development

Course Director
- REGDEV 702 Regional regeneration and wellbeing (Semester 1)
- EDUC 787 Māori and Indigenous Research (Semester 2)

2023
Course Director
- EDUC 716 Education and Diversity (Semester 1)

2022
Stephen was on Research and Study Leave for the 2022 Academic Year

2021
Course Director
- EDUC 716 Education and Diversity (Semester 1, Epsom Campus)
- EDPROFST 377 Bilingual Education: Curriculum and Pedagogy (Semester 2, Epsom Campus)

2020
Course Director
- EDUC 787 Research Methods in Māori Education (Summer School, Tai Tokerau Campus)
- EDPROFST 377 Bilingual Education: Curriculum and Pedagogy (Semester 2, Epsom Campus)

2019
Course Director
- EDUC 716 Education and Diversity (Semester 1, Te Tai Tokerau Campus)
- EDUC 733 Teaching in Bilingual/Immersion Settings (Semester 2, Te Tai Tokerau Campus)

Postgraduate Supervision:
Current Supervision

PhD
- Fattahi, Nazila. Role of teacher cognition of pronunciation in learners’ willingness to communicate: An appraisal theory analysis. Joint supervisor (with Peter Keegan) 2024
- Bhardwaj, Sanskriti Teaching aspirations within multicultural classrooms: Collaborations between Māori and immigrant communities complying with a Tiriti-based education system Joint supervisor (with Helene Connor) 2024
- Jiang, Wenqian Integrating ICT in Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge (TPACK) in Teaching English as a Second Language. Main Supervisor (with Peter Keegan 2024
- Neufeld, Tim, Translanguaging strategy influence on international student academic language socialisation and identity construction. Co-supervisor (with Lawrence Zhang) 2023
- Pan, Huichao Ethnic minority students, language proficiency and wellbeing. Main Supervisor (with Tony Trinick) 2023
- Sun, Bethany Towards Culturally inclusive education in multicultural school settings: A comparative case study of public and international schools in Singapore. Main Supervisor (with Peter Keegan) 2023
- Fu, Xuehua (Bonnie) Investigating the Effects of Generative AI-assisted Process-Multimodal Genre Pedagogy on EFL Learners' Digital Multimodal Composition. Joint-supervisor (with Lawrence Zhang) 2023
- Le, Nguyen Thao Thy Vietnamese language policy and English-medium instruction. Co-supervisor (with Mi Yung Park) 2023
- Liao, Junwei (Sam) Language ideologies, language management and language practices: Case studies of English-medium instruction (EMI) universities in mainland China. Joint-supervisor (with Lawrence Zhang) 2023
- Alnutt, Jay. Educational equality: A philosophical analysis. Co-supervisor.
- Wu, Yujun. Family language policy, multilingualism and mixed-heritage children's identity in New Zealand. Co-supervisor.
- Yan, Yuan. Monolingual education and the dying minority languages in China. Main Supervisor

Completed Supervisions (University of Auckland)

PhD
- 2024 - Dam, Lincoln. Love and politics: Rethinking biculturalism and multiculturalism in Aotearoa-New Zealand. Main supervisor
- Teh, David. Contrastive analysis of English-Chinese in Malaysia. Main Supervisor
2023 - Allen, Piata. Uruuru Whenua. Using Cultural Symmetry to Rebalance Mātauranga and School Mathematics. Main supervisor
- Li, Di. Family Language Policy and its relevance to Chinese Heritage Language Maintenance in New Zealand. Main Supervisor
- 2022 Tarau, Maria. The plight of the Romanian Roma: Investigating linguistic human rights in national legislation, institutional practice, and local perceptions
- 2021 Huang, Chuanning. Diversity and imagined communities at a Japanese supplementary school in New Zealand.
- 2020 Davy, Brian. The Spectacle of the self: New migrant students' linguistic capital and scholarly identity in senior secondary school.
- 2018 Benton Zavala, Ana Maria. ‘Shifting the landscape’. Indigenous immersion and bilingual education in Tosepan Kalnemachtiloya, Mexico.
- 2018 Perin, Silvia. Antonio Gramsci and language policy.
- 2018 Li, Jiang. Metacognition and motivation in L2 academic English learning.
- 2018 Yanhong Liu. College English Textbooks in China: A Corpus Linguistics Approach to their Ideological Underpinnings, Pedagogical Principles, Linguistic Features and Teacher Attitudes.
- 2016 Hemi, Keaka: Life in Language: The Role of Constitutional Status and Indigenous Perception, Trust and Ownership in Securing Indigenous Language and Education Rights.
- 2013 Ratima, Matiu: Māori learning Māori: What works for Māori adults learning Māori as a second language?
- 2012 Furness, Jane: Investigation of the role of intergenerational approaches in raising the foundation competencies of New Zealand adults that support achievement of citizen-centred outcomes.

EdD
- 2015 Trinick, Tony: What are the features of the Maori medium mathematics register and the challenges of the register that impact on learning and teaching?
- 2010 Hill, Richard: English transition in Māori-medium education.

Masters
- 2020 Meinders, Rahera. Ngā Ihopumanawa: How Māori students’ role models relate to their post-secondary school aspirations. MEd (1st class).
- 2020 Finn, Karen. Pre-service teachers’ enactment of culturally responsive critical pedagogy. MEd (1st class).
- 2020 Danby Scott, Claudia. A treatment of culture in primary school visual art education through a critical multicultural lens. MEd (1st class)
- 2018 Pasene, Kitiona. I Too Am Auckland. MEd.
- 2015 Allen, Piata. Te Reo Pangarau. MEd (1st class).
- 2012 Matsumoto, Akinori. New Zealand Language Education Policy. MA.
- 2012 Nathan, Whetuu: Ka Hikatea. MEd (1st class).
- 2012 Nicholson, Ray: New Zealand Language Policy: Where to since the Waite Report? MEd.