Cherie Chu-Fuluifaga

Cherie Chu-Fuluifaga
Other namesCherie Chu
AwardsOfficer of the New Zealand Order of Merit
Academic background
Alma materVictoria University of Wellington
Thesis
Doctoral advisorKabini Sanga, Jenny Neale
Academic work
InstitutionsVictoria University of Wellington

Cherie Maria Chu-Fuluifaga ONZM is a Chinese Tahitian New Zealand academic, and is a senior lecturer in education at Victoria University of Wellington. In 2024, Chu-Fuluifaga was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to education.

Academic career

Chu-Fuluifaga is of Samoan, Chinese and Tahitian heritage.[1][2] Her mother was a cleaner and her father did not attend school.[3][1] Despite saying she struggled and 'felt invisible' at school, and a career counsellor suggesting she train as a secretary, Chu-Fuluifaga went on to complete a PhD titled Mentoring for Leadership in Pacific Education at Victoria University of Wellington in 2009.[4][1][3]

Chu-Fuluifaga joined the faculty of the School of Education at the university in 2003.[5] Between 2005 and 2020, she grew the Pacific education leadership cluster from an initial five students to more than 200, one of the largest cohorts of Pacific students in the country.[1] She established mentoring programmes in Humanities and Commerce at the university, and run cultural training programmes for professions including lawyers and midwives. Chu-Fuluifaga was the director of Victoria's Bachelor of Arts in Education from 2009 to 2011, and she is also a researcher at tertiary education support organisation Ako Aotearoa.[2][6][7][3]

Chu-Fuluifaga volunteers at the Graeme Dingle Foundation, which promotes life skills and wellbeing in young people through New Zealand.[8]

Honours and awards

In the 2024 New Year Honours, Chu-Fuluifaga was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to education.[9] Chu-Fuluifaga was a finalist in the education category for Wellingtonian of the Year in 2024.[10]

Selected works

Scholia has a profile for Cherie Chu-Fuluifaga (Q115650385).
  • Joanna Kidman; Cherie Chu (31 March 2017). "Scholar Outsiders in the Neoliberal University: Transgressive Academic Labour in the Whitestream". New Zealand Journal of Educational Studies. 52 (1): 7–19. doi:10.1007/S40841-017-0079-Y. ISSN 0028-8276. Wikidata Q127689468.
  • Cherie Chu (2017). "Pasifika". Encyclopedia of Educational Philosophy and Theory: 1768–1772. doi:10.1007/978-981-287-588-4_11. Wikidata Q127689469.

References

  1. ^ a b c d Schwanecke, Gianina (30 December 2023). "Lecturer 'creates space for others'". www.thepost.co.nz. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Dr Cherie Chu-Fuluifaga: A new space for Pacific knowledge". Te Ao Māori News. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "Pacific women honoured for contribution to education and development". PMN | Pacific Media Network. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  4. ^ Chu, Cherie Maria (2009). Mentoring for Leadership in Pacific Education (PhD thesis). Open Access Repository Victoria University of Wellington. doi:10.26686/WGTN.16968172.
  5. ^ Odium, Grace (22 July 2024). "Dr Cherie Chu-Fuluifaga recognised for work in education". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Dr Cherie Chu-Fuluifaga recognised for work in education". The New Zealand Herald. 22 July 2024. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Here are the Pacific recipients of the New Year Honours list for 2024". RNZ. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  8. ^ "Home". Graeme Dingle Foundation. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  9. ^ "New Year Honours List 2024 | Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC)". www.dpmc.govt.nz. 30 December 2023. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  10. ^ friendsoffootballnz_irqgpj (6 March 2024). "Phoenix pair and commentator shortlisted for Wellingtonian of the Year award". Friends of Football. Retrieved 22 July 2024.