Qualifications: BA Utah , GCert MA Manoa , PhD Auck.
Biography: Lea Lani was born and raised in the United States and has ancestry from Tonga (‘Uiha) and various European lands via the USA. She studied anthropology as an undergraduate and received an MA in Pacific Islands Studies from University of Hawai’i-Manoa and a PhD in Pacific Studies from the University of Auckland in Aotearoa/NZ. Her areas of interest include postcolonial thought and indigenous research methodologies and her research focuses on Tongan diaspora and the politics of representation.
