Staff Profile: Atele Dutt
Assistant Lecturer
Email: atele.dutt@usp.ac.fj
Tel.: 323 2489
Office: CELT Room 107
Education
BA in History, Politics & Sociology (2005, USP); PgDip in International Affairs (2009, USP); MA in Politics & International Affairs (2011, USP), PhD in Sociology (2022, USP)
Research Area
children’s rights, violence against children, social policy, Samoan culture
Bio
Atele Dutt is Assistant Lecturer for Sociology. She graduated with her PhD in Sociology in 2022. Her research interests’ centres on child protection, social policy and labour migration issues in the Pacific region.
Current graduate student supervision
- Jale Kauyaki – Master of Arts in Governance.
Thesis Title: The perceptions of high school teachers on the implementation on the zero tolerance of corporal punishment in Fiji schools. - Mei Nein – Master of Arts in Social Policy
Thesis Title: Indigenous experiences and perspectives of restorative justice for non-violent youth offenders in rural Fiji - Lovelyn Giva-Tuke – Master of Arts in Sociology
Thesis Title: Exploring the lived experiences of youth facing unemployment in Honiara, Solomon Islands: Challenges and Aspirations.
Courses Taught
- SO100: Themes and Perspectives in Sociology
- SO207: Families, Sexuality and Change
- SO301: Sociology of Public Policy & Administration
- SO311: Crime and Deviance
- SO408: Issues in Social and Public Policy
- SO409: Social Development.