MICRO-BIO

• Professor Williams is of Rongowhakaata and Ngati Maru descent. Following a PhD in educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley in 1970. He became the first Māori to hold a full-time lectureship at the University of Otago. He was..

  Professor Williams is of Rongowhakaata and Ngati Maru descent. Following a PhD in educational psychology at the University of California, Berkeley in 1970. He became the first Māori to hold a full-time lectureship at the University of Otago. He was subsequently awarded a personal professorship and was Dean of the School of Physical Education for 10 years. In 2001 he became Professor Emeritus. As a teacher and researcher, Professor Williams focussed on the fields of movement learning and control from kinesiological, cross-cultural and pedagogical perspectives and has published over 160 articles and book chapters. He has held a number of international fellowships including Fulbright, Landsdowne and Commonwealth awards and has attained a high international profile through lecture tours, conference presentations, research and teaching activities in Europe, Canada and the U.S.A. In his present position, Professor Williams focuses on initiatives and programmes that support the development and achievement of Māori and Indigenous scholars. Less

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