Tracey McIntosh


Tracey Kathleen Dorothy McIntosh is a New Zealand sociology and criminology academic. She is of Māori descent and is currently a Professor of Indigenous Studies and Co-Head of Te Wānanga o Waipapa at the University of Auckland.

Academic career

After a 2002 PhD titled 'Death in the margins : riding the periphery' at the University of Auckland, she rose to full professor at the same institution. McIntosh is one of two editors of AlterNative.
In 2017, she won the Te Rangi Hiroa Medal.
In 2018, McIntosh was appointed to the New Zealand Government's Welfare Expert Advisory Group and the Safe and Effective Justice Advisory Group.
In the 2019 New Year Honours, McIntosh was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education and social science.

Selected works

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