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Professor Jeanette King serves as Associate Dean (Academic) in the Faculty of Arts and holds a professorship at the Aotahi School of Maori and Indigenous Studies at the University of Canterbury. She leads the Diversity theme at the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour (NZILBB), where she conducts interdisciplinary research. She earned her PhD from the University of Canterbury in 2007 and is fluent in Māori.
Her research focuses on Māori language revitalization, linguistic change, and indigenous knowledge systems. Key projects include:
- MAONZE: Investigating pronunciation shifts in Māori over time
- Tuhinga Māhorahora: Analyzing children's writing in Māori immersion schools
- Proto-lexicon research: Examining implicit Māori language knowledge in non-speakers
- Intergenerational Transmission of Minority Languages: Collaborative research on language preservation factors
Professor King's publications demonstrate consistent focus on Māori language dynamics, with recent emphasis on:
- Implicit language knowledge acquisition across the lifespan
- Lexical development in revitalization contexts
- Indigenous methodologies in linguistic research
- Cross-cultural communication frameworks
- Psycholinguistic aspects of endangered languages
She actively mentors graduate researchers, having supervised over 25 students on topics including Māori language pedagogy, cultural reclamation, and indigenous research methods. Current grants support her work on:
- 'A real-world example of implicit grammar learning' (2024-2027)
- 'Te reo Maori vowel sequences within and across morpheme boundaries' (2023-2026)
At NZILBB, she collaborates with interdisciplinary teams investigating language-brain-behavior relationships and maintains international partnerships in indigenous language revitalization research.
