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Dr Sam Manuela

Associate Professor, PhD in Psychology

Dr Sam Manuela is Cook Island and European. He currently works as an Associate Professor in Te Kura Mātai Hinengaro – School of Psychology at Waipapa Taumata Rau – The University of Auckland.

Sam has a range of research interests including: the relationships between Pacific ethnic identities and wellbeing; Pacific multiethnic identities; Pacific knowledge, values, and epistemologies in psychology; Pacific Rainbow health and wellbeing; Pacific mental health in Aotearoa; Cook Islands mental health.

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