Damon Salesa

Damon Salesa
FRSNZ
Damon Salesa FRSNZ
Toeolesulusulu Ieremia Salesa
3rd Vice-Chancellor of Auckland University of Technology
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 1 April 2022
Chancellor	Rob Campbell
Preceded by	Derek McCormack
Personal details
Born	Damon Ieremia Salesa; 30 December 1972 (age 51)
Spouse	Jenny Salesa
Academic background
Alma mater	University of Auckland (MA); Oriel College, Oxford (PhD)
Theses	"Troublesome half-castes" : tales of a Samoan borderland (1997); Race mixing: a Victorian problem in Britain and New Zealand, 1830s–1870 (2001);
Academic work
Discipline	Pacific History
Institutions	University of Michigan; University of Auckland; Auckland University of Technology

Damon Ieremia Salesa (born 30 December 1972) is a New Zealand academic. Of Samoan descent, he is the first Pacific person to hold the position of vice-chancellor at a New Zealand university.^[1]

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Damon Salesa FRSNZ
Toeolesulusulu Ieremia Salesa

3rd Vice-Chancellor of Auckland University of Technology
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 April 2022
Chancellor	Rob Campbell
Preceded by	Derek McCormack

Personal details
Born	Damon Ieremia Salesa (1972-12-30) 30 December 1972 (age 51)
Spouse	Jenny Salesa


Academic background
Alma mater	University of Auckland (MA) Oriel College, Oxford (PhD)
Theses	"Troublesome half-castes" : tales of a Samoan borderland (1997) Race mixing: a Victorian problem in Britain and New Zealand, 1830s–1870 (2001)
Academic work
Discipline	Pacific History
Institutions	University of Michigan University of Auckland Auckland University of Technology