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	Rachel McNae


Title and Organization:		University of Waikato
Gender and Age:		Female, 37
Location:		Hamilton, Waikato
Country of Residence:		New Zealand
Country of Birth:		New Zealand
Languages:		English



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About Me

Rachel lectures in the Faculty of Education at the University of Waikato in Hamilton. Her research involvement has spanned the fields of student voice, youth leadership, women and leadership and leadership curriculum development in schools and communities. With a background in high school and tertiary education her research interests have always been to combine academic research with positive youth development approaches to build the leadership capacity of young people. She has done this in many national and international forums.

Rachel has worked with organizations such as Rotary International to develop and evaluate youth leadership programmes, and works with a number of not-for-profit organizations to facilitate youth leadership opportunities. She has completed collaborative research in the Pacific Islands, working with a research team in the Ministry of Education to investigate educational leadership development with Ni Vanuatu women,

Her current professional work explores young people’s beliefs and understandings of leadership and is designed to investigate ways that engage students as co-designers of their leadership learning. Her research emphasizes the need to reshape leadership learning opportunities so that the experiences are relevant and meaningful for students and reflect inclusive and culturally responsive approaches for progressive and sustainable leadership development.