Course information:
For information on applying for the Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Philosophy programmes please contact humanities.postgrad@aut.ac.nz or (09) 921 9999 extension 8481.
Academic Supervision:
We supervise the following broad themes of study:
- Creative Writing
- Intercultural Communication
- Discourse Analysis
- Language Teaching & Learning
- Sociolinguistics
- Corrective Feedback
- Academic literacies
- Refugee and migrant education
- Migrant and refugee identity, policy and settlement
- Policy and media analysis
- Social theory
- Conflict Resolution
- Criminology
- Intercultural studies
- Social and cultural anthropology
- Gender, women and sexuality
Contact us if you would like to study a particular field of interest not listed above within the School of Languages + Social Sciences.
Academic Supervisors at the School of Languages + Social Sciences:
Head of the School of Languages + Social Sciences
- Dr Sharon Harvey
Associate Dean of the Faculty of Applied Humanities with responsibility for Research and Postgraduate Studies
Community and International Languages focus
- Deborah Corder
Senior Lecturer – Japanese, Associate Head of School, International Languages
- Ineke Crezee
Senior Lecturer - Community and International Languages
- Dr Junji Kawai
Lecturer - Community and International Languages

English and Applied Linguistics focus

Social Sciences (including Criminology and Policy) focus
