Helena Cook

Personal details

Email:

hmc204@exeter.ac.uk

Nationality:

New Zealand/Irish

2010-present:

University of Exeter

MPhil/PhD in Politics

Dissertation: Performing Identity: Descriptive and Symbolic Representation in New Zealand andthe United Kingdom

Funded by College of Social Sciences and International Studies, University of Exeter  

2007-2008:

Victoria University of Wellington

MA in Political Science (Distinction)

Dissertation - Pacific People in Parliament: A Case Study of Minority Representation in New Zealand

Available at: http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/handle/10063/307

Funded by grant from the Yvonne AM Smith Charitable Trust (NZ)

2005-2005:

University of Canterbury

BA Hons (First Class) Political Science

Funded by "Pacific Peoples Scholarship" from Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (NZ)

2002-2004:

University of Canterbury

B.A in Political Science and History

Professional/research experience

October 2010:

University of Exeter

Graduate Teaching Assistant

December 2009:

University of Exeter

Research Assistant to Professor Jack Vowles

January 2007 - May 2008:

Victoria University of Wellington

Teaching Assistant in Department of Political Science

Research Assistant in Department of Political Science

2007:

Wellington, New Zealand

Recipient of Pacific Islands Political Studies Association Conference Award to attend 10th Pacific Islands Political Studies Association (PIPSA) Conference

2006:

Wellington, New Zealand

Commissioned by the New Zealand Electoral Commission to produce MMP in New Zealand: An annotated bibliography of publicly accessible material that discusses the change to MMP and its consequences.

CV: Membership of Professional Bodies/Professional Qualifications

2009-present:

Political Studies Association (PSA)