Alison Jones

Barbara Alison Jones MNZM is a New Zealand academic who works in the field of sociology of education.[1]

For those of a similar name, see Alyson Jones and Allison Jones (disambiguation).

Alison Jones

MNZM
Jones in 2019
Alma materUniversity of Auckland
AwardsDame Joan Metge, 2014
Scientific career
Thesis

Education and career

Jones studied at Auckland for her Doctor of Education, entitled "'At School I've Got a Chance...': social reproduction in a New Zealand secondary school".[2] In 2014, she won the Dame Joan Metge medal.[3][4] She was selected as one of the Royal Society Te Apārangi's 150 women in 150 words in 2017.[5]

In the 2019 New Year Honours, Jones was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education and sociology research.[6]

Publications

Her books include 'At school I've Got a Chance': Pacific Islands and Pākehā girls at school (1991), He Kōrero: Words Between Us: First Māori Pākehā conversations on paper (2011), and Tuai: A Traveller in Two Worlds (2017) which won the 2018 Ockham New Zealand Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction.[7] Her 2020 memoir, This Pākehā Life, was longlisted for the 2021 Ockham award for general nonfiction.[8]

References
  1. "Professor Alison Jones – The University of Auckland". Unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  2. ""At school I've got a chance...": social reproduction in a New Zealand secondary school". Researchspace.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  3. "Metge an inspiration for educator Jones". Waateanews.com. 28 November 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  4. "Royal Society Te Apārangi – Recipients". Royalsociety.org.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  5. "Alison Jones". Royal Society Te Apārangi. Retrieved 30 January 2021.
  6. "New Year honours list 2019". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  7. "Tuai wins Ockham NZ Book Award for Illustrated Non-Fiction". Bridget Williams Books. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  8. "Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2021 longlists announced". Books+Publishing. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2021.


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