Erana Cooper

Phone: +64 9 373 7599 ext 86869 
Email: el.cooper@auckland.ac.nz
Room: 721.333,Tāmaki Campus
Office hours: Please email for an appointment
 
 

Erana is a Lecturer in Kaupapa Māori Psychology in the Department of Psychology, and also a Registered Clinical Psychologist. She is of Ngāpuhi and Ngāti Hine descent, and is passionate about advancing Māori initiatives and development in Psychology. Erana teaches Māori perspectives and methods in mental health, particularly in relation to clinical psychology, in a range of undergraduate and graduate courses. She was recently a Health Research Council Clinical Research Training Fellow while undertaking her doctoral research on whānau violence. Erana is an active member of the National Standing Committee on Bicultural Issues (NSCBI) for the New Zealand Psychological Society, and also co-ordinates the Tāmaki Makaurau Māori Clinical Psychologists Network.

Erana’s interests are in Māori development, clinical psychology, and cultural competence. Whānau mental health and wellbeing, child maltreatment and family violence, and clinical neuropsychology and neurorehabilitation with Māori are also key research and clinical interests. Erana has over 15 years experience in research with Māori, particularly in regard to Māori mental health. She has consulted on, and contributed to, numerous mental health research projects involving Māori, and is currently an advisor for research responsiveness to Māori both in the Department of Psychology and in the wider university. Erana has a strong background in mixed methodologies, with experience in Kaupapa Māori Research, as well as both qualitative and quantitative methods.

• Cooper, E., & Wharewera-Mika, J. (in press). Healing: Towards an understanding of Māori child maltreatment. In T. McIntosh & M. Mulholland (Eds.), Māori and social issues [working title]. Wellington: Huia Publishers.
• Cooper, E., Rickard, S., & Waitoki, W. (2011). Māori, psychology and the law: Considerations for bicultural practice. In F. Seymour, S. Blackwell & J. Thorburn (Eds.), Psychology and the law in Aotearoa New Zealand. (pp.35-61). Wellington: The New Zealand Psychological Society.
• Hollis, H., Cooper, E., Braun, G., & Pomare, P. (2010). He kohikohinga rangahau: A bibliography of Māori and psychology research. Māori and Pacific Psychology Research Group: Department of Psychology, The University of Auckland.
• Cooper, E. (2008). Mokopuna rising: Developing a best practice for early intervention in whānau violence. In M. Levy, L.W. Nikora, B. Masters Awatere, M. Rua & W. Waitoki (Eds.), Claiming spaces: Proceedings of the 2007 National Māori and Pacific Psychologies Symposium 23rd-24th November 2007. (pp. 127-131). Hamilton: Māori and Psychology Research Unit, University of Waikato.
• Ogden, J.A., Cooper, E., & Dudley, M. (2003). Adapting neuropsychological assessments for minority groups: A study comparing white and Māori New Zealanders. Brain Impairment, 4, 122-134.