AUT University 2010 Summer Graduation Dec 15-17
This week, AUT University celebrates its Summer Graduation being held on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday December 15, 16 and 17, at the Aotea Centre, in Auckland Central.
Around 3800 graduands will be capped, including 20 doctorate recipients.
The new doctors’ diverse research topics range from: examining causes behind weight gain in primary age children; through to the strained relationship between the media and military during the Iraq war; and perceptions of accountants. They are:
Geoff Kira
The issue and causes of excessive weight gain in primary school age children.
Tarek Cherkaoui
The strained relationship between media and military during the Iraq War, the tense rivalry between Al-Jazeera and CNNI, and the workings of sophisticated military propaganda and its direct impact on media coverage.
Paul Wells
The perceptions of accounting and accountants and how and why these perceptions were formed. Existing research indicates very negative perceptions that are inaccurate and difficult to change.
Jennifer Coker
Biomechanical measurement of sculling force profiles and how the PowerLine™ boat instrumentation system could be used effectively to measure and improve elite sculling performance. Jennifer is now employed with Rowing New Zealand based on the success of her thesis work.
Simon Pearson
Understanding of the task of grinding to improve performance in America’s Cup sailing.
David Nguyen Viet Lam
Purchase behaviour of internet visitors to online retailers who have no existing reputation.
Doug King
The factors related to rugby league injuries, including related costs related, the tackle, player perception on returning to match and training activities, and the first aid and concussion awareness of team management.
Rachael Ka‘ai-Mahuta
Waiata and haka as commentaries and archives of Māori political history.
Tom Vandenbogaerde
The effects of acute nutritional interventions, such as supplementation, on athletic performance and recovery from exercise.
Jason Smith
Policy, practice and place in New Zealand’s creative economy, 1999 to 2008. The research was drawn from interviews with some of the country’s leading creative entrepreneurs.
Asmita Patel
The effectiveness of the Green Prescription for older New Zealanders. A Green Prescription is a programme designed to increase physical activity of individuals who are low-active, sedentary and/or have a stable lifestyle-related medical condition.
Adam Taylor
The identity of high-achieving IT professionals at work and value placed on highly skilled, expert labour in the new economy.
Grant Mawston
How changes in posture and fatigue resulting from repetitive lifting influenced muscular and postural responses.
Hishamuddin Mohd Hashim
The international negotiation styles and competency focussing on Malaysian diplomats.
Dean Mahuta
Facets of the Waikato identity linked to the Waikato River which provide unique insights into Maori identity at a tribal level. His doctoral thesis was written in Maori.
Lynette Reid
How cultural values influence career processes for Maori and a new typology of cultural career identities.
Frances Laneyrie
The historical relationships between a trade union and a feminist organisation at critical moments in the emergence of a new form of feminist activism in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, Australia in 1975-1980.
Ann Paddy
What it means to be an older experienced health professional.
Tina Darkins
The issues confronting non- profit community organisations delivering health and social services in Tai Tokerau (Northland), New Zealand.
Anne Grey
The process whereby early childhood teachers reviewed their teaching practice in early childhood education.