Esther Tumama Cowley-Malcolm

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Esther Tumama Cowley-Malcolm
Alma mater Victoria University of Wellington
Scientific career
Thesis Perceptions of Samoan Parents from a Small Town in New Zealand on Parenting, Childhood Aggression, and the CD-ROM 'Play Nicely'  (2013)
Doctoral advisor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop, Stephanie Doyle

Esther Tumama Cowley-Malcolm is a Samoan-New Zealand health researcher and practitioner. Cowley-Malcolm completed a Masters degree at Auckland University of Technology in 2005. Her masters thesis was titled Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting. [1] She did her PhD in Pacific Cultural Studies at the Victoria University of Wellington, she was the first women graduate of the Pacific studies programme. [2] [3] Her doctoral thesis was titled Perceptions of Samoan Parents from a Small Town in New Zealand on Parenting, Childhood Aggression, and the CD-ROM 'Play Nicely' . [4]

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  1. Cowley-Malcolm, Esther (2005). Some Samoans' perceptions, values and beliefs on the role of parents and children within the context of aiga/family and the influence of fa'asamoa and the church on Samoan parenting (Masters thesis). Tuwhera Open Access, Auckland University of Technology. hdl:10292/11445.
  2. "Ohope grandmother bringing peace by degrees - Whakatane News - Rotorua Daily Post News". Nzherald.co.nz. Retrieved 15 July 2014.
  3. "Samoan grandmother Vic's first Pacific Studies PhD graduate". Archived from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 20 July 2014.
  4. Cowley-Malcolm, Esther (2013). Perceptions of Samoan Parents from a Small Town in New Zealand on Parenting, Childhood Aggression, and the CD-ROM 'Play Nicely' (Doctoral thesis). Open Access Repository Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington. doi: 10.26686/wgtn.17004934 .
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 July 2014. Retrieved 15 July 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)