Katerina Teaiwa (born Katerina Martina Teaiwa), is a Pacific scholar, artist and teacher of Banaban, I-Kiribati and African American heritage.[1] Teaiwa is well known for her scholarly and artistic work that focuses on the history of British Phosphate Commissioners mining activity in the Pacific during the 1900s and the consequent displacement of Banabans. In 2022, she became the first Indigenous woman from the Pacific to win the Australian University Teacher of the Year award and be promoted to full professor at the Australia National University.[2][3]
- ^ "Katerina Teaiwa". Australian National University (College of Asia and the Pacific). Retrieved 2021-05-24.
- ^ "1st Indigenous woman named top Australian university teacher | University of Hawaiʻi System News". March 21, 2022. Retrieved 2022-10-20.
- ^ Kotoisuva, Pekai (21 March 2022). "A 'creative teacher' – Teaiwa recognised for visionary approach". FijiTimes. Retrieved 2022-10-20.