Lana Lopesi

Dr Lana Lopesi (MNZM) is an Assistant Professor in the department of indigenous Race and Ethnic Studies at the University of Oregon. There she teaches across her research areas of Pacific Islander studies, Indigenous feminism and contemporary art. She is the author of False Divides (2018) and Bloody Woman (2021) which was longlisted for the Ockham New Zealand Book Awards. Lana is a co-editor of Towards a Grammar of Race in Aotearoa New Zealand (2022) and Pacific Spaces (2022)