Postdoctoral Research Fellows

Dr. Phoebe Elers

PhD in Communication Studies, Auckland University of Technology

Dr. Phoebe Elers is a qualitative researcher in health communication with experience conducting fieldwork among Māori, Pasifika, migrant and elderly communities. In 2016-2018 she worked as a researcher on a multi-disciplinary project on digital health and ageing. She joined CARE in 2018-2021, where she supported and managed a range of research projects. She later worked in the public sector in 2021 as a Project Coordinator for the Understanding Policing Delivery programme at Police National Headquarters, before returning to CARE in early 2022. Her research has been published widely, including in Management Communication Quarterly, New Media & Society, Health Communication, Review of Communication and Media International Australia

Dr. Leon Salter

PhD (2018) Communication and Journalism, Massey University, New Zealand

Dr Leon Salter graduated with a PhD in Communication and Journalism in 2018. Leon has taught widely on the Masters and Bachelor of Communication at Massey and his research interests are in Political Communication, Digital Media, Social Justice Movements and Unionism. Leon began working for CARE on the Experiences with COVID-19 among gig workers project and was awarded the MBIE Science Whitinga Research Fellowship in June 2021 to chart the expansion of the gig economy in Aotearoa New Zealand.

Dr. Satveer Kaur-Gill

PhD Communication & New Media, National University of Singapore

Dr. Satveer Kaur-Gill is a critical health communication scholar with a research focus on the health meanings, experiences, and inequalities faced by marginalized communities. Satveer’s  research primarily examines how culture and structure intersect to tell us about the health fragilities experienced by disenfranchised, marginalized, and minoritized population groups. Broadly, Satveer’s work focuses on precarious migration and health and low-income experiences with heart health. 


Dr. Asha Rathina Pandi

PhD (2011), M.A. in Sociology (2005), University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), USA

Dr. Asha Rathina Pandi, is presently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Center for Culture-centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) at Massey University. At CARE, her research will focus on the health of Plantation and Migrant workers in Malaysia.

Previously, she held teaching and research positions at the Department of Communications and New Media, Center for Culture-centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE), and Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore.  Asha received her PhD (2011) and M.A. in Sociology (2005) from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), USA. She also holds a M.Sc. (2000) and Bachelor’s degrees in Urban Planning (1996) from University Technology of Malaysia, and a Graduate Certificate in Global Health and Population Studies from UHM (2012).


Dr. Terri Te Tau

PhD in Creative Arts, Massey University

Dr. Terri Te Tau has previously worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE)  in 2019 based in the Manawatū. She is an artist and writer whose current research explores intersections between historical Māori narratives, science and speculative fiction.

Terri is a member of Mata Aho, a collective of four Māori women who together work on large-scale textile based projects. Their work ‘Kiko Moana’ was exhibited in documenta 14, Germany in 2017 and recently in ‘Oceania’ at the Royal Academy in London, 2018. Their work ‘Kaokao’ was a finalist in APB Foundation Signature Art Prize in Singapore 2018.

Terri received a PhD in Creative Arts from Massey University in 2016, her research titled ‘Beyond the Corners of Our Whare’ was an interdisciplinary conceptual Māori response to surveillance in Aotearoa New Zealand. She is a Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leadership Fellow and recipient of the Sasakawa Doctoral Scholarship.


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Dr. Asha Rathina Pandi

PhD (2011), M.A. in Sociology (2005), University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), USA

Dr. Asha Rathina Pandi, is presently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Center for Culture-centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE) at Massey University. At CARE, her research will focus on the health of Plantation and Migrant workers in Malaysia.

Previously, she held teaching and research positions at the Department of Communications and New Media, Center for Culture-centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE), and Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore.  Asha received her PhD (2011) and M.A. in Sociology (2005) from the University of Hawaii at Manoa (UHM), USA. She also holds a M.Sc. (2000) and Bachelor’s degrees in Urban Planning (1996) from University Technology of Malaysia, and a Graduate Certificate in Global Health and Population Studies from UHM (2012).


Dr. Terri Te Tau

PhD in Creative Arts, Massey University

Dr. Terri Te Tau has previously worked as a Postdoctoral Fellow at Center for Culture-Centered Approach to Research and Evaluation (CARE)  in 2019 based in the Manawatū. She is an artist and writer whose current research explores intersections between historical Māori narratives, science and speculative fiction.

Terri is a member of Mata Aho, a collective of four Māori women who together work on large-scale textile based projects. Their work ‘Kiko Moana’ was exhibited in documenta 14, Germany in 2017 and recently in ‘Oceania’ at the Royal Academy in London, 2018. Their work ‘Kaokao’ was a finalist in APB Foundation Signature Art Prize in Singapore 2018.

Terri received a PhD in Creative Arts from Massey University in 2016, her research titled ‘Beyond the Corners of Our Whare’ was an interdisciplinary conceptual Māori response to surveillance in Aotearoa New Zealand. She is a Ryoichi Sasakawa Young Leadership Fellow and recipient of the Sasakawa Doctoral Scholarship.