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Education and Career
Professional Memberships
Research College member of BRCSS (Building Research Capacity of Social Sciences) 2005.
Chair of the New Settlers Research subcommittee (responsible for the drafting and monitoring of Quality and Quantity Standards of New Settlers Research ub social sciences).
Founding member of ISSCO (International Society for the Study of Chinese Overseas) since 1990.
Regional Representative of Australasia on ISSCO board (since 2004)
Member (and Council Member for two terms) of NZASIA (Asian Studies Society of New Zealand) since 1982
Professional Positions Held (all at The University of Auckland)
Associate Professor, School of Asian Studies (2001 to present)
Associate Dean Postgraduate Studies, Faculty of Arts (2002-2004)
Associate Dean International, Faculty of Arts (1999-2001)
At present, she serves on the University of Auckland International Committee, the Disciplinary Committee, and the Contact Network.
She also serves on the Staffing Committee and Equity Committee of the Faculty of Arts.
Present research / professional specialty
Immigration and return migration; acculturation and settlement; Asian (especially Chinese) identity ; racism and race relations (pertaining to Asians); Asian relationship with Maori; migrant sense of wellbeing and acceptance; migrant youth and 1.5 generation.
List of skills / achievements
Active and continuous research activities in the above- named areas since 1985 (20 years’ research track record). Please see publication record for details.
Experienced research team leader in co-ordinating qualitative (in-depth interviews, focus groups) and quantitative (statistical) analysis, resulting in various academic publications.
Project Director of Chiang Ching-Kuo Foundation Research Fund project ‘ Circulatory Transmigration: a new paradigm exploring Chinese mobility.’ 2007-2010.
Principal Investigator of Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund project ‘Maori-Chinese Encounters: the Indigenous and the Immigrant’ 2004-2007.
Member of ‘Student Life Commission’ 2002 appointed by Vice Chancellor John Hood, University of Auckland.
Advisor to Chinese Conservation Education Trust (CCET) since start (2000), responsible for broad policy advice and development directions.
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Honors
Honours
ONZM (Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit) 1996. [awarded for services to the Chinese community].
Suffrage Centenary Medal 1993. [awarded to New Zealand women of distinction]
Distinctions
Asia-New Zealand Foundation Trustee, 2005 (appointed by Minister of Foreign Affairs)
Race Relations Advisory Committee, Human Rights Commission, 2003 to present.
Chinese Poll-tax Apology consultation committee, 2002-2003. (appointed by Ministry of Ethnic Affairs)
Chinese Lifeline Committee, 1993-2004.
Epsom Girls Grammar School, Board of Trustees, 1994-1999. (Chair in 1997)
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Publications
Major Publications (Selected)
Books:
Ip, Manying ed. The Indigenous and the Immigrant: Maori interactions with Chinese and ‘New Asians’. Auckland University Press, expected date of publication, 2008.
Ip, Manying. Being Maori-Chinese: Mixed Identities. Auckland University Press, expected date of publication November 2007.
Ip, Manying & Nigel Murphy. Aliens at My Table: Asians as New Zealanders see them. Penguin, New Zealand. (2005).
Ip, Manying (ed) Unfolding History, Evolving Identity: the Chinese in New Zealand Auckland University Press, Auckland. (2003)
Ip, Manying (ed) Re-Examining Transnationalism in Australia and New Zealand Centre for the Studies of the Chinese Southern Diaspora, Australian National University, Canberra. (2001)
Ip, Manying. Dragons on the Long White Cloud: the Making of Chinese New Zealanders. Tandem Press, Auckland . (1996)
Ip, Manying. Home Away From Home, Lifestories of Chinese Women in New Zealand New Women’s Press, Auckland. (1990)
Book Chapters (Selected):
Ip, Manying. “Chinese Media in New Zealand: transnational outpost or unchecked floodtide?”. Wanning Sun ed. Media and the Chinese Diaspora: Community, Consumption, and Transnational Imagination. London: Routledge, 2006. pp.178-200.
Ip, Manying. “Asian New Zealanders: Emergent Political Leadership and Politicised Communities”. Michael Mintrom et al ed. Political Leadership in New Zealand. University of Auckland Press. Pp.153-175, 2006..
Ip, Manying & David Pang. “Sojourners, Model Minority and Multiple Identities”. James Liu et al ed. New Zealand Identities: Departures and Destinations.. Victoria University Press, November 2005. pp.174-190.
Ip Manying. “Seeking the Last Utopia: the Taiwanese in New Zealand”. Manying Ip ed. Unfolding History, Evolving Identity: the Chinese in New Zealand. Auckland University Press. 2003. Pp. 185-210.
Ip, Manying. “Immigrants and Transnationals: The New Zealand Chinese, Past and Present”. Perspectives on the Chinese Diaspora: Space, Place, Mobility, and Identity.Laurence J.C. Ma and Carolyn L. Cartier eds. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, USA. 2002. pp.339-359.
Ip, Manying. “Chinese Female Migration: From Exclusion to Transnationalism” Lyndon Fraser & Katie Pickles ed. Shifting Centres: Women and Migration in New Zealand History. Otago University Press, 2002. pp 149-166
Ip, Manying. “Trans-Tasman Parallels: As seen through a century of Chinese Migration, 1901-2001”. Arthur Grimes, Lydia Wevers & Ginny Sullivan ed. States of Mind: Australia and New Zealand 1901-2001. Institute of Policy Studies, Victoria University of Wellington. 2002. pp.81-94
Ip, Manying. “ Chinese Business Immigrants to New Zealand: Transnationals or Failed Investors?” Re-examining Chinese Transnationalism in Australia-New Zealand. Manying Ip ed. Centre for the Study of the Chinese Southern Diaspora, Australian National University. 2001. pp.45-59.
Ip, Manying. “Still Floating: No longer sojourners, but transnationals” in James Kember & Paul Clark ed. China and New Zealand: A Thriving Relationship Thirty Years On. New Zealand Asia Institute, The University of Auckland. pp.37-47.
Ip, Manying. “The Legal and Political Status of Chinese New Zealanders: Implications of the Treaty of Waitangi”. In Wang Ling-chi & Wang Gung-wu eds. The Chinese Diaspora: Selected Essays, Volume II, Times Academic Press, 1998. pp.217-230.
Ip, Manying. “Racism,Gender and the Politics of Migration” in Rosemary DuPlessis and Lynne Alice ed. Feminist Thought in Aotearoa New Zealand :Connections and Differences. Oxford University Press, 1998. pp. 43-51.
Ip, Manying. “The New Zealand Chinese” in Encyclopaedia of Chinese Overseas. Lyn Pan ed. Archipelago Press, Landmark Books, Singapore 1998. pp.286-292
Ip, Manying. “Chinese New Zealanders: Old Settlers and New Immigrants” in Immigration and National Identity in New Zealand: One People-Two Peoples-Many Peoples? Stuart W. Greif ed. Dunmore Press, Palmerston North. 1995. pp. 161-202.
Journal Articles (selected)
Ip, M. “Returnees and Transnationals: Evolving Identities of Chinese (PRC) Immigrants in New Zealand”. Journal of Population Studies. Vol 33, Decmeber 2006. Pp. 62-102.
Ip, M. “Maori-Chinese Encounters: Indigenous-immigrant interaction in New Zealand”. Asian Pacific Review. Vol 27 Number 2, June 2003. Pp.227-252.
IP,M., FRIESEN,w (2), ‘The New Chinese Community in New Zealand: Local outcomes of transnationalism’. The Asian Pacific Migration Journal. Vol.10, No.2, pp.213-240, 2001.
HO,E.(3), IP,M.,BEDFORD,R.(3) , “Transnational Hong Kong Chinese Families in the 1990s.” New Zealand Journal of Geography. April 2001. pp.24-30. 2001.
Ip, M. “Beyond the ‘Settler’ and ‘Astronaut’ Paradigms: A New Approach to the Study of the New Chinese Immigrants to New Zealand”, Asia-Pacific Migration Research Network, 2000. Massey University, Auckland. pp. 3-17. 2000.
Refereed Conference Proceedings over 10 articles, including:
IP, M. “Political Participation of the Chinese in New Zealand: with special reference to the Taiwanese Immigrants” in Proceedings II The 4th International Chinese Overseas Conference. Academia Sinica, Taipei, 26-29 April 2001. pp. 178-191. 2001.
IP,M. ‘New Zealand’s Chinese Communities, Race Relations and National Identity’ Inter-cultural Relations and Cultural Transformation of Ethnic Chinese Communities, Proceedings of ISSCO Conference, Manila, November 26-28, pp.210 -228. 1999.
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