JSS News
New General Issue ready!
Following an unexpected lapse due to the COVID-19 global pandemic and personnel changes, The Journal of Sāmoan Studies is pleased to announce that a new General Issue is now complete and ready for publication. JSS Volume 14, No. 1 features 10 Peer Reviewed Articles, 1 Research Report and 1 Shorter Communication. The new issue will be launched in September in Apia.
JSS Volume 14, No 1 Issue Cover, 2024. Cover design by Nadia Va’a.
JSS has a new Chief Editor
Following the retirement of Professor Penelope Schoeffel Meleisea in December 2023, founder and inaugural editor of The Journal of Sāmoan Studies, the role of Chief Editor has now been taken up by Dr. Dionne Fonoti. Dr. Fonoti is a lecturer in CSS’ Archaeology and Cultural Heritage Department, and also manages the NUS Research Museum. She is humbled by the opportunity to serve as Chief Editor of JSS, adding that, “it is truly an honor for me to follow in the footsteps of Professor Schoeffel in this role. We’re both anthropologists and Penny was instrumental in helping me develop as a scholar, writer and researcher. I look forward to carrying on what she so skillfully started and hope to take it even further.”
NUS and CSS relay their deepest gratitude and thanks to Professor Schoeffel for her years of commitment to establishing and nurturing The Journal of Sāmoan Studies. Malo le fa’aeaea!
Professor Penelope Schoeffel Meleisea, founder and inaugural Editor of JSS. Courtesy of CSS.
Current Issue Contents: Volume 14, No. 1
Peer Reviewed Articles
United States Deportation Policy and its effects on Sāmoan Deportees, Dr. Timothy Fadgen
Servant Leadership and Indigenous Sāmoan Organic, Epenesa Esera
Corporal Punishment and Fa’aSāmoa: Road to Success, Tavita Lipine
Humans of Apia: Building a Chronology of Pre-Colonial Human Activity in the Nu’u Mavae of Apia, Dionne Fonoti, Greg Jackmond and Brian Alofaituli
A short account of the long history of chiefly female leadership in Sāmoa, Penelope Schoeffel and Malama Meleisea
O Le Faamati’e, Faae’etia, O Atina’ega ma le una’ia a avanoa mo tina ma tama’ita’i Sāmoa – Atoa ai ma o latou aia tatau faa-le-tulafono, Namulauulu Dr. Gaualofa Masoe Toga Potoi ma Fesola’i Aleni Sofara
A Culturally appropriate Classroom Management Practice at the National University of Sāmoa, Pauline Nafo’i
Understanding The Curriculum Process – Business Studies in Sāmoa, Faalogo Teleuli Mafoa
Reflection-In-Action as a model for Reflection: A tertiary teacher’s account from Sāmoa, Sesilia Lauano
Sāmoan Elders’ Understanding of Age, Ageing and Wellness , Falegau Melanie Lilomaiava Silulu, Professor Stephen Neville, Dr. Sara Napier, Professor Camille Nakhid, Emeritus professor Peggy Fairbairn-Dunlop, Dr. Leulua’ali’i Laumua Tunufa’i, Dr. Fa’alava’au Juliet Boon
Research Reports
Results of a qualitative survey of Sāmoan workers in Australia’s Pacific labor mobility programme (PALM), Angela Anya Fatupaito, Dora Neru-Fa’aofo, Temukisa Satoa-Penisula, Loimata Poasa, Malotau Lafolafoga, Ielome Ah Tong, Fiu Leota Sanele Leota, Penelope Schoeffel and Kalissa Alexeyeff
Gender equity, equality and empowerment for Sāmoan women, Aruna Tuala, Felila Saufoi Amituanai and Raphael Semel
Shorter Communications
When the Land and Titles Court of Sāmoa exceeds its Jurisdictions: A critical review of LTC unlawful decision involving Sāmoan Customary Land Lease, Fesola’i Aleni Sofara