New Zealand Project Support, 2009
PhD research on the responses of American immigrant communities to 9/11, towards a doctorate at City University of New York
New Zealand Project Support, 2008
Studies in Visual Culture at New York University, focusing on costume studies and textile conversation, culminating in a Master’s degree. After her return to Auckland in 2010, she developed an exhibition of works drawing on her US experience and toured the North Island to visit weavers and their communities.
New Zealand Project Support, 2007
Studies on indigenous rights and treaty issues, leading to a Master’s degree in anthropology at Columbia University. Steele then became Second Secretary in New Zealand’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations.
New Zealand Project Support, 2007
Studies on traditional New Zealand woven cloaks at New York University, culminating in a Master’s degree in Museum Studies focusing on cultural heritage. After earning her MA, White returned to New Zealand to work as an Exhibition Developer at the Auckland Museum.
New Zealand Project Support, 2006
Studies in rhetoric, composition, literary theory and pedagogy at the University of Pittsburgh
New Zealand Project Support, 2006
Studies in cultural studies and interdisciplinary theory at the University of Chicago