Biography for Teresa Evans-Turner

Teresa Evans-Turner is a Research Assistant at the Donald Beasley Institute and has been a member of the team since August 2007. Teresa was born in Wellington but has lived the majority of her life both here in Dunedin and Waikouaiti.

Educated and Head Girl at East Otago High School, she went on to complete a Bachelor of Tourism, Minor in Geography, PGDip in Tourism and Masters in Tourism at Otago University.

While studying, Teresa worked at the Dunedin Public Library as a student librarian, was in charge of the Tourism Departmental Library and also tutored first and third year tourism students at Otago University. Having recently graduated from university Teresa has gained an interest in research and research methodologies and hopes to further her career in this aspect.

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