Fiona Westbrook
Dr. Fiona Westbrook is a Senior Lecturer teaching Early Childhood Education in Te Kura Mātauranga (the School of Education) at Auckland University of Technology (AUT). Fiona was raised in England, with British and Irish ancestry, and moved to Aotearoa New Zealand as a young teenager. She is a former early childhood teacher and now lives in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland with her dog, Zeb. Her research explores political voice and dialogues among early childhood communities and has authored a monograph 'Crisis, Voice, and the Public Square' (Brill, 2026) and co-edited 'Visual Pedagogies for the Early Years' (Brill, 2026).