Eloise Katherine Puia Jillings

Eloise Katherine Puia Jillings is a New Zealand academic, and is a full professor at Massey University, specialising in clinical pathology and veterinary education.

Early life and education Jillings is of Māori and Canadian descent, and affiliates to Ngāti Mārū. Her family moved to Canada when she was seven, and she returned to New Zealand at age 19 to study as a veterinarian. Jillings then joined the faculty of the university, rising to full professor in 2023. Jillings completed a PhD titled Rapua te mea ngaro. Exploring the access of Māori to Veterinary Education in Aotearoa New Zealand at Massey University in 2022.

Jillings teaches clinical pathology, and also has interests in student selection processes and Indigenous education. While this was portrayed in some coverage as a lowering of standards, Jillings felt it was unfair to continue to admit students based only on academic grades when some parts of their course would lead to them being assessed on different criteria.

Jillings is the New Zealand representative on the American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges' Council on International Veterinary Medical Education.

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