Melissa Williams (academic)
Melissa Williams may refer to: * Melissa Williams (political scientist), American academic who specialises in democratic theory and comparative political theory * Melissa Williams (historian), New Zealand academic who specialises in history and indigenous studies * Melissa L. Williams (born 1987), American actress and model * Melissa Williams (skateboarder) Melissa Williams (born 12 June 1985) is a South African skateboarder. She competed in the women's park event at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics and was the oldest woman participating in skateboarding at the Games. Biography Williams was born and g ...

Melissa Williams (political Scientist)
Melissa S. Williams (born 1960) is an American academic who specialises in democratic theory and comparative political theory. She was the founding director of the University of Toronto's Centre for Ethics. As of 2018, she is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. She gained an MESc from Bryn Mawr College and AM and PhD degrees from Harvard University. Her doctoral advisers were Judith Shklar and Dennis F. Thompson. Her PhD thesis won the American Political Science Association's Leo Strauss Award. A major work is the book ''Voice, Trust, and Memory: Marginalized Groups and the Failings of Liberal Representation'', published by Princeton University Press (1998), which won a First Book Award in political theory or political philosophy from the American Political Science Association in 1999. She has been editor of the journal ''NOMOS'' of the American Society for Political and Legal Philosophy. Selected publications ;Books *Melissa S. Willia ...
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Melissa Williams (historian)
Melissa Matutina Williams is a historian, author and academic in the field of indigenous studies. She has contributed research about the urbanisation of Māori in New Zealand that started in the 1960s. Early life and education Williams was born in Auckland, and affiliates to the Māori nations of Te Rarawa and Ngāti Maru. When she was 13 years old, she went to Panguru, a settlement in the northern Hokianga in Northland, where she lived with her grandmother. Williams has qualifications from the University of Auckland. She completed Bachelor of Arts degrees in sociology and history, the latter with first-class honours. She went on to earn a Master of Arts degree with first-class honours in history, and a PhD in history. Her doctoral thesis was titled ''Back-home and home in the city: Māori migrations from Panguru to Auckland, 1930–1970''. Career Since 2013, Williams has held a lecturer position at the University of Auckland. Her published book ''Panguru and the City: Kāin ...
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Melissa L
Melissa is a feminine given name. The name comes from the Greek word μέλισσα (''mélissa''), "bee", which in turn comes from μέλι (''meli''), "honey". In Hittite, ''melit'' signifies "honey". Melissa is a common variant form, with others being Malissa, Melesa, Melessa, Meliza, Mellisa, Melosa, and Molissa. According to Greek mythology, perhaps reflecting Minoan culture, making her the daughter of a Cretan king Melisseus, whose ''-issos'' ending is Pre-Greek, Melissa was a nymph who discovered and taught the use of honey and from whom bees were believed to have received their name. She was one of the nymph nurses of Zeus, sister to Amaltheia, but rather than feeding the baby milk, Melissa, appropriately for her name, fed him honey. Or, alternatively, the bees brought honey straight to his mouth. Because of her, ''Melissa'' became the name of all the nymphs who cared for the patriarch god as a baby. Melissa can also be spelled Mellissa, Mellisa, Melisa, Malissa, Ma ...
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