Elizabeth Ann McKinley ONZM is a New Zealand academic and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Melbourne.

[3] After a 2003 PhD titled Brown Bodies, White Coats: Postcolonialism, Māori Women and Science at the University of Waikato,[4] McKinley moved to the University of Auckland, rising to full professor and moving to the University of Melbourne.

[3][5][6] In the 2015 Queen's Birthday Honours, McKinley was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to education and Māori.

[7] Notable doctoral students include Melinda Webber and Georgina Stewart.

[8][9] McKinley is Māori of Ngāti Kahungunu ki Wairarapa and Ngāi Tahu descent.