Warmest congratulations to your graduation and for all your achievements. Billie Lee defended her dissertation on May 2, 2024. The title of her dissertation was "Scenes of Pedagogy: Art and the Politics of Possibility." Currently, she is...
Congratulations on your graduation and for all your achievements. Halena Kapuni-Reynolds's dissertation defended his dissertation on May 3, 2024. The title of his dissertation is: "Kuʻu Home ʻO Keaukaha: He Lei Moʻolelo No Ka ʻĀina Aloha (My Home,...
Ya-Chu (Yana) Chang received her Ph.D. in American Studies at the end of the Spring 2023 semester. She recently accepted the position of Assistant Professor specializing in American Literature in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at the...
Congratulations to Halena Kapuni-Reynolds! Halena was featured on Hawaiʻi News Now, Thursday, January 11th, 2024, on the evening news. He is currently an Associate Curator of of Native Hawaiian History and Culture at the Smithsonianʻs National Museum of the American Indian. The...
In a first for the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI), Halena Kapuni-Reynolds, a PhD candidate in the Department of American Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, has been appointed associate curator for Native Hawaiian history...
A big congratulations to Yana Chang on passing her dissertation defense. We wish you the very best. ...
Congratulations to Halena Kapuni-Reynolds! On August 24th, Halena will start a new job as an Associate Curator at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) with a focus on Native Hawaiian History and Culture. Luckily for all of us, he will remain in...
Please join us for our forthcoming panel on "Insurgent Diasporic / Indigenous / Afro-Asian Ecologies," co-sponsored by the American Studies department. Please see below for more information. Insurgent Diasporic / Indigenous / Afro-Asian Ecologies Moderator: Aree Worawongasu (UH Mānoa) Panelists: Katherine Achacoso (UH Mānoa/...
A big congratulations to our very own Brentley Sandlin who received an inaugural Elizabeth Spann Award in the amount of $1,500. Brentley is planning to travel to Anadarko, Oklahoma in August to collaborate with Linda Poolaw, the daughter of...
Description Discover empowering ways to think through gender no matter your gender identity. Join a panel of trans* folks as we consider the creative power of gender euphoria and discuss lessons we can learn from the trans* experience. This workshop will...