Fall 2025

Schwalger Named 2024 Norman Meller Research Award Recipient

Congratulations to history alumna Tess Schwalger for being awarded the Norman Meller Research Award from the UHM Center for Pacific Island Studies. The award honors her M.A. thesis completed in Summer 2024, “Siva Siva Mai: Siva Sāmoa and Samoan Women in Diaspora” (UH login required).

More information on the Norman Meller Research Award can be found on the Center for Pacific Islands Studies website here.