Specialist
yukajp@hawaii.edu | (808) 956-0630 | C-105P
Academic Degrees
- PhD (American Studies), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- MPH (Social & Behavioral Health Sciences), University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
- BPHE (Physical Health Education & Kinesiology), University of Toronto
Courses taught
- PH641 Advanced Topics in Health Policy
- PH646 Grant Writing
- PH792U Effective Writing in Public Health
Dr. Yuka Polovina works on academic and workforce pathways in public health, including trainings in collaboration with the Department of Health. She is an interdisciplinary educator with pedagogical interests in social and educational equity. Her research interests include gender equity in sports and physical activity, menstrual health, as well as understanding people’s lived experiences with disease, health, and sports participation, which are highly contextualized. Specifically, Dr. Polovina is engaged in how the humanities can illuminate socio-historical nuances of those experiences. Her scholarly fields are in body politics, contemporary life narratives (an intersectional approach), gender and American Studies.
