Mellon Hawai'i Fellows

Past Fellows and Mentors

2012-2013 Fellows

Marie Alohalani Brown, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in English, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Ku‘ualoha Ho‘manawanui, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Hawaiian Literature, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Kaipo Perez, III, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in Zoology, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Ku‘ulei Rodgers, Ph.D., Assistant Researcher, University of Hawai‘i, Hawai‘i Institute of Marine Biology, Coral Reef Ecology Laboratory.

Katrina-Ann Rose-Marie Kapā‘anaokalāokeola Nakoa Oliveira, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. Geography (2006), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Noenoe K. Silva, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

2011-2012 Fellows

Kekuewa Kikiloi, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in Anthropology at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Kēhaunani Abad, Ph.D., Director/Publisher, Kamehameha Publishing, Kamehameha Schools.

Larry L. Kimura, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in Hawaiian and Indigenous Language and Culture Revitalization at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. Mentor: William H. Wilson, Ph.D., Professor, Ka Haka ‘Ula o Ke‘eleikōlani College of Hawaiian Language, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo.

Renee Pualani Louis, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D., Geography (2008) University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Everett A. Wingert, Ph.D., Chair of Geography Department, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

‘OiwiHawai‘iokalani Parker Jones, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D., Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics (2010) University of Oxford. Mentor: John Coleman, Ph.D., University Lecturer in Phonetics and Director of the Phonetics Laboratory, University of Oxford.

2010-2011 Fellows

Keao NeSmith, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in Applied Linguistics at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, New Zealand. Mentor: Winifred H. Crombie, Ph.D., Associate Professor (Language and Language Education), School of Māori and Pacific Development (SMPD), Te Pua Wānanga ki te Ao, University of Waikato, New Zealand.

Hiapokeikikāne Kichie Perreira, ABD Ph.D. candidate in the Hawaiian and Indigenous Language and Culture Revitalization Program at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. Mentor: Charles M. Langlas, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ka Haka ‘Ula o Ke‘elikōlani Hawaiian Language College, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo.

Noe Noe Wong-Wilson, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in the School of Maori and Pacific Development, University of Waikato, New Zealand. Mentor: Hamilton I. McCubbin, Ph.D., Professor and Director of Research, University of Hawai‘i School of Social Work.

Leilani Basham, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D., Political Science (2007), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Noenoe K. Silva, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D., History of Consciousness (2005), University of California, Santa Cruz. Mentor: Charles R. Lawrence III, J.D., William S. Richardson School of Law; Centennial University Professor, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa; and Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.

2009-2010 Fellows

Ku‘ualoha Ho‘omanawanui, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. in English, Department of English, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Cristina Bacchilega, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of English, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Karen Na‘auali‘i Amimoto Ingersoll, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. in Political Science, Department of Political Science, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Michael J. Shapiro, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Kauanoe Kamanā, Doctoral Fellow, earning a Ph.D. in Hawaiian Language and Indigenous Language and Culture Revitalization at the College of Hawaiian Language, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo. Mentor: Kalena Silva, Ph.D., Director of Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo.

2008-2009 Fellows

Noelani Arista, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in History, Brandeis University, Boston, Massachusetts. Mentor: Dr. Jane Kamensky, Associate Professor of American History, Brandeis University.

B. Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. in Geography from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Dr. Jon Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio, Associate Professor and Director of Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Sydney Lehua Iaukea, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Dr. Hokulani Aikau, Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Kathleen Kawelu, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. in Anthropology, specializing in Archaeology, University of California at Berkeley. Mentor: Dr. Peter Mills, Professor and Chair, Anthropology Department, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo.

Nanette Nālani Sing, Doctoral Fellow, received a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Educational Leadership and Systems, Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Mentor: Dr. Dyanne Affonso, Director of the Research Infrastructure Minority Institute (RIMI), University of Hawai‘i at Hilo.

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