Past Fellows & Mentors

(l-r) Dr. Kiana Frank, No‘eau Peralto, Kealoha Fox.

Kealoha Fox, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in biomedical sciences with specialization in clinical research, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Mentor: Dr. Kamana‘opono Crabbe, Chief Executive Officer, Office of Hawaiian Affairs.

Kiana Frank, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. in molecular cell biology (2013), Harvard University.
Mentor: Dr. Davianna McGregor, professor of ethnic studies, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

No‘eau Peralto, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in political science, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Mentor: Dr. Noelani Goodyear-Ka‘ōpua, associate professor of political science, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Kahikina de Silva, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in the Political Science program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Mentor: Noenoe K. Silva, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Natalie Kurashima, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in the Botany program at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.
Mentor: Tamara Ticktin, Ph.D., Professor of Botany, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa.

Mehana Vaughan, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Environmental Studies (2013), Stanford University.
Mentor: Louise Fortmann, Ph.D., Professor of the Graduate School and Professor Emerita, Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management, University of California, Berkeley.

Noelani P. Puniwai, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. in Natural Resources & Environmental Management.
Mentor: Craig Severance, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Anthropology, College of Arts and Sciences, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo.

Liza Keānuenueokalani Williams, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. in American Studies at New York University.
Mentor: Vernadette Gonzalez, Ph.D., Associate Professor, American Studies, and Director, Honors Program, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Noa Kekuewa Lincoln, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. Interdisciplinary Environmental Research (2013), Stanford University.
Mentor: Kamanamaikalani Beamer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Hui ‘Āina Momona, Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge and Richardson School of Law, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Rebecca ‘Ilima Luning, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. Developmental Psychology (2013), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.
Mentor: Keiki K.C. Kawai‘ae‘a, Ph.D., Director, Ka Haka ‘Ula O Ke‘elikōlani College of Hawaiian Language, University of Hawai‘i at Hilo.

Eōmailani Keonaonalikookalehua Kukahiko, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in Education, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Joseph Zilliox, Ph.D., Professor, Institute for Teacher Education, College of Education, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Bryan Gene Kamaoli Kuwada, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in English, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Craig Howes, Ph.D. Director, Center for Biographical Research and Professor, Department of English, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu K. Lipe, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in Education Administration, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Dean Maenette Ah Nee-Benham, Ed.D., Hawai‘inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Brandy Nālani McDougall, Postdoctoral Fellow, Ph.D. English (2011), University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Cristina Bacchilega, Ph.D., Professor, Department of English, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

Iokepa Casumbal-Salazar, Doctoral Fellow, Ph.D. candidate in Indigenous Politics, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Mentor: Noenoe K. Silva, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa.

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

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.

‘ŌiwiHawai‘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.

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.

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.

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 InfrastructureMinority Institute (RIMI), University of Hawai‘i at Hilo.

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