THE PEOPLE

Who We Are

Affiliate Faculty

Noelani Arista

Associate Professor of History

Malia Akutagawa

Assistant Professor of Law
Hui ʻĀina Momona core faculty with joint appointment in Richardson School of Law and Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge

Rosie Alegado

Associate Professor of Oceanography and Sea Grant

Leilani Basham

Associate Professor of Hawaiian Studies

Kamana Beamer

Associate Professor of Hawaiian Studies, Hui ʻĀina Momona core faculty with joint appointment in Richardson School of Law and Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge

Marie Alohalani Brown

Assistant Professor of Religion

Patricia Amaral Buskirk

Assistant Professor of Communications

Kimo Cashman

Faculty Specialist of Curriculum Studies, College of Education

Kahikina de Silva

Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Language

Kathy Ferguson

Professor of Political Science

Cynthia Franklin

Professor of English

Candace Fujikane

Associate Professor of English

Jonathan Goldberg-Hiller

Professor of Political Science

Ulla Hasager

Associate Specialist, Director of Civic Engagement

Vilsoni Hereniko

Professor of Film in the Academy of Creative Media

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Associate Professor of English

Craig Howes

Professor of English

Tarcisius Kabutaulaka

Associate Professor of Pacific Islands Studies

Lilikalā Kameʻeleihiwa

Professor of Hawaiian Studies

Julie Kaomea

Professor, Curriculum Studies

Kekuewa Kikiloi

Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Studies

Monica LaBriola

Assistant Professor of Pacific Islands History

Noa Lincoln

Assistant Professor of Tropical Plant and Soil Science

Melody MacKenzie

Professor of Law

Brandy Nālani McDougall

Associate Professor of American Studies

Davianna McGregor

Professor of Ethnic Studies

Laurel Mei-Singh

Assistant Professor of Ethnic Studies

Katrina-Ann Kapā Oliveira

Professor of Hawaiian Language

Jon Kamakawiwoʻole Osorio

Dean of Hawaiian Studies

Craig Santos Perez

Assistant Professor of English

Noelani Puniwai

Assistant Professor of Hawaiian Studies

Marie Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla

Assistant Professor of Human Nutrition

Noʻukahauʻoli Revilla

Assistant Professor of English

Nevzat Soguk

Professor of Political Science

Kapuaʻala Sproat

Professor of Law

Ty Kāwika Tengan

Associate Professor of Anthropology & Ethnic Studies

Lani Teves

Assistant Professor of Women’s Studies

Mehana Blaich Vaughan

Assistant Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Management, Hui ʻĀina Momona core faculty with joint appointment in Sea Grant College Program under the School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology

Joyce Pualani Warren

Assistant Professor of English

Erin Kahunawai Wright

Assistant Professor of Educational Administration

Lāiana Wong

Professor of Hawaiian Language