Author Profiles:

Essay by Ku'ualoha Ho'omanawanui

I was born on O'ahu and am of Kanaka Maoli descent. I grew up in California and returned to Hawaii nei in 1985.  In 1991, I earned my bachelor's in Hawaiian language, and immediately began teaching Hawaiian here at UH Manoa. In 1993, I completed a master's degree in Library and Information Studies, and in 1999 earned my doctorate in political science. My dissertation re-examined Hawaiian historiography through Hawaiian language sources. I joined the faculty of political science in Fall 2001. I continue to teach courses in Hawaiian occasionally. My book Aloha Betrayed: Native Hawaiian Resistance to American Colonialism was published by Duke University Press in August 2004.

Noenoe K. Silva