UH Manoa Chancellor’s Citation for Meritorious Teaching
Manoa’s Meritorious Teachers
Wendell Kekailoa Perry
Hawaiian Studies
Wendell Kekailoa Perry is an assistant professor at the Hawai‘inuiakea School of Hawaiian Knowledge. He is an emerging kanaka maoli scholar and new leader in higher education.
He is an influential teacher through courses such as Hawaiian Institutions: Trusts, Organizations and Governments, Native Hawaiian Rights and Practices and Hawai‘i: Center of the Pacific.
He has been described as having the rare ability “to effectively teach as an indigenous educator about issues critical to the well-being of indigenous peoples to students who may or may not be indigenous, and who may or may not be receptive.”
Perry’s many commitments to teaching include being a grant writer and principal investigator of Ka Papa Lo‘i o Kanewai Cultural Resource Center, where Manoa students and community members join in learning about cultural practices.
The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa Chancellor’s Citation for Meritorious Teaching recognizes Manoa faculty members who have made significant contributions to teaching and student learning.
Select a recipient for more about that individual or view winners from 2002–2006.
