Congratulations to Tuiloma Dr. Manumaua Luafata Simanu-Klutz, or Fata, as she is widely known, on her recent achievement of tenure with automatic promotion to Associate Professor! Fata is Associate Professor of Samoan Language and Literatures in the Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literatures at UH Manoa. She is also a CPIS graduate and CPIS affiliate faculty. She completed an MA in Pacific Islands Studies at CPIS in 2001, and later completed a PhD in Pacific History at UH Manoa in 2011. Fa’afetai tele lava and Mahalo nui, Fata, for all your hard work and dedication…you’ve made us all very proud! #CPISfriends #makemanoayours

For a full list of tenure and promotion recipients at UH Manoa, visit:
https://www.hawaii.edu/news/2019/06/17/uh-2019-tenure-and-promotion-list/