The Pacific Islands Studies affiliate instructional faculty and other Pacific specialists are available on campus and in other institutions in Honolulu, such as the Bishop Museum and the East-West Center. Most of the affiliate faculty are distributed among the disciplines of American studies, anthropology, art, botany, economics, English, ethnic studies, geography, Hawaiian studies, Hawaiian language, history, Indo-Pacific languages, linguistics, music, social work, and sociology. Others are from the College of Education, Hamilton Library, the School of Medicine, and the Richardson School of Law. Their courses are part of the center’s instructional program, and they serve on student committees and the center’s editorial boards.
The center’s current affiliate faculty includes:
Cristina Bacchilega, PhD (Emerita)
UHM Department of English
James M. Bayman, PhD
UHM Department of Anthropology
Andrea Berez-Kroeker, PhD
UHM Department of Linguistics
Marie Alohalani Brown, PhD
UHM Department of Religion
William R. Chapman, PhD
UHM Department of American Studies
Kealani Cook, PhD
UHWO Department of Humanities
Stuart Dawrs, MA
UHM Pacific Collection
Joseph D. Foukuna, PhD
UHM Department of History
Joseph Genz, PhD
UHH Department of Anthropology
Alexander Golub, PhD
UHM Department of Anthropology
Noelani Goodyear-Kaʻōpua, PhD
UHM Department of Political Science
David Hanlon, PhD (Emeritus)
UHM Department of History
Jaimey Hamilton Faris, PhD
UHM Department of Art and Art History
Ulla Hasager, PhD
UHM Department of Ethnic Studies
Mary Therese Perez Hattori, EdD
East-West Center, Pacific Islands Development Program
Vilsoni Hereniko, PhD
UHM School of Cinematic Arts
ku‘ualoha ho‘omanawanui, PhD
UHM Department of English
Gary Holton, PhD
UHM Department of Linguistics
Lilikalā Kame‘eleihiwa, PhD
UHM Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies
Patrick Kirch, PhD
UHM Department of Anthropology
Eleanor Kleiber, MLIS, MAS
UHM Pacific Collection
Monica C. LaBriola, PhD
UHM Department of History
Jason Leigh, PhD
UHM School of Cinematic Arts
Ryan Longman, PhD
East-West Center, Pacific Islands Development Program
Margaret J Maaka, PhD
UHM College of Education, Curriculum Studies
John Mayer, PhD
UHM Department of Indo-Pacific Languages and Literature (Samoan language)
Brandy McDougall, PhD
UHM Department of American Studies
Davianna Pomaika‘i McGregor, PhD
UHM Department of Ethnic Studies
Mark Merlin, PhD
UHM Department of Botany
Luciano Minerbi, DArch (Emeritus)
UHM Department of Urban and Regional Planning
Kirsten Oleson, PhD
UHM Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Management
Kapā Oliveira, PhD
UHM Kawaihuelani Center for Hawaiian Language
Jamaica Heolimeleikalani Osorio, PhD
UHM Department of Political Science
Jonathan Kamakawiwo‘ole Osorio, PhD
UHM Hawaiʻinuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge
Craig Santos Perez, PhD
UHM Department of English
Seth Quintas, PhD
Department of Anthropology
Barry V. Rolett, PhD
UHM Department of Anthropology
John P. Rosa, PhD
UHM Department of History
Noenoe Silva, PhD
UHM Department of Political Science
Tammy Tabe, PhD
East-West Center, Pacific Islands Development Program
Derek Taira, PhD
UHM College of Education, Educational Foundations
Ty Kawika Tengan, PhD
UHM Department of Ethnic Studies and Department of Anthropology
Tamara Ticktin, PhD
UHM Department of Botany
James Perez Viernes, PhD
East-West Center, Pacific Islands Development Program
Tarisi Vunadilo, PhD
UHH Department of Anthropology
Deborah Waite, PhD (Emerita)
UHM Department of Art and Art history
Joyce Pualani Warren, PhD
UHM Department of English