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Kuʻulei Kanahele, PhD

Position, Department

Assistant Professor
Humanities

Contact Information

Email address: kuulei.kanahele@hawaii.edu

Courses Taught

  • HAW 101-102
  • HAW 201-202
  • HWST 100
  • HWST 101
  • HWST 102
  • HWST103
  • HWST 104
  • HWST 105
  • HWST 201

Research

  • 2021 Ka Papakū Makawalu: He Inoa No Hiʻiaka (dissertation)
  • 2016-2017 Hale Kuamoʻo
  • 2015-2022 USGS
  • 2008-present Papakū Makawalu
  • 1998 Emma: Hawaiʻi’s Remarkable Queen (George Kanahele)

Publications

  • Kauahikaua, J.P., Gaddis, B., Kanahele, K., Hon K., and Wasser, V. The Lava Flow that Came to Hilo – The 1880-81 Eruption of Mauna Loa Volcano, Island of Hawaiʻi (https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/sir20195129). Hawaiʻi: USGS Publications, 2019.
  • McGregor, D.P., Kanahele, K.H., Murakami, A., Neves, P.K. Impact of Maunakea-based Astronomy On Customary And Traditional Practices. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine AstroDecadal 2020: Panel on State of the Profession and Societal Impacts in 2019, 2019.
  • Muneoka, S., Kanahele, K., and Isaki. B. Kū Kiaʻi Mauna: Historical and Ongoing Resistance to Industrial Astronomy Development on Mauna Kea, Hawaiʻi. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine AstroDecadal 2020: Panel on State of the Profession and Societal Impacts in 2019, 2019.
  • Kanahele, K. Ke Kaʻao No Kamiki. Hawaiʻi: Hale Kuamoʻo, 2017.
  • Kanahele, K. No Kūkahauʻula. Hawaiʻi: Hale Kuamoʻo, 2017.
  • Kanahele, K. No Maunakea. Hawaiʻi: Hale Kuamoʻo, 2017.
  • Kanahele, K (translator). ʻAʻama Nui: Guardian Warrior Chief of Lālākea. Hawaiʻi: WCIT Architecture, 2013.
  • Kanahele, K (translator). Kai Ee: Pacific Tsunami & Climate Change Curriculum. Hawaiʻi: Pacific Tsunami Museum, 2013.
  • Kanahele, K (translator). Nākoloikalani. Aotearoa: H.A.N.A Ltd, 2004.
  • Kanahele, K. Luka Keʻelikōlani. Hawaiʻi: ʻAha Pūnana Leo, 1999.
  • Kanahele, K. Nāwāhīokalaniʻōpuʻu. Hawaiʻi: ʻAha Pūnana Leo, 1999.

Service

  • Humanities Department Chair. 2024-present
  • Warrior Aquatic Club, board of directors. 2022-present.
  • Curriculum Review Committee. 2017-2024.
  • Hoʻolulu Council. 2016-present.
    • Pūkoʻa Council. 2019-2020.
    • Community College Council of Native Hawaiian Chairs. 2019-2020.
  • Ka ʻĪkoi Leo Hawaiian Language Committee. 2016-2019.
  • Associate in Arts in Hawaiian Studies Program Coordinators Group. 2016-2017.
  • Distance Education Committee. 2016-2017.

Professional Activities

  • Preventing Harassment and Discrimination: Title IX/ Clery
  • UH Online 5-Week Summer Professional Development Program
  • Safe Zone
  • Intersections: Anti-Harassment – Title VII – Title IX – VAWA Section 304