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