Dr. Taupōuri Tangarō

• ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi - 100 and 200 levels
• Kapuahi (General culture)- mythology
• ʻAikapu, Hawaiian Crafts, Chanting
• Capstone (2025)
• Hula - 100 and 200 levels

Selected Publications

• Tangaro, Taupouri (2010). Malaeha’ako’a: The Dancing Priest. Barbara Pope Publishing, Honolulu, Hawai’i.
• Tangarō, Taupōuri (2009). Lele Kawa, Fire Rituals of Pele. Kamehameha Publishing, Honolulu (Second Edition)
• Barkhoff, H., & Tangarō, T (2009). Spirituality in Imagery. Application of the Hawaiian Ki’i Concept into Sport Psychology. International Journal of Religion and Sport.
• Barkhoff, H., & Tangarō, T. (2008). Uluakea – Hawai’i Place-Based Educational Teaching of Sport Psychology. In V. Karandashev (Ed.) Third International Conference on the Teaching of Psychology Conference Proceedings. Saint Petersburg
• Tangarō, Taupōuri, Ph.D., (2007). “Lele Kawa, Fire Rituals of Pele”. Hawai’i Community College & The Edith Kanaka’ole Foundation, Hilo, Hawai’i
• H. Keith Edwards, Judith L. Gersting, Taupōuri Tangarō (2007). “Teaching Alice in Hawai’i: Cultural Perspectives”. 37th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, Milwaukee, WI
• Tangarō, Taupōuri, Ph.D (2006). “Kona Kai Ola Project, Kealakehe and Keahuʻolū Ahupua’a, Hawai’I Island, Cultural Impact Assessment”. Oceanit Laboratories, Inc., Honolulu, Hawai’iv Kanahele, Kekuhi, and Kaipo Frias (Taupōuri Tangarō) (2005). “Nākoloikalani”. H.A.N.A. Ltd., Mana, Porirua, Aotearoa
• Tangarō, Taupōuri, Ph.D (2005). “Ka’ū Preserve, Hawai’i Island, Cultural Impact Assessment”. The Nature Conservancy- Hawai’i Operating Unit, Honolulu
• Frias, John M. IV (Taupōuri Tangarō) (2004). Doctoral Dissertation, “Ritualizing the Flame: A Heuristic Investigation into the Haki Kino, Body Breaking Exercise of Hālau O Kekuhi”. Union Institute & University, Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Rose Duhon-Sells, Doctoral Chair
• Kanahele, Kekuhi, and Kaipo Frias (Taupōuri Tangarō) (1997). “‘Aha Pāwalu”. Kaho’olawe Island Reserve, Honolulu, Hawai’i
• Original Manuscript Currently in Editorial Review with Kamehameha Publishing and Barbara Pope Books, Honolulu
• Ritualizing the Flame: A Heuristic Investigation into the Haki Kino, Body-Breaking Rituals of Hālau O Kekuhi (Doctoral Dissertation)

Signature Contribution to Hawai’i Knowledge

• UNUKUPUKUPU - Founder and director of HawCCʻs AA Hawaiian Studies- Hula program
• Kaʻao Transformational Framework (Founder) - Transforming and indigenizing the academic experience. This service is open to all ten campuses and to UH partners.
• Kīpaepae Hawaiian Protocols (Founder) - We practice Hawaiian protocols to transform campuses into Hawaiian spaces for learning. This service is open to all ten campuses and to UH partners.
• Hawaiʻi Pāmaomao Indigenous Exchange Program (Founder) - Growing worldwide Indigenous networking to inform UHʻs commitment to transform into an Indigenous-serving institution. 
  Hawaiʻi Papa O Ke Ao is the University of Hawaiʻiʻs Strategic Imperative to Transform into a model indigenous-serving institution of higher education. The service is open to all ten campuses and UH partners.
• Kūkūʻena (Founder) - A hula program for our UHH and HawCC employees to grow intra-inter-campus networking to serve our learners and their communities better.
• Haʻakūmalae (Founder) - Hawaiian protocols and cultural programming (non-credit) to grow informed communities to support student success better.
• Uluākea (Founder) - Indigenizing curricula and services program at UH Hilo.
• Director (Acting) of Hawaiian Culture & Protocols Engagement - Serving HawCC and UHHilo, delivering transformative services to bridge the campuses to better serve our transferring learners.
• Hawaiʻi Papa O Ke Ao (HPOKA) - An original council member with service to all 10 campuses and UH partners and with direct report to the UH President.
• Selected Committee Services - Education Policy Committee, CERC, Kīpaepae Committee, and Kaʻao Kaʻikaʻi (Strategic Planning).