kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui
kuʻualoha hoʻomanawanui is a Native Hawaiian author who is known for her scholarship on Pele.
Early life and education[edit]
Born in Kailua, Oʻahu, hoʻomanawanui also spent part of her childhood on Kauaʻi at Wailua Homesteads.[1] Attending the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa as an undergraduate, hoʻomanawanui earned her B.A. in Hawaiian Studies, an M.A. in Polynesian Religion, and PhD in English literature at the university.[1] While in graduate school, hoʻomanawanui was a founding editor of ʻŌiwi: A Native Hawaiian Journal. She became the chief editor after the passing of Mahealani Dudoit.[1]
Career[edit]
hoʻomanawanui has been a full professor with the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa since 2007,[2] teaching Native Hawaiian literature and Pacific (Oceanic) literature. Her focus is on moʻolelo, especially the legends of the Hawaiian goddess Pele. hoʻomanawanui is the first Native Hawaiian with a tenure track position in the Department of English at the University of Hawaiʻi.[3] Her work received an honorable mention for the Modern Language Association Prize for Studies in Native American Literatures, Cultures, and Languages.[4]
Bibliography[edit]
- hoʻomanawanui, kuʻualoha (2014). Voices of fire : reweaving the literary lei of Pele and Hi'iaka. Minneapolis. ISBN 978-1-4529-4120-2. OCLC 881732359.
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References[edit]
- ^ a b c ":: Tradewinds -- Department of English -- University of Hawaii at Manoa ::". 2012-05-16. Archived from the original on 2012-05-16. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ^ "UH Will Allow Students To Earn Credit While Protesting TMT". Honolulu Civil Beat. 2019-08-06. Retrieved 2021-03-18.
- ^ "Pele's Ph.D." Hana Hou!. Retrieved 2021-03-25.
- ^ "Reweaving of Pele and Hiiaka literature honored by MLA | University of Hawaiʻi System News". Retrieved 2021-03-25.
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