{"id":181583,"date":"2023-08-08T17:41:39","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T03:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=181583"},"modified":"2023-08-08T17:41:39","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T03:41:39","slug":"kawaiaea-interim-uh-hilo-vc-academic-affairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/08\/08\/kawaiaea-interim-uh-hilo-vc-academic-affairs\/","title":{"rendered":"Kawai\u02bbae\u02bba named interim 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo vice chancellor for academic affairs"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa<\/span> has been appointed University of Hawaiʻi<\/span> at Hilo<\/a> interim vice chancellor for academic affairs effective August 14, 2023.<\/p>\n

Kawaiʻaeʻa<\/span> is currently the director of the 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo Ka Haka ʻUla<\/span> O Keʻelikōlani<\/span> College of Hawaiian Language<\/a>, a position she has held since 2013. In addition, she is an associate professor of Hawaiian studies<\/a>, Hawaiian and Indigenous teacher education<\/a> and graduate courses.<\/p>\n

Her career at 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo began in 1992 as an educational specialist and served as founding director of the Kahuawaiola Indigenous Teacher Education Program<\/a> (1998–2012), director of Hale Kuamoʻo<\/span> Hawaiian Language and Culture Center<\/a> (1995–2008) and (2015–18).<\/p>\n

“As a senior faculty member with a stellar record and numerous ties to the community, Dr. Kawaiʻaeʻa<\/span> is well prepared to lead academic affairs at this pivotal moment in the history of our campus,” 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo Chancellor Bonnie D. Irwin said. “I look forward to working with her in this new capacity.”<\/p>\n

Kawaiʻaeʻa<\/span> is also a founding partner of Ulukau<\/a>, a Hawaiian language digital library of Native Hawaiian reference material for cultural and Hawaiian language studies.<\/p>\n

Additionally, she has served as both principal and co-investigator of numerous grant awards and contracts, an active participant in state, national, international, and Indigenous professional activities and services, lead author and co-author of research and artistic publications, and the recipient of professional honors, recognitions, and awards. <\/p>\n

Kawaiʻaeʻa<\/span> earned her PhD<\/abbr> in interdisciplinary studies with a specialization in Indigenous education from Union Institute and University, professional diploma in education from Chaminade University, and MEd<\/abbr> and BA<\/abbr> from 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> M\u0101noa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Keiki Kawaiʻaeʻa<\/span> started her career at 糖心Vlog官方<\/abbr> Hilo in 1992 as an educational specialist. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1193],"tags":[1500,316,14],"class_list":["post-181583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-administrative","tag-hawaiian-studies","tag-ka-haka-ula-o-keelikolani","tag-uh-hilo","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=181583"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":181592,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/181583\/revisions\/181592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=181583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=181583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=181583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}