E D U C A T I O N

Dissertation:
Eros and Power: The Promise of Feminist Theory

University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. Political Science - 1981 (Emphasis in Political Theory)

University of Wisconsin-Madison
M.A. Political Science - 1975

University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.A. Political Science - 1972
(with Distinction; Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi)


A W A R D S

1997
One of the “Ninety Fabulous Faculty” chosen by the University of Hawai‘i Administration to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the University

1994
Gustavus Myers Award for "Outstanding Book" in the Area of Human Rights for From a Native Daughter: Colonialism and Sovereignty in Hawai‘i.

1992
“Islander of the Year” (1991) chosen by Honolulu Magazine

1991
One of the "Pacific Women of the Year" (1991) chosen by
Pacific Islands Monthly, largest circulation magazine in the Pacific

1982
Alu Like Award for Outstanding Hawaiian Women


F E L L O W S H I P S

1998 - 1999
Pacific-Basin Research Center Fellowship, Harvard University

1996
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Writer-in-Residence,
Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico

1993 - 1994
Rockefeller Residency Fellowship, Center for Studies in Ethnicity
and Race, University of Colorado at Boulder

1989
William Evans Visiting Fellow in Maori Studies, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand

1984
American Council of Learned Societies Research Fellow

1984
International Institute of Human Rights
(Strasbourg, France) Fellow

1982
Hawai‘i Cultural Research Foundation Fellowship

1982
Center for Asian and Pacific Studies Fellowship, Hawai‘i



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