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M.A.Thesis Committees <br /> 2013-2014 Ray Estrella(HWST Committee member)-completed(S2o14) <br /> 2013-present Ku'ulei Garcia(HAW Committee member)-ongoing <br /> Undergraduate Committees <br /> 2013-present Kawena Elkington(Interdisciplinary Studies co-advisor)-ongoing <br /> 2013-present Lilia Merrin(Honors Committee advisor)-ongoing <br /> Grants&Contracts: <br /> 2014 Kohala i ka Unupa'a-Malama`Aina Field Methods Summer Training Program. <br /> Contracted by Kamehameha Schools to U.H.Manoa Center for Hawaiian Studies; PI: <br /> Kekuewa Kikiloi. <br /> 2014 Ethnohistorical Study of Ka`u.Contracted by Kamehameha Schools to Nohopapa Hawaii, <br /> LLC; PI: Kekuewa Kikiloi&Kelley Uyeoka. <br /> 2014 Restoration planning for Ahu a Umi. Contracted by Kamehameha Schools to Nohopapa <br /> Hawaii,LLC; PI: Kekuewa Kikiloi&Kelley Uyeoka. <br /> 2014 Monitoring for Pa'aiau Fishpond.Sub-contracted by Pono Pacific LLC to Nohopapa <br /> Hawaii LLC, PI: Kekuewa Kikiloi&Kelley Uyeoka. <br /> 2011 Cultural research for the Northwestern Hawaiian Island. Contracted by Office of <br /> Hawaiian Affairs to Scott Kikiloi,LLC. PI: Kekuewa Kikiloi. <br /> Professional Positions: <br /> 2010-11 Title Searcher/Genealogist Paralegal for Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation(NHLC). <br /> Responsibilities:Assisting NHLC in carrying out its mission by addressing challenges <br /> to Native Hawaiian land ownership&rights to natural resources; and resolving issues <br /> in regards to cultural practices,including those involving access for subsistence, <br /> cultural,and religious practices,protocols&observances,protection of burial sites,& <br /> other historic properties. <br /> 2007-10 Cultural Assets Manager for the Kamehameha Schools(KS). Responsibilities: <br /> developing strategic direction and operational guidance for cultural properties,areas <br /> and remains. Directs the development of strategies&plans for protection, <br /> preservation,enhancement,and interpretation of cultural properties for the Estate's <br /> 365,000 acres of land state-wide. <br /> 2005-07 Native Hawaiian Cultural Program Coordinator at the National Oceanic Atmospheric <br /> Administration's Papahanaumokuakea Marine National Monument(PMNM). <br /> Responsibilities:support the Monument on cultural issues relating to management, <br /> education,&programmatic functions in ensuring comprehensive,strong,and lasting <br /> protection of the 3.5 million acres of coral reef ecosystem&related marine waters of <br /> the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. <br /> Honors and Awards: <br /> 2012 NAISA Indigenous Research Article of the Year nomination <br /> 2011-2012 Kohala Center's Mellon-Hawaii Doctoral Fellowship <br /> 2010-2011 Liko A`e Native Hawaiian Scholarship <br /> 2007-2008 Kamehameha Schools`Imi Na'ao Scholarship <br /> 2007-2008 Aha Punana Leo Lamaku Scholarship <br /> 2006-2007 Kamehameha Schools`Imi Na'auao Scholarship <br /> 2006-2007 Aha Punana Leo Lamaku Scholarhip <br /> 2006 Hawaii Veterans Memorial Fund <br />