In this post, I reflect on my new reality as an acting assistant professor at Berkeley School of Education.

In this post, I reflect on the current attack on Kamehameha Schools’ Admissions Policy, which gives preference to students of Hawaiian ancestry.

In this post, I reflect on a week of faculty retreats at UC Berkeley.

In this post, I share pictures and a brief reflection on a new academic appointment for Asian American and Pacific Islander Transpacific Futures.

In this post, I share pictures and a brief description of NYU Steinhardt’s in-person networking event.

In this post, I reminisce on finishing the PhD and graduation.

In this post, I share brief reflections on recent community outreach with HONUA Scholars.

In this post, I share four points of reflection on the 2025 spring retreat for the National Academy of Education/Spencer Foundation dissertation and postdoctoral fellowships.

In this post, I share reflections and key takeaways from Day 4 of NYU’s 2025 First Faculty-Look Program.

In this post, I share reflections and key takeaways from Day 3 of NYU’s 2025 First Faculty-Look Program.

In this post, I share reflections and takeaways from the second day of NYU’s 2025 Faculty First-Look Program.

In this post, I share a few key takeaways and reflections from the first day of NYU’s 2025 Faculty First-Look Program.

Reflections on the third annual HONUA Scholars Laulima Symposium and Proposal Competition

A brief, post-election reflection and a reminder of what’s at stake

In this post, I share a brief moʻolelo of my upcoming article on a qualitative study of kūʻē (resistance) among Native Hawaiian students from 2019–2024.

This past week was jam-packed with events — a symposium, a public talk, a night market, a work day — and opportunities to reconnect with old friends and build pilina with new ones.

On Wednesday, September 4, I atttended a free talk sponsored by the University of Hawaiʻi – Mānoa Richardson School of Law and UH Mānoa's Better Tomorrow Speaker Series. The talk featured an address by Chamorro human rights lawyer and activist Julian Aguon and a discussion between Aguon and UH Mānoa School of Law Dean Camille Nelson.

Even though I love math, I've never considered myself a quantitative data scholar. Maybe it's the majoritarian belief that statistical data is neutral or the dominant practice of leaving Indigenous Peoples out of large-scale data projects, but quantitative data analysis never spoke to me in the way that qualitative analysis has.

After talking with friends and colleagues about publishing peer-review articles, I was inspired to dedicate a few blog posts toward deconstructing the publication process.

In this post, I reflect on Nigerian author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's 2009 TEDGlobal talk "the danger of a single story," which warns audiences of the violent consequences of failing to consult multiple stories and perspectives on diverse cultures and circumstances.