Department News
Explore news and announcements from the Department of Ethnic Studies.
Honoring a Living Treasure
Davianna Pōmaika’i McGregor, professor emerita in UH Mānoa’s Department of Ethnic Studies, has been named one of five 2024 Living Treasures of Hawaiʻi. The statewide award recognized McGregor for her dedication to education, cultural ... Read more
Perseverance Rewarded
It was at Mānoa Experience 2023, the April 1 campus-wide open house that draws thousands of prospective students to the University of Hawaiʻi flagship campus, that greeter Tara H. Sutton learned the news. She is ... Read more
Esteem for Ethnic Studies
On March 31, 2023, both chambers of the Hawaiʻi State Legislature paid homage to the groundbreaking efforts of the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa’s Ethnic Studies Department (ES) and one of the program’s early directors, Franklin ... Read more
Major Impact
Scholar. Activist. Inspirer. That describes Franklin S. Odo, one of the early directors of the Ethnic Studies program that would become a department in the College of Social Sciences. He passed away on September 28, 2022, at ... Read more
Kanaka ʻōiwi rapper sets sights on master’s, wins 3rd Nā Hōkū
Deep-rooted emotion, hope and faith can be found interwoven in hundreds of hip hop lyrics composed by University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa College of Education graduate student Punahele. The educational administration major captivates audiences with heartfelt rap compositions. ... Read more
The Best of the Best
Every May, when the College of Social Sciences honors an Outstanding Graduating Senior (OGS), the selection is based on much more than a high grade point average. In fact, the annual award is bestowed on ... Read more
Statement on Anti-Asian Violence and Atlanta Shootings
The University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa (UHM) Department of Ethnic Studies condemns the Atlanta murders of 8 people—6 of whom were Asian women—and the many other acts of violence, harassment, bigotry, and prejudice ... Read more
Statement of Solidarity on Black Lives Matter and Racial Justice
The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Department of Ethnic Studies stands in the spirit of unconditional aloha and aligned in our na‘au (moral conscience) with our Black colleagues and students across the U.S. ... Read more
Statement on Anti-Asian/Chinese Racism in the time of COVID-19
The spread of the COVID-19/novel coronavirus pandemic has revealed the persistence of racism in America with the rise of renewed anti-Asian/Asian American (and especially anti-Chinese/Chinese American) discrimination. Hawai‘i is in no way immune to ... Read more