Graduate Students

Founded in 1934, the Department enrolls close to 100 graduate students (both M.A. and Ph.D.) at any one time. The majority are focused on studies in Asia and the Pacific, and tend to have extensive experience studying, living, and working in foreign countries prior to application and enrollment. This wealth of life experience provides a rich atmosphere for the seeking of advanced degrees in Anthropology, with ample opportunity to contribute to everything from stimulating seminar discussions to world-class research during the span of a graduate program at Mānoa.

List of Graduate Students

The following list is incomplete, as some students have opted not to share their personal information.

Name E-mail Subfield/Area
Acabado, Stephen acabado@hawaii.edu Archaeology--S.E. Asia (PhD)
Ann, Sovatha sovatha.ann@gmail.com Cultural
Ball, Patrick patrickball@gmail.com Cultural
Barrier-Heinz, Sandra sheinz@hawaii.edu Medical--Pacific (PhD)
Baza, Cecelia Yazzie cyazzie@hawaii.edu Cultural
Bodemer, Margaret B. bodemer@hawaii.edu Cultural--Asia (PhD)
Bundhuwong, Chalita chalita@hawaii.edu Cultural
Calugay, Cyril calugay@hawaii.edu Archaeology -- Philippines (PhD)
Chassels, Marla chassels@hawaii.edu Ecological--Thailand (PhD)
Chen, Shihlun Allen shihlunc@hawaii.edu Cultural
Christensen, Paul paulchri@hawaii.edu Cultural--Japan (PhD)
Clinton, Shanna sclinton@hawaii.edu Cultural/Medical
Conran, Mary conran@hawaii.edu Cultural/Social--Thailand (PhD)
Craft, Ruth rcraft@hawaii.edu Cultural--Micronesia
Cunningham, Eric ericjc@hawaii.edu Ecological--Japan (PhD)
Daigle, Michelle senefrah@gmail.com Cultural/Social
Dillon, Atsuko H. adillon@hawaii.edu Physical--E. Asia, Pacific
Evans-Mason, Malia evansmas@hawaii.edu Applied Archaeology
Fehrenbach, Shawn shawnef@hawaii.edu Archaeology--S.E. Asia (PhD)
Fifita, Patricia pfifita@hawaii.edu Cultural--S Pacific
Filimoehala, Chris chrisf@hawaii.edu Archaeology--Pacific
Finney, Suzanne sfinney@hawaii.edu Maritime Archaeology,
Cult Resource Mgt (PhD)
Fukutomi, Satomi sfukutom@hawaii.edu Cultural--Japan (PhD)
He, Jifang jhe@hawaii.edu Cultural
Hemrajani, Aashish aashish@hawaii.edu Cultural
Higa, Natsuko nananatsuko@gmail.com Cultural/Social
Ingalls, Teresa teresal@hawaii.edu Archaeology
Izumi, Hiroaki izumih@hawaii.edu Linguistic--Indonesia, Vanuatu (PhD)
Kaakau, Melissa mkaakau@hawaii.edu Applied Archeology
Kikiloi, Kekuewa Scott kikiloi@hawaii.edu Archaeology -- Hawai'i (PhD)
Kim, Yoon-Young yoonkim@hawaii.edu Cultural/Applied--Korea (PhD)
Kunkel, Sarah skunkel@hawaii.edu Cultural
Lai, Kuan-Jung kuanjung@hawaii.edu Cultural
Lauer, Adam alauer@hawaii.edu Physical--SE Asia (PhD)
Lee, Hui-Lin b92605326@ntu.edu.tw Archaeology
Lee, Hyeon Ju hyeon@hawaii.edu Cultural--Korea (PhD)
Luthy, Tamara tamarahl@hawaii.edu Medical
Morrison, Alex E. alexmorr@hawaii.edu Arch--Pacific (PhD)
Nago, Asami anago@hawaii.edu Cultural (PhD)
Pacheco, Robert pachecor@hawaii.edu Cultural/Social--Latin A., Pacific
Page, Dick pagerich@hawaii.edu Cultural
Ru, Hung-Yu hungyu@hawaii.edu Medical--Taiwan (PhD)
Ryall, Michael ryall@hawaii.edu Discursive
Sebro, Tani tanih@hawaii.edu Cultural/Social
Souza, Tanya tmsouza@hawaii.edu Applied Archaeology
Stephen, Jesse jstephen@hawaii.edu Archaeology--Oceania (PhD)
Stevens-Gleason, Aggy aggy@hawaii.edu Cultural--Hawai`i
Swazey, Kelli swazey@hawaii.edu Cultural--Indonesia (PhD)
Van Allen, Joel joelva@hawaii.edu Cultural--Vanuatu
Vaughan, Ashley M. avaughan@hawaii.edu Medical--Vanuatu (PhD)
Whalley, Robert whalley@hawaii.edu Physical
Wu, Ming-Jen mingjen@hawaii.edu Cultural
Xiong, Jy jyx@hawaii.edu Cultural/Social
Yamada, Naomi F.   Cultural--China (PhD)
Yamada, Toru T.   Cultural--Japan (PhD)
Young, Forrest W. forresty@hawaii.edu Discursive Practices--Oceania (PhD)

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