RESIDENT DIRECTOR AND TEACHING STAFF
  

 Resident
Director:
Heather
Young Leslie
  Dr. Young Leslie is a regular faculty member in the  department  of Anthropology at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa.  She is the author of several publications about Tonga, and has maintained an ongoing relationship with the people of Kauvai since 1991.                                   

Teaching Assistant:
Maile Drake
Mrs. Maile Drake is a former teacher at Queen Salote  College,  Tonga, and collection manager (Pacific) at Te Papa Museum, Aotearoa\New Zealand. She has been a research associate at the Bishop Museum and is a  graduate in Anthropology from the University of Hawai'i. 


Village based
Teachers and Translation Assistants:
 TBA
One of the objectives of the field school is to encourage a model and precedent for a culturally - competent  curriculum in which the "researched" have a direct control over & contribution to the design, content & method of what is taught. Village residents have contributed to the curriculum deisgn, and will act as both 'culture experts' and evaluators, including making a contribution to the student's final grade.
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 Last Update: Jan 21'04

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